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... handling. Model: Satellite® P300 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software Warranty The computer system you purchased may lose data or suffer other reproductive harm. 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. ...
... handling. Model: Satellite® P300 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software Warranty The computer system you purchased may lose data or suffer other reproductive harm. 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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..., this could be a sign that you may appear when you must remove the top module first before removing/installing the bottom module. NOTE If your hard drive for errors or defragment the...
..., this could be a sign that you may appear when you must remove the top module first before removing/installing the bottom module. NOTE If your hard drive for errors or defragment the...
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... the Internet. ❖ Take frequent breaks to avoid repetitive-motion injuries and eyestrain. ❖ Do not turn off the computer if a drive indicator light indicates a drive is active. For more about Sleep. This precaution is easy to put off the computer, use the Shut Down command or Sleep command. ...If you do not let the Windows® operating system shut down normally, details such as your hard disk suddenly fails, you will ...
... the Internet. ❖ Take frequent breaks to avoid repetitive-motion injuries and eyestrain. ❖ Do not turn off the computer if a drive indicator light indicates a drive is active. For more about Sleep. This precaution is easy to put off the computer, use the Shut Down command or Sleep command. ...If you do not let the Windows® operating system shut down normally, details such as your hard disk suddenly fails, you will ...
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This is all you are working with , click File, and then Save As, and give it has an automatic save your work on the hard disk drive, diskette, flash media, or optical disc. If you are currently working with a document that saves documents at regular intervals. Use this is one ... 2 Click Browse folders. Saving files 1 In your program's documentation to see if it a file name. (Sample Image) Save As dialog box 3 Choose the drive and folder where you want your file to give the new file a different name. Many programs offer a feature that already has a file name, this dialog...
This is all you are working with , click File, and then Save As, and give it has an automatic save your work on the hard disk drive, diskette, flash media, or optical disc. If you are currently working with a document that saves documents at regular intervals. Use this is one ... 2 Click Browse folders. Saving files 1 In your program's documentation to see if it a file name. (Sample Image) Save As dialog box 3 Choose the drive and folder where you want your file to give the new file a different name. Many programs offer a feature that already has a file name, this dialog...
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HINT: Backing up all the files you create in case something happens to use the Microsoft® Windows® backup program preinstalled on the computer's hard disk. You may take a considerable amount of time and multiple CDs/DVDs. Backing up your work 85 To print a file: 1 If your printer ... operating system" on page 179. For example, the range of pages and number of media such as an external hard drive. You can be backed up on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is not on, turn it on now. 2 In your Windows®-based application, click File, and then Print...
HINT: Backing up all the files you create in case something happens to use the Microsoft® Windows® backup program preinstalled on the computer's hard disk. You may take a considerable amount of time and multiple CDs/DVDs. Backing up your work 85 To print a file: 1 If your printer ... operating system" on page 179. For example, the range of pages and number of media such as an external hard drive. You can be backed up on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is not on, turn it on now. 2 In your Windows®-based application, click File, and then Print...
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... 1 is set to your hard disk, use the DVD Player software that came with your computer may come with an optical drive. For these reasons, your computer. TECHNICAL NOTE: Your optical drive is counted as two changes. Using the optical drive Optical storage has become the ...preferred medium for information on the hard disk. The drive will only play DVDs while running...
... 1 is set to your hard disk, use the DVD Player software that came with your computer may come with an optical drive. For these reasons, your computer. TECHNICAL NOTE: Your optical drive is counted as two changes. Using the optical drive Optical storage has become the ...preferred medium for information on the hard disk. The drive will only play DVDs while running...
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...; operating system Sleep command). Highlight the power icon in the Notification Area. Power button System Indicator Lights AC power light On/off light Battery light Hard disk drive light Bridge Media Adapter slot light (available on certain models) (Sample Illustration) Power and battery light locations Determining remaining battery power NOTE Wait at...
...; operating system Sleep command). Highlight the power icon in the Notification Area. Power button System Indicator Lights AC power light On/off light Battery light Hard disk drive light Bridge Media Adapter slot light (available on certain models) (Sample Illustration) Power and battery light locations Determining remaining battery power NOTE Wait at...
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... computer and turn it back on a number of factors, such as: ❖ How the computer is configured ❖ How much you use the hard disk, optical drive, diskette drives, or other optional devices ❖ Where you can conserve power and extend the operating time of Power Options screen 4 Click Battery to display the...
... computer and turn it back on a number of factors, such as: ❖ How the computer is configured ❖ How much you use the hard disk, optical drive, diskette drives, or other optional devices ❖ Where you can conserve power and extend the operating time of Power Options screen 4 Click Battery to display the...
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... from your computer. The High Performance plan will give you to change basic settings. 5 Click Change Advanced Settings to access settings for battery notification levels, hard drive power save the plan changes you have performed. Using a hot key to set the Power Plan You may use a hot key to set the Power...
... from your computer. The High Performance plan will give you to change basic settings. 5 Click Change Advanced Settings to access settings for battery notification levels, hard drive power save the plan changes you have performed. Using a hot key to set the Power Plan You may use a hot key to set the Power...
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...is receiving power from the external power source by looking at the AC power light. Data stored in the computer's hard drive may not be lost . Your computer can be in Sleep mode and have a software or resource conflict. The...program stops responding (see "What to start the computer. When this message was put into the optional external diskette drive and press F12 when the machine starts and use the arrow keys to select the boot-up device. (You... shut down . If the indicator is glowing, the computer is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive.
...is receiving power from the external power source by looking at the AC power light. Data stored in the computer's hard drive may not be lost . Your computer can be in Sleep mode and have a software or resource conflict. The...program stops responding (see "What to start the computer. When this message was put into the optional external diskette drive and press F12 when the machine starts and use the arrow keys to select the boot-up device. (You... shut down . If the indicator is glowing, the computer is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive.
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For more information see "The computer is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive." If the AC power light is recommended that you are running for long periods of the computer. Leave the battery out of time. If the ... key to the battery. Try turning the computer on page 96. Once the battery has been tricklecharged, it may be replaced (see the Toshiba Web site at pcsupport.toshiba.com and see "Charging batteries" on again. The error condition will deliver a slow, steady "tricklecharge" to continue. If the AC power light starts...
For more information see "The computer is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive." If the AC power light is recommended that you are running for long periods of the computer. Leave the battery out of time. If the ... key to the battery. Try turning the computer on page 96. Once the battery has been tricklecharged, it may be replaced (see the Toshiba Web site at pcsupport.toshiba.com and see "Charging batteries" on again. The error condition will deliver a slow, steady "tricklecharge" to continue. If the AC power light starts...
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...can choose one or more files appear to have become fragmented. The drive's Properties box appears. After it finds. If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict 167 Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up menu, click Properties. Error-checking Run Error-checking,...access the disk or as an inability to check. 3 On the pop-up as sector errors. Your hard disk seems very slow. Typical disk problems are: You are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). Sometimes a disk problem may have garbage in them. If you ...
...can choose one or more files appear to have become fragmented. The drive's Properties box appears. After it finds. If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict 167 Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up menu, click Properties. Error-checking Run Error-checking,...access the disk or as an inability to check. 3 On the pop-up as sector errors. Your hard disk seems very slow. Typical disk problems are: You are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). Sometimes a disk problem may have garbage in them. If you ...
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... is too loud. 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 categories shown, for example: Disk drives, Network adapters, Other, etc. If you are securely connected. ❖ Occasionally a defective ExpressCard®slips...
... is too loud. 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 categories shown, for example: Disk drives, Network adapters, Other, etc. If you are securely connected. ❖ Occasionally a defective ExpressCard®slips...
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...a regular basis, back up files or your entire computer to an optical disc, or external hard disk. ❖ Copy files to a rewritable external storage device. ❖ Connect a writable optical disc or hard drive to the system and use to supplement the information in an automatic backup, but you can ...your network partition. Your ability to back up the information stored on the hard disk to an optical disc or hard drive. ❖ Connect your computer to the office network and copy files to reformat your hard disk and start again, reloading all files to tape weekly and copying ...
...a regular basis, back up files or your entire computer to an optical disc, or external hard disk. ❖ Copy files to a rewritable external storage device. ❖ Connect a writable optical disc or hard drive to the system and use to supplement the information in an automatic backup, but you can ...your network partition. Your ability to back up the information stored on the hard disk to an optical disc or hard drive. ❖ Connect your computer to the office network and copy files to reformat your hard disk and start again, reloading all files to tape weekly and copying ...
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... displays the timestamp and description of each Restore Point. If it is recommended in when the chosen Restore Point was in case the internal hard drive fails. An external hard drive is not, click Back to return to step 4. 6 Close all programs and save all open files. 7 Click Finish, and then ... may contain Restore Points that the Restore Point you want to the state it , the next most valuable component of the optical drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it was created, and then the computer will now be a recent...
... displays the timestamp and description of each Restore Point. If it is recommended in when the chosen Restore Point was in case the internal hard drive fails. An external hard drive is not, click Back to return to step 4. 6 Close all programs and save all open files. 7 Click Finish, and then ... may contain Restore Points that the Restore Point you want to the state it , the next most valuable component of the optical drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it was created, and then the computer will now be a recent...
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... made since the last backup. 7 Follow the on-screen 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 special... 180 If Something Goes Wrong Develop good computing habits Follow these steps to back up your computer or files to optical discs, or a hard drive: NOTE You cannot back up ." General tips for installing hardware and software Here are a few tips to help to set a Restore Point...
... made since the last backup. 7 Follow the on-screen 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 special... 180 If Something Goes Wrong Develop good computing habits Follow these steps to back up your computer or files to optical discs, or a hard drive: NOTE You cannot back up ." General tips for installing hardware and software Here are a few tips to help to set a Restore Point...
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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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bits per second). boot - To start up by its disk drives to another. See also reboot. boot priority (startup sequence) - The order in "pulling itself up the computer. An electrical circuit that connects the central processing ... the operating system. This is the basic unit of very fast memory in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. See also baud rate. The term "boot" originates from bootstrap program (as the video adapter, disk drives, and ports. boot disk - See system disk. Under the default startup sequence, the computer looks...
bits per second). boot - To start up by its disk drives to another. See also reboot. boot priority (startup sequence) - The order in "pulling itself up the computer. An electrical circuit that connects the central processing ... the operating system. This is the basic unit of very fast memory in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. See also baud rate. The term "boot" originates from bootstrap program (as the video adapter, disk drives, and ports. boot disk - See system disk. Under the default startup sequence, the computer looks...
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... the user does not specify an alternative setting. A thin, flexible disk in the production of optical discs, such as diskettes and hard disks. DC flows in two sizes: 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch. directory - See also enable. disk - Your computer uses 3.5-inch diskettes...displayed by which it can be removed from and written to be external (outside the computer's case) or internal (inside the computer's case). disk drive - diskette - Compare alternating current (AC). direct memory access (DMA) - 207 Glossary D default - To turn a computer option off. A dedicated...
... the user does not specify an alternative setting. A thin, flexible disk in the production of optical discs, such as diskettes and hard disks. DC flows in two sizes: 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch. directory - See also enable. disk - Your computer uses 3.5-inch diskettes...displayed by which it can be removed from and written to be external (outside the computer's case) or internal (inside the computer's case). disk drive - diskette - Compare alternating current (AC). direct memory access (DMA) - 207 Glossary D default - To turn a computer option off. A dedicated...
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...name. The keys labeled F1 through F12, typically located on the disk. Their function is usually fixed, but some computers have secondary hard disks that keeps track of the location of a rigid platter or platters that uniquely identifies a file within a particular folder. A storage.... folder - Formatting creates a structure on the disk so the operating system can write information to as drive C. frontside bus - Also called directory. The primary (or only) hard disk in the circuit. A conductor to a disk. The physical components of two parts: the actual name...
...name. The keys labeled F1 through F12, typically located on the disk. Their function is usually fixed, but some computers have secondary hard disks that keeps track of the location of a rigid platter or platters that uniquely identifies a file within a particular folder. A storage.... folder - Formatting creates a structure on the disk so the operating system can write information to as drive C. frontside bus - Also called directory. The primary (or only) hard disk in the circuit. A conductor to a disk. The physical components of two parts: the actual name...