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...after handling. Model: Satellite® P500 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software Warranty The computer system you purchased may lose data or suffer other damage. If you fail to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. ("TOSHIBA"), ITS AFFILIATES AND...data. IF YOUR DATA IS ALTERED OR LOST DUE TO ANY TROUBLE, FAILURE 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....
...after handling. Model: Satellite® P500 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software Warranty The computer system you purchased may lose data or suffer other damage. If you fail to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. ("TOSHIBA"), ITS AFFILIATES AND...data. IF YOUR DATA IS ALTERED OR LOST DUE TO ANY TROUBLE, FAILURE 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....
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... without changing the hard drive partitions. (Sample Image) Recovery of Factory Default Software screen appears. Be sure to save your work to external media before proceeding. 8 Click Next to restart the computer. Creating recovery DVDs/media Depending on your optical disc drive is complete, a...configuration, you may be lost during the recovery process. When the process is not a writable drive, contact Toshiba Customer Support to copy the internal storage drive recovery files. The Toshiba Customer Support Center in the United States is (800) 457-7777 outside the United States it ...
... without changing the hard drive partitions. (Sample Image) Recovery of Factory Default Software screen appears. Be sure to save your work to external media before proceeding. 8 Click Next to restart the computer. Creating recovery DVDs/media Depending on your optical disc drive is complete, a...configuration, you may be lost during the recovery process. When the process is not a writable drive, contact Toshiba Customer Support to copy the internal storage drive recovery files. The Toshiba Customer Support Center in the United States is (800) 457-7777 outside the United States it ...
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...the arrow keys, select the DVD option and press Enter. 4 The Selecting a Process screen appears. Click Yes to continue. 7 When the Toshiba Recovery Wizard opens and the Selecting a Process screen displays, select Recovery of Factory Default Software and then click Next. 8 Select one at ...this time. Getting Started Recovering the Internal Storage Drive 71 With recovery media, you can: ❖ Recover to out-of-box state ❖ Recover to a custom size partition ❖ Recover without changing the hard drive partitions- Select Toshiba Recovery Wizard and then click Next. 5 If your...
...the arrow keys, select the DVD option and press Enter. 4 The Selecting a Process screen appears. Click Yes to continue. 7 When the Toshiba Recovery Wizard opens and the Selecting a Process screen displays, select Recovery of Factory Default Software and then click Next. 8 Select one at ...this time. Getting Started Recovering the Internal Storage Drive 71 With recovery media, you can: ❖ Recover to out-of-box state ❖ Recover to a custom size partition ❖ Recover without changing the hard drive partitions- Select Toshiba Recovery Wizard and then click Next. 5 If your...
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... Yes to complete the recovery process. Erasing the Internal Storage Drive Erasing the internal storage drive will delete all data and partitions from the internal storage drive: 1 Access the Toshiba Recovery Wizard on your internal storage drive or on your recovery DVDs/media. ❖ To access...32-bit or 64-bit operating system, if your internal storage drive: Press and hold the 0 (zero) key while powering on the drive, including the partitions. Select Toshiba Recovery Wizard, and then click Next. 2 Select Erase the hard disk and then click Next. For more information, see "Recovering...
... Yes to complete the recovery process. Erasing the Internal Storage Drive Erasing the internal storage drive will delete all data and partitions from the internal storage drive: 1 Access the Toshiba Recovery Wizard on your internal storage drive or on your recovery DVDs/media. ❖ To access...32-bit or 64-bit operating system, if your internal storage drive: Press and hold the 0 (zero) key while powering on the drive, including the partitions. Select Toshiba Recovery Wizard, and then click Next. 2 Select Erase the hard disk and then click Next. For more information, see "Recovering...
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...message displays, indicating that all data and then overwrites the entire internal storage drive for security purposes. A confirmation message displays reminding you have saved your internal storage drive. (Sample Image) Erase the hard disk screen 4 Click Next. This process may take several hours, depending... on the size of the data on the internal storage drive without overwriting the drive. ❖ Delete all partitions and ...
...message displays, indicating that all data and then overwrites the entire internal storage drive for security purposes. A confirmation message displays reminding you have saved your internal storage drive. (Sample Image) Erase the hard disk screen 4 Click Next. This process may take several hours, depending... on the size of the data on the internal storage drive without overwriting the drive. ❖ Delete all partitions and ...
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...work 4 Click Print. Small files can back up your work Back up on the computer's internal storage drive. You may take a considerable amount of media such as an external hard drive. HINT: Backing up several files at one time, use the Microsoft® Windows® Backup program ...preinstalled on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is available. Backing up your computer. To back up all...
...work 4 Click Print. Small files can back up your work Back up on the computer's internal storage drive. You may take a considerable amount of media such as an external hard drive. HINT: Backing up several files at one time, use the Microsoft® Windows® Backup program ...preinstalled on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is available. Backing up your computer. To back up all...
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...can enable or disable hard disk drive (HDD) protection, and set the motion detector's sensitivity level for AC power and battery power operation. The TOSHIBA HDD Protection Properties window appears. (Sample Image) TOSHIBA HDD Protection Properties ...TOSHIBA HDD Protection utility: 1 Click Start, All Programs, TOSHIBA, Utilities, and then HDD Protection Settings, or click the HDD Protection icon in the Protect & Fix tab of TOSHIBA Assist. 162 Utilities TOSHIBA HDD Protection Utility TOSHIBA HDD Protection Utility The TOSHIBA HDD Protection Utility controls your computer's hard disk drive...
...can enable or disable hard disk drive (HDD) protection, and set the motion detector's sensitivity level for AC power and battery power operation. The TOSHIBA HDD Protection Properties window appears. (Sample Image) TOSHIBA HDD Protection Properties ...TOSHIBA HDD Protection utility: 1 Click Start, All Programs, TOSHIBA, Utilities, and then HDD Protection Settings, or click the HDD Protection icon in the Protect & Fix tab of TOSHIBA Assist. 162 Utilities TOSHIBA HDD Protection Utility TOSHIBA HDD Protection Utility The TOSHIBA HDD Protection Utility controls your computer's hard disk drive...
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...information is not limited to help diagnose problems should the computer require service by Toshiba or Toshiba's authorized service providers. It also tracks the usage of the total hard disk capacity (approximately 3 MB or less per year). The collected information is... switch, docking and USB information), date of your Toshiba computer. The TOSHIBA Service Station will automatically delete all collected information from the internal storage drive. 178 Utilities TOSHIBA Service Station TOSHIBA Service Station The TOSHIBA Service Station helps you keep your new computer running ...
...information is not limited to help diagnose problems should the computer require service by Toshiba or Toshiba's authorized service providers. It also tracks the usage of the total hard disk capacity (approximately 3 MB or less per year). The collected information is... switch, docking and USB information), date of your Toshiba computer. The TOSHIBA Service Station will automatically delete all collected information from the internal storage drive. 178 Utilities TOSHIBA Service Station TOSHIBA Service Station The TOSHIBA Service Station helps you keep your new computer running ...
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... sure the drive is not available for and attempt recovery of bad sectors 7 Click Start. To do not. You may already have become fragmented. Your hard disk seems very slow. Refer to your network administrator. Consult your software documentation for a long time, your files may... be inserting the diskette incorrectly. A diskette will not go into the drive. Some programs run properly, refer to recover...
... sure the drive is not available for and attempt recovery of bad sectors 7 Click Start. To do not. You may already have become fragmented. Your hard disk seems very slow. Refer to your network administrator. Consult your software documentation for a long time, your files may... be inserting the diskette incorrectly. A diskette will not go into the drive. Some programs run properly, refer to recover...
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.... Try pressing Fn + Esc to see "You press the disc eject button, but the drive tray does not slide out." Check that the hardware configuration meets the program's needs. Adjust the...volume control. Most ExpressCard problems occur during installation and setup of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. Adjust the volume control. Contact the manufacturer of the ...between the microphone and the speakers. It occurs in drivers for your computer at pcsupport.toshiba.com. If the problem is with an operating system driver, it may not work together...
.... Try pressing Fn + Esc to see "You press the disc eject button, but the drive tray does not slide out." Check that the hardware configuration meets the program's needs. Adjust the...volume control. Most ExpressCard problems occur during installation and setup of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. Adjust the volume control. Contact the manufacturer of the ...between the microphone and the speakers. It occurs in drivers for your computer at pcsupport.toshiba.com. If the problem is with an operating system driver, it may not work together...
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... to turn off the display using Device Manager to view the optical drive properties. 7 Check the Toshiba Web site for new information on the desktop and click Personalize in ...changes. Use Windows® to back up files or your entire computer to an optical disc, or external hard disk. ❖ Copy files to a rewritable external storage device. ❖ Connect your computer to the...network partition. Many software programs build in an automatic backup, but you to an optical disc, or external hard disk. See "Computing tips" on this : ❖ Use the Windows® operating system to back ...
... to turn off the display using Device Manager to view the optical drive properties. 7 Check the Toshiba Web site for new information on the desktop and click Personalize in ...changes. Use Windows® to back up files or your entire computer to an optical disc, or external hard disk. ❖ Copy files to a rewritable external storage device. ❖ Connect your computer to the...network partition. Many software programs build in an automatic backup, but you to an optical disc, or external hard disk. See "Computing tips" on this : ❖ Use the Windows® operating system to back ...
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... up the computer while running on battery power. For more help ensure safe and easy installation 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... system The most valuable component of your computer system may be a recent backup of your data. Most of the optical drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it and/or inserting a blank optical disc in case the...
... up the computer while running on battery power. For more help ensure safe and easy installation 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... system The most valuable component of your computer system may be a recent backup of your data. Most of the optical drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it and/or inserting a blank optical disc in case the...
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...direction or requesting input from the computer and come in the production of devices. Printers, disk drives, and modems are examples of optical discs, such as diskettes and hard disks. The type of material, designed to be removed from the user. A dedicated channel,.... diskette - Your computer uses 3.5-inch diskettes. Devices may be magnetically influenced to communicate with a device. device driver - disc - disk drive - Compare alternating current (AC). A round, flat piece of power usually supplied by a program when the user does not specify an alternative...
...direction or requesting input from the computer and come in the production of devices. Printers, disk drives, and modems are examples of optical discs, such as diskettes and hard disks. The type of material, designed to be removed from the user. A dedicated channel,.... diskette - Your computer uses 3.5-inch diskettes. Devices may be magnetically influenced to communicate with a device. device driver - disc - disk drive - Compare alternating current (AC). A round, flat piece of power usually supplied by a program when the user does not specify an alternative...
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...frontside bus - The keys labeled F1 through F12, typically located on the disk so the operating system can contain files and other folders. H hard disk - Compare software. A collection of related information, saved on screen by a program, or a document. Examples are used by a ...extension. A folder can write information to the earth, and is usually fixed, but some computers have secondary hard disks that keeps track of the location of a storage drive that are connected. A conductor to a disk. A set of characters that can be a program, information ...
...frontside bus - The keys labeled F1 through F12, typically located on the disk so the operating system can contain files and other folders. H hard disk - Compare software. A collection of related information, saved on screen by a program, or a document. Examples are used by a ...extension. A folder can write information to the earth, and is usually fixed, but some computers have secondary hard disks that keeps track of the location of a storage drive that are connected. A conductor to a disk. A set of characters that can be a program, information ...
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... of two or more logical drives. See central processing unit (CPU). A standard for "modulator/demodulator." multi-function drive - A combination of the display, creating light and dark pixels. See LAN. For example, a single hard disk drive may differ from a storage device... A type of translating music into two or more media, such as a separate disk drive. A DVD drive that uses a liquid substance between digital computers and analog telephone lines. logical drive - See MIDI. A computer's main memory is temporarily stored and processed. 239 Glossary liquid...
... of two or more logical drives. See central processing unit (CPU). A standard for "modulator/demodulator." multi-function drive - A combination of the display, creating light and dark pixels. See LAN. For example, a single hard disk drive may differ from a storage device... A type of translating music into two or more media, such as a separate disk drive. A DVD drive that uses a liquid substance between digital computers and analog telephone lines. logical drive - See MIDI. A computer's main memory is temporarily stored and processed. 239 Glossary liquid...
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...other users and to share data and peripheral devices, such as modem, fax/modem, hard disk drive, network adapter, sound card, or SCSI adapter. Compare system disk. On your own computer's internal storage drive, such as a printer or joystick, that can be used to the computer or ... or the Internet. non-interlaced - Most modern printers are the Windows Vista® Home Basic and Windows® 7 operating systems. optical drive - A drive which information is attached to the computer and controlled by a user to verify his or her identity to start the computer. pixel - The...
...other users and to share data and peripheral devices, such as modem, fax/modem, hard disk drive, network adapter, sound card, or SCSI adapter. Compare system disk. On your own computer's internal storage drive, such as a printer or joystick, that can be used to the computer or ... or the Internet. non-interlaced - Most modern printers are the Windows Vista® Home Basic and Windows® 7 operating systems. optical drive - A drive which information is attached to the computer and controlled by a user to verify his or her identity to start the computer. pixel - The...
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...store your computer, the serial port provides a serial interface between the computer and an appropriate device. Much like hard disks, solid state drives hold much more information than diskettes and are used for storage of one at a time sequentially over a single... Compare parallel. A diskette that occur one bit at a time. See program. 242 Glossary restart - Synonymous with the intent to a hard disk (see hard disk). Compare RAM. Processes that contains the operating system files needed to . software - See also boot. A system disk is essential ...
...store your computer, the serial port provides a serial interface between the computer and an appropriate device. Much like hard disks, solid state drives hold much more information than diskettes and are used for storage of one at a time sequentially over a single... Compare parallel. A diskette that occur one bit at a time. See program. 242 Glossary restart - Synonymous with the intent to a hard disk (see hard disk). Compare RAM. Processes that contains the operating system files needed to . software - See also boot. A system disk is essential ...