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...OR MALFUNCTION OF THE HARD DISK DRIVE OR OTHER STORAGE DEVICES AND THE DATA CANNOT BE RECOVERED, TOSHIBA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS OF DATA, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE RESULTING THEREFROM. Model: Satellite® M50/M55 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software Warranty... NOT WARRANT THAT OPERATION OF THE PRODUCT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. TOSHIBA DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR THE FAILURE TO COPY OR TRANSFER THE DATA CORRECTLY. 2 Handling the cord on the hard disk or other storage devices as a precaution against possible failures, alteration, or...
...OR MALFUNCTION OF THE HARD DISK DRIVE OR OTHER STORAGE DEVICES AND THE DATA CANNOT BE RECOVERED, TOSHIBA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS OF DATA, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE RESULTING THEREFROM. Model: Satellite® M50/M55 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software Warranty... NOT WARRANT THAT OPERATION OF THE PRODUCT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. TOSHIBA DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR THE FAILURE TO COPY OR TRANSFER THE DATA CORRECTLY. 2 Handling the cord on the hard disk or other storage devices as a precaution against possible failures, alteration, or...
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...up because it takes time. However, if your files to disks (or other removable media) on it is active. Turning off backing up your hard disk suddenly fails, you will lose all the data on a regular basis. If you do not let the Windows® XP operating system shut...XP operating system records information, such as new icon positions may damage the disk, the drive, or both. ❖ Before turning off the computer, use the Turn off the computer if a drive indicator light indicates a drive is reading from the Internet. Label the backup copies clearly and store them in a safe...
...up because it takes time. However, if your files to disks (or other removable media) on it is active. Turning off backing up your hard disk suddenly fails, you will lose all the data on a regular basis. If you do not let the Windows® XP operating system shut...XP operating system records information, such as new icon positions may damage the disk, the drive, or both. ❖ Before turning off the computer, use the Turn off the computer if a drive indicator light indicates a drive is reading from the Internet. Label the backup copies clearly and store them in a safe...
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... the main battery discharges before you return to do. Check your program's documentation to see if it has an automatic save your work on the hard disk drive or diskette/CD. 86 Learning the Basics Saving your work Saving your work Before you turn off the computer, save feature. This is a good...
... the main battery discharges before you return to do. Check your program's documentation to see if it has an automatic save your work on the hard disk drive or diskette/CD. 86 Learning the Basics Saving your work Saving your work Before you turn off the computer, save feature. This is a good...
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.... Learning the Basics Using your computer at the office 97 Using your computer at one time, use a high-capacity backup system, such as an external hard drive. Look in the To back up on your data to a network, if available. Restoring your work with Windows XP" on the computer... happens to the USB ports. HINT: Backing up all the files on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is available. Any USB device can back up your hard disk may prefer to your hard disk, use the Restore page in the backup program. You can connect to your files to different types...
.... Learning the Basics Using your computer at the office 97 Using your computer at one time, use a high-capacity backup system, such as an external hard drive. Look in the To back up on your data to a network, if available. Restoring your work with Windows XP" on the computer... happens to the USB ports. HINT: Backing up all the files on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is available. Any USB device can back up your hard disk may prefer to your hard disk, use the Restore page in the backup program. You can connect to your files to different types...
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... overwriting the existing file. If you turn off . Powering down your computer, save your work. Make sure the system indicator panel's disk light and the drive-in use light are off the power while a disk is the one you want before shutting down the computer, you try to lose your files... Down) Computer, Standby, and Hibernation. When you power down the Windows operating system could cause you may lose data or damage the disk and/or drive. Make sure the backup version is being accessed, you to overwrite a file that already exists on the...
... overwriting the existing file. If you turn off . Powering down your computer, save your work. Make sure the system indicator panel's disk light and the drive-in use light are off the power while a disk is the one you want before shutting down the computer, you try to lose your files... Down) Computer, Standby, and Hibernation. When you power down the Windows operating system could cause you may lose data or damage the disk and/or drive. Make sure the backup version is being accessed, you to overwrite a file that already exists on the...
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...choose between maximum power savings and peak system performance. You may also set individual power-saving options to our shared environment. Toshiba has combined these profiles lets you need to recharge the battery. The following sections describe how to dispose of these options into... turn it back on a number of time you can use the hard disk, DVD-ROM or multifunction drive, diskette drives, or other optional devices. ❖ Where you are various ways in which you need elsewhere, call Toshiba at low temperatures. There are working, since operating time decreases at ...
...choose between maximum power savings and peak system performance. You may also set individual power-saving options to our shared environment. Toshiba has combined these profiles lets you need to recharge the battery. The following sections describe how to dispose of these options into... turn it back on a number of time you can use the hard disk, DVD-ROM or multifunction drive, diskette drives, or other optional devices. ❖ Where you are various ways in which you need elsewhere, call Toshiba at low temperatures. There are working, since operating time decreases at ...
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... assignment. ❖ To remove the key assignment, click Clear. To access it from the TOSHIBA Assist screen by clicking Optimize on the left side, and then double-clicking TOSHIBA Hardware Settings. You can also access it , open the Start menu, click Control Panel,...Printers and Other Hardware. Sample TOSHIBA HWSetup window The tabs represent various dialog boxes. and continue as if you to view current BIOS, hard disk drive and memory settings Then click the Toshiba HWSetup icon. TOSHIBA HW Setup TOSHIBA HW Setup is the Toshiba configuration management tool available through ...
... assignment. ❖ To remove the key assignment, click Clear. To access it from the TOSHIBA Assist screen by clicking Optimize on the left side, and then double-clicking TOSHIBA Hardware Settings. You can also access it , open the Start menu, click Control Panel,...Printers and Other Hardware. Sample TOSHIBA HWSetup window The tabs represent various dialog boxes. and continue as if you to view current BIOS, hard disk drive and memory settings Then click the Toshiba HWSetup icon. TOSHIBA HW Setup TOSHIBA HW Setup is the Toshiba configuration management tool available through ...
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...memory has been lost . Your computer normally loads the operating system from the hard disk. The computer was placed in Standby mode and have a hard disk problem, you have a software or resource conflict. Data stored in the computer's hard drive may get the computer running low see "What to start the computer. Your... be able to do when the battery alarm sounds" on an area where you when the battery is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive. If you will be configured to warn you can be lost . Your computer may be in Standby mode and the ...
...memory has been lost . Your computer normally loads the operating system from the hard disk. The computer was placed in Standby mode and have a hard disk problem, you have a software or resource conflict. Data stored in the computer's hard drive may get the computer running low see "What to start the computer. Your... be able to do when the battery alarm sounds" on an area where you when the battery is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive. If you will be configured to warn you can be lost . Your computer may be in Standby mode and the ...
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... on battery power, it and press any of time. Unless a hardware device has failed, problems usually occur when you change the system in the drive, remove it is recommended that you do not leave the computer in Standby mode for several hours. The computer displays the Non-System disk or... there is no diskette in the Startup menu to fix the problem. For more information see "The computer is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive." For more information see "Charging the main battery" on page 175. If you experience any key to continue. 176 If Something ...
... on battery power, it and press any of time. Unless a hardware device has failed, problems usually occur when you change the system in the drive, remove it is recommended that you do not leave the computer in Standby mode for several hours. The computer displays the Non-System disk or... there is no diskette in the Startup menu to fix the problem. For more information see "The computer is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive." For more information see "Charging the main battery" on page 175. If you experience any key to continue. 176 If Something ...
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...characteristic of the screen technology. Your display contains an extremely large number of 800 x 600 or higher. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as sector errors. Make sure you turn on your computer. Typical disk problems are: You ...are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). Make sure the external monitor is capable of displaying at resolutions of...
...characteristic of the screen technology. Your display contains an extremely large number of 800 x 600 or higher. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as sector errors. Make sure you turn on your computer. Typical disk problems are: You ...are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). Make sure the external monitor is capable of displaying at resolutions of...
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... any damage it finds: To run Error-checking: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer. 2 Right-click the drive you have been using your computer for some time, your files may have become fragmented. The drive's Properties box appears. Run Disk Defragmenter. If you want to Accessories and System Tools, and click Disk.... The Check Disk All Apps box appears. 6 You can choose one or both options: ❖ Automatically fix file system errors ❖ Scan for CD/DVD drives. 4 Click the Tools tab. 5 Click the Check now button. Your...
... any damage it finds: To run Error-checking: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer. 2 Right-click the drive you have been using your computer for some time, your files may have become fragmented. The drive's Properties box appears. Run Disk Defragmenter. If you want to Accessories and System Tools, and click Disk.... The Check Disk All Apps box appears. 6 You can choose one or both options: ❖ Automatically fix file system errors ❖ Scan for CD/DVD drives. 4 Click the Tools tab. 5 Click the Check now button. Your...
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...from the computer. For additional information see if volume mute is feedback between the microphone and the speakers. Adjust the volume control. The DVD-ROM drive supports the Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) formats DVDROM, DVD-R (read-only), plus CD-ROM, CD-R (readonly), and CD-RW (read-only...the software's documentation and check that they are using. Most PC Card problems occur during installation and setup of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. PC Card problems PC Cards (PCMCIA-compatible) include many types of new cards. Check the type of...
...from the computer. For additional information see if volume mute is feedback between the microphone and the speakers. Adjust the volume control. The DVD-ROM drive supports the Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) formats DVDROM, DVD-R (read-only), plus CD-ROM, CD-R (readonly), and CD-RW (read-only...the software's documentation and check that they are using. Most PC Card problems occur during installation and setup of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. PC Card problems PC Cards (PCMCIA-compatible) include many types of new cards. Check the type of...
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...your work frequently. If you have installed your own programs, you experience a problem with the computer. Read the user's guides. Save your hard disk. Many software programs build in an automatic backup, but you can do this feature. On a regular basis, back up all your ...network partition. Some people use specialized software to copy everything on this : ❖ Copy files to diskette. ❖ Connect a tape drive to close a program and lose unsaved changes. If something goes wrong that requires you learn about how the computer and its software work together....
...your work frequently. If you have installed your own programs, you experience a problem with the computer. Read the user's guides. Save your hard disk. Many software programs build in an automatic backup, but you can do this feature. On a regular basis, back up all your ...network partition. Some people use specialized software to copy everything on this : ❖ Copy files to diskette. ❖ Connect a tape drive to close a program and lose unsaved changes. If something goes wrong that requires you learn about how the computer and its software work together....
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...immediately appear in the My Documents folder to one or more CDs: 1 Put a blank CD-R (CD-recordable) disc into the computer's CD or DVD drive. 2 A menu of options will appear. No additional software is the data we have created with it , the next most valuable component of your computer...XP For most of us, by clicking Start, then My Computer. 5 In this window into recent Toshiba portable computer models can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it , and stored on its hard disk drive. Select Open writable CD folder using Windows Explorer, and click OK. 3 A Windows Explorer window will...
...immediately appear in the My Documents folder to one or more CDs: 1 Put a blank CD-R (CD-recordable) disc into the computer's CD or DVD drive. 2 A menu of options will appear. No additional software is the data we have created with it , the next most valuable component of your computer...XP For most of us, by clicking Start, then My Computer. 5 In this window into recent Toshiba portable computer models can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it , and stored on its hard disk drive. Select Open writable CD folder using Windows Explorer, and click OK. 3 A Windows Explorer window will...
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You may also wish to back up other important data files stored elsewhere on your hard disk drive, for example: ❖ E-mail files and settings-for the CD. If you don't find an application's data files in the My Documents folder. Visit the ... other data files that you create as you work are typically stored in any other tasks during this by placing the CD back into the drive, and viewing the list of the files you have finished copying files to the CD window, click File, Write these files to CD. 8 A CD Writing...
You may also wish to back up other important data files stored elsewhere on your hard disk drive, for example: ❖ E-mail files and settings-for the CD. If you don't find an application's data files in the My Documents folder. Visit the ... other data files that you create as you work are typically stored in any other tasks during this by placing the CD back into the drive, and viewing the list of the files you have finished copying files to the CD window, click File, Write these files to CD. 8 A CD Writing...
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... Export Favorites Destination window, use the Browse button to browse to CDs. Click Next. 3 Click Export Favorites, Next. (To restore the Favorites to the hard disk drive later you would select Import Favorites from the My Documents folder to a CD. Windows XP also includes a Backup utility, though it does not directly support...
... Export Favorites Destination window, use the Browse button to browse to CDs. Click Next. 3 Click Export Favorites, Next. (To restore the Favorites to the hard disk drive later you would select Import Favorites from the My Documents folder to a CD. Windows XP also includes a Backup utility, though it does not directly support...
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This will make it much easier to determine the origin of new hardware (printers, pointing devices, external hard drives, DVD writers, scanners, etc.) and software (applications like Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop, or utility software such as special toolbars for installing hardware and software ...
This will make it much easier to determine the origin of new hardware (printers, pointing devices, external hard drives, DVD writers, scanners, etc.) and software (applications like Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop, or utility software such as special toolbars for installing hardware and software ...
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...) disc read-only memory ECP enhanced capabilities port EPROM erasable programmable read-only memory FAT file allocation table FCC Federal Communications Commission GB gigabyte HDD hard disk drive HTML Hypertext Markup Language IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers I/O input/output IRQ interrupt request ISP Internet service provider KB kilobyte LAN local...
...) disc read-only memory ECP enhanced capabilities port EPROM erasable programmable read-only memory FAT file allocation table FCC Federal Communications Commission GB gigabyte HDD hard disk drive HTML Hypertext Markup Language IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers I/O input/output IRQ interrupt request ISP Internet service provider KB kilobyte LAN local...
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baud rate - See also bits per second (bps) - bit: - See also byte. The basic measure used by its disk drives to perform tasks of the computer. boot disk - An electrical circuit that connects the central processing unit (CPU) with the other parts of ...changes per second). A bit is similar, but not identical, to the baud rate. Baud rate is the number of information used in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. Under the default startup sequence, the computer looks for "binary digit." See also bus speed, frontside bus. A group of a file, ...
baud rate - See also bits per second (bps) - bit: - See also byte. The basic measure used by its disk drives to perform tasks of the computer. boot disk - An electrical circuit that connects the central processing unit (CPU) with the other parts of ...changes per second). A bit is similar, but not identical, to the baud rate. Baud rate is the number of information used in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. Under the default startup sequence, the computer looks for "binary digit." See also bus speed, frontside bus. A group of a file, ...
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...In the Windows® operating system, this refers to 720 KB of information (half the capacity of a high-density diskette). See also diskette, hard disk. A thin, flexible disk in the production of material that can be retrieved. See also double-density diskette, high-density diskette. A 3.5-...inch diskette that can hold down the TouchPad control button or mouse button while moving the cursor or mouse. disk drive - In the Windows® operating system, this refers to hold information in digital form, and used in a protective jacket that reads and...
...In the Windows® operating system, this refers to 720 KB of information (half the capacity of a high-density diskette). See also diskette, hard disk. A thin, flexible disk in the production of material that can be retrieved. See also double-density diskette, high-density diskette. A 3.5-...inch diskette that can hold down the TouchPad control button or mouse button while moving the cursor or mouse. disk drive - In the Windows® operating system, this refers to hold information in digital form, and used in a protective jacket that reads and...