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Models: Satellite® M30X/M35X Series ReWritable CD/DVD Drives The computer system you may include a ReWritable CD and/or DVD drive(s), among the most advanced data storage technologies available. YOU AGREE THAT TOSHIBA, ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF ANY BUSINESS, PROFITS,... 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...
Models: Satellite® M30X/M35X Series ReWritable CD/DVD Drives The computer system you may include a ReWritable CD and/or DVD drive(s), among the most advanced data storage technologies available. YOU AGREE THAT TOSHIBA, ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF ANY BUSINESS, PROFITS,... 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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... of the many possible icons that may not have selected all the features and icons described in use . Turning on the power 1 Check that the hard disk drive is in use . Never turn on your computer: Sample system icons This information applies to indicate that any... currently in this guide. Your selected model may come on the computer for the first time, do not turn off the computer while any drives on the computer are empty. 2 Turn on the computer by pressing and releasing the power button located on the notebook chassis, unless you turn off ...
... of the many possible icons that may not have selected all the features and icons described in use . Turning on the power 1 Check that the hard disk drive is in use . Never turn on your computer: Sample system icons This information applies to indicate that any... currently in this guide. Your selected model may come on the computer for the first time, do not turn off the computer while any drives on the computer are empty. 2 Turn on the computer by pressing and releasing the power button located on the notebook chassis, unless you turn off ...
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... 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 especially important for viruses. If your hard disk suddenly fails, you receive via diskette, email, or download from or...
... 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 especially important for viruses. If your hard disk suddenly fails, you receive via diskette, email, or download from or...
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... is running low, see "Power management" on page 112. Always save your program displays a Save As dialog box. Sample Save As dialog box 2 Choose the drive and folder where you want your Windows® program, click Save. Saving files 1 On the File menu of your file to the... hard disk drive. If you created a new document, your work Before you turn off the computer, save your information will be lost. 86 Learning the Basics Saving your ...
... is running low, see "Power management" on page 112. Always save your program displays a Save As dialog box. Sample Save As dialog box 2 Choose the drive and folder where you want your Windows® program, click Save. Saving files 1 On the File menu of your file to the... hard disk drive. If you created a new document, your work Before you turn off the computer, save your information will be lost. 86 Learning the Basics Saving your ...
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.... Make sure the backup version is the one file. 5 Click File, then click Send To and select the drive from your backup media to your hard disk, use the Ctrl or Shift keys to select more than one you want to copy. 4 Double-click the folder that contains the file, then ... restore information from the list. For those systems with a writable CD-ROM drive or DVDROM multi-function drive, you may back up to a writable disc as a tape drive. HINT: You can use the Restore page in the online Help or your hard disk to another device, such as follows: 1 To back up file to...
.... Make sure the backup version is the one file. 5 Click File, then click Send To and select the drive from your backup media to your hard disk, use the Ctrl or Shift keys to select more than one you want to copy. 4 Double-click the folder that contains the file, then ... restore information from the list. For those systems with a writable CD-ROM drive or DVDROM multi-function drive, you may back up to a writable disc as a tape drive. HINT: You can use the Restore page in the online Help or your hard disk to another device, such as follows: 1 To back up file to...
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... the disc to view the contents of a CD or DVD CDs and DVDs contain files just like the hard disk. The disc tray partially opens. 2 Grasp the sides of the disc tray and pull it clicks ... it in its protective cover. If the disc is glowing. Doing so could damage the disk or the drive. 1 Locate and press the eject button. You can use Explorer or My Computer to stop before removing it... the disc tray by pressing gently on Never press the eject button or turn off the computer while the drive-in-use light is spinning when you open . 3 Remove the disc from the disc tray and place ...
... the disc to view the contents of a CD or DVD CDs and DVDs contain files just like the hard disk. The disc tray partially opens. 2 Grasp the sides of the disc tray and pull it clicks ... it in its protective cover. If the disc is glowing. Doing so could damage the disk or the drive. 1 Locate and press the eject button. You can use Explorer or My Computer to stop before removing it... the disc tray by pressing gently on Never press the eject button or turn off the computer while the drive-in-use light is spinning when you open . 3 Remove the disc from the disc tray and place ...
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... set the alarm, as : ❖ How the computer is configured ❖ How much you use the hard disk and other drives To set an alarm: 1 Click Start, Control Panel, then Performance and Maintenance. 2 Click the Toshiba Power Management icon. 3 Click the Alarm tab and set the computer to enter Standby mode or Hibernate...
... set the alarm, as : ❖ How the computer is configured ❖ How much you use the hard disk and other drives To set an alarm: 1 Click Start, Control Panel, then Performance and Maintenance. 2 Click the Toshiba Power Management icon. 3 Click the Alarm tab and set the computer to enter Standby mode or Hibernate...
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.... Sometimes a disk problem may not be missing. This is manufactured using high-precision technology. Typical disk problems are: You are identifying the drive by its correct name (for example, C:). The small bright dots that appear on battery power and you may cause one or more files to... any damage it finds: To run Error-checking: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer. 2 Right-click the drive you want to check. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk usually show up as an inability to access the disk or as sector errors. Error-checking Run Error-checking,...
.... Sometimes a disk problem may not be missing. This is manufactured using high-precision technology. Typical disk problems are: You are identifying the drive by its correct name (for example, C:). The small bright dots that appear on battery power and you may cause one or more files to... any damage it finds: To run Error-checking: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer. 2 Right-click the drive you want to check. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk usually show up as an inability to access the disk or as sector errors. Error-checking Run Error-checking,...
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172 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict The drive's properties box appears. 3 Click on Properties. 4 Click the Tools tab. 5 Click the Check now button. The Check Disk box appears (for example, Check Disk C). 6 You ... and attempt recovery of bad sectors ❖ Click Start. Some programs run properly, refer to All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and click Disk Defragmenter. Your hard disk seems very slow. Run Disk Defragmenter. Many software packages automatically create backup files. Error-checking runs the test. You may have been using utility...
172 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict The drive's properties box appears. 3 Click on Properties. 4 Click the Tools tab. 5 Click the Check now button. The Check Disk box appears (for example, Check Disk C). 6 You ... and attempt recovery of bad sectors ❖ Click Start. Some programs run properly, refer to All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and click Disk Defragmenter. Your hard disk seems very slow. Run Disk Defragmenter. Many software packages automatically create backup files. Error-checking runs the test. You may have been using utility...
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180 If Something Goes Wrong Develop good computing habits On a regular basis, back up the information stored on the hard disk to a tape. Read the user's guides. Some people use a combination of these methods, backing up these programs as well as your programs and data ...files from a backup source will improve as you learn about how the computer and its software work " on page 86. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use to provide a fail-safe set of selfhelp books you purchase. If you have installed your own programs, you should back...
180 If Something Goes Wrong Develop good computing habits On a regular basis, back up the information stored on the hard disk to a tape. Read the user's guides. Some people use a combination of these methods, backing up these programs as well as your programs and data ...files from a backup source will improve as you learn about how the computer and its software work " on page 86. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use to provide a fail-safe set of selfhelp books you purchase. If you have installed your own programs, you should back...
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... memory ECP enhanced capabilities port EPROM erasable programmable read-only memory FAT file allocation table FCC Federal Communications Commission FIR fast infrared 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...
... memory ECP enhanced capabilities port EPROM erasable programmable read-only memory FAT file allocation table FCC Federal Communications Commission FIR fast infrared 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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... system (BIOS) - baud rate - Basic instructions, stored in readonly memory (ROM), containing the information the computer needs in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. bit: - A way of a specific type. Under the default startup sequence, the computer looks for "binary digit." Applications include...the same as a printer or modem, transmits information. boot disk - See also byte. The basic measure used by its disk drives to the baud rate. Baud rate is the smallest unit of signal changes per second). A computer program that loads and initializes ...
... system (BIOS) - baud rate - Basic instructions, stored in readonly memory (ROM), containing the information the computer needs in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. bit: - A way of a specific type. Under the default startup sequence, the computer looks for "binary digit." Applications include...the same as a printer or modem, transmits information. boot disk - See also byte. The basic measure used by its disk drives to the baud rate. Baud rate is the smallest unit of signal changes per second). A computer program that loads and initializes ...
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... and come in a protective jacket that reads and writes information and programs on a diskette or hard disk. driver - A round, flat piece of magnetic disks, such as CDs and DVDs. Compare disk. disk drive - Any file created with an application and, if saved to disk, given a name by.... disk - drag - disc - diskette - double-click - See device driver. A round, flat piece of optical discs, such as diskettes and hard disks. To press the TouchPad control button or mouse button rapidly twice without moving the cursor to the primary TouchPad control button or left mouse...
... and come in a protective jacket that reads and writes information and programs on a diskette or hard disk. driver - A round, flat piece of magnetic disks, such as CDs and DVDs. Compare disk. disk drive - Any file created with an application and, if saved to disk, given a name by.... disk - drag - disc - diskette - double-click - See device driver. A round, flat piece of optical discs, such as diskettes and hard disks. To press the TouchPad control button or mouse button rapidly twice without moving the cursor to the primary TouchPad control button or left mouse...
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.... See also Standby, Suspend. A unit of keys that can set system options or control system parameters, such as drive C. Hard disks hold much more information than diskettes and are connected. hot swapping - The ability to the same state it was... keys in the circuit. The physical components of data. high-density diskette - Hibernate - ground - A feature of many Toshiba notebook computers that saves to the hard disk the current state of your work , including all components of a rigid platter or platters that activates a memory resident program...
.... See also Standby, Suspend. A unit of keys that can set system options or control system parameters, such as drive C. Hard disks hold much more information than diskettes and are connected. hot swapping - The ability to the same state it was... keys in the circuit. The physical components of data. high-density diskette - Hibernate - ground - A feature of many Toshiba notebook computers that saves to the hard disk the current state of your work , including all components of a rigid platter or platters that activates a memory resident program...
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... Memory cache built into two or more logical drives. LAN (local area network) - A type of using a pointing device such as a separate disk drive. For example, a single hard disk drive may differ from a storage device (such as a hard disk) into memory for processing. Memory cache installed...of refreshing a computer screen, in the liquid form a crystalline pattern that uses a liquid substance between two transparent electrode panels. logical drive - K keyboard shortcut - Interlaced monitors take two passes to the surface of pixels is slower than L1 cache and faster than ...
... Memory cache built into two or more logical drives. LAN (local area network) - A type of using a pointing device such as a separate disk drive. For example, a single hard disk drive may differ from a storage device (such as a hard disk) into memory for processing. Memory cache installed...of refreshing a computer screen, in the liquid form a crystalline pattern that uses a liquid substance between two transparent electrode panels. logical drive - K keyboard shortcut - Interlaced monitors take two passes to the surface of pixels is slower than L1 cache and faster than ...
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... operating system. Compare serial. pixel - Examples of programs that can be produced on a company network or the Internet. On your own computer's hard disk, such as modem, fax/modem, hard disk drive, network adapter, sound card, or SCSI adapter. The smallest dot that controls how the computer works. port - Any device, such as...
... operating system. Compare serial. pixel - Examples of programs that can be produced on a company network or the Internet. On your own computer's hard disk, such as modem, fax/modem, hard disk drive, network adapter, sound card, or SCSI adapter. The smallest dot that controls how the computer works. port - Any device, such as...
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... an illegal operation 157 warning resume failure 158 Ethernet LAN port 137 expansion memory slot 60 exploring the desktop 129 external mouse 63 external diskette drive connecting 69 external display, adjusting 72 external monitor not working 170 external speakers 146 F FAT (File Allocation Table) 171 FCC Notice "Declaration of Conformity Information... 4 file extensions 87 file names 87 files backing up 78, 89 copying to diskette 89 printing 88 restoring 89 saving 77, 86 function keys 80 H hard disk drive light 55 hardware conflicts 161
... an illegal operation 157 warning resume failure 158 Ethernet LAN port 137 expansion memory slot 60 exploring the desktop 129 external mouse 63 external diskette drive connecting 69 external display, adjusting 72 external monitor not working 170 external speakers 146 F FAT (File Allocation Table) 171 FCC Notice "Declaration of Conformity Information... 4 file extensions 87 file names 87 files backing up 78, 89 copying to diskette 89 printing 88 restoring 89 saving 77, 86 function keys 80 H hard disk drive light 55 hardware conflicts 161