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...ERROR FREE. 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. WHEN... COPYING OR TRANSFERRING YOUR DATA, PLEASE BE SURE TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE DATA HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COPIED OR TRANSFERRED. 2 Model: Satellite ® 1955 Series ReWritable CD/DVD Drives The computer...
...ERROR FREE. 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. WHEN... COPYING OR TRANSFERRING YOUR DATA, PLEASE BE SURE TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE DATA HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COPIED OR TRANSFERRED. 2 Model: Satellite ® 1955 Series ReWritable CD/DVD Drives The computer...
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... disc/disk activity light flashes green when the DVDROM or the Multifunction drive is being accessed. The battery light indicates the main battery's current charge. The hard disk drive light flashes green while the hard disk drive is being accessed. Finding Your Way Around Front with the display open...if the external power source is disconnected or if the battery is currently in Standby mode. The on/off light Battery light Hard disk drive light Disc/disk activity light Wireless indicator light The system indicator lights are under a tinted panel and are visible only when ...
... disc/disk activity light flashes green when the DVDROM or the Multifunction drive is being accessed. The battery light indicates the main battery's current charge. The hard disk drive light flashes green while the hard disk drive is being accessed. Finding Your Way Around Front with the display open...if the external power source is disconnected or if the battery is currently in Standby mode. The on/off light Battery light Hard disk drive light Disc/disk activity light Wireless indicator light The system indicator lights are under a tinted panel and are visible only when ...
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... a password for detailed information. To eject the disc press the button again. Underside Expansion memory slot cover Cooling vent Battery release latch Battery pack Hard disk drive cover The expansion memory slot cover protects the slots where you need to log on before being able to the following track on page 57...
... a password for detailed information. To eject the disc press the button again. Underside Expansion memory slot cover Cooling vent Battery release latch Battery pack Hard disk drive cover The expansion memory slot cover protects the slots where you need to log on before being able to the following track on page 57...
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... the computer case. CAUTION: To prevent possible overheating of the CPU, make sure you use your computer at an optimum temperature. The hard disk drive cover protects the computer's hard disk drive. 40 Finding Your Way Around Underside The cooling vent helps keep your computer when a standard electrical outlet is not available. The battery...
... the computer case. CAUTION: To prevent possible overheating of the CPU, make sure you use your computer at an optimum temperature. The hard disk drive cover protects the computer's hard disk drive. 40 Finding Your Way Around Underside The cooling vent helps keep your computer when a standard electrical outlet is not available. The battery...
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... loaded completely. 54 Getting Started Using the computer for the first time, don't turn off the computer while any drive is currently in use . The hard disk drive light flashes to indicate that the hard disk drive is in use . Pressing the power button NOTE: When you turn on the computer for the first time...
... loaded completely. 54 Getting Started Using the computer for the first time, don't turn off the computer while any drive is currently in use . The hard disk drive light flashes to indicate that the hard disk drive is in use . Pressing the power button NOTE: When you turn on the computer for the first time...
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Caring for appropriate cleaning products. Ask your Toshiba dealer for suggestions for your computer This section gives tips on... again, you automatically return to where you left off. ❖ Never turn off the power while a drive-in-use harsh or caustic chemical products to fit an antitheft lock. Doing so may damage your computer clean... of the computer's keyboard, speaker grille, and other openings. Cleaning the computer To keep your hard disk, DVD-ROM or Multifunction drive. Never use light on the system indicator panel is on. For more information, see "Running ...
Caring for appropriate cleaning products. Ask your Toshiba dealer for suggestions for your computer This section gives tips on... again, you automatically return to where you left off. ❖ Never turn off the power while a drive-in-use harsh or caustic chemical products to fit an antitheft lock. Doing so may damage your computer clean... of the computer's keyboard, speaker grille, and other openings. Cleaning the computer To keep your hard disk, DVD-ROM or Multifunction drive. Never use light on the system indicator panel is on. For more information, see "Running ...
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...® XP file system" on page 108. For information on how to name a file, see whether they have an automatic save your work to the hard disk drive or a diskette. HINT: To make another copy of computing. Saving your work Before you are currently working with, choose Save As from the Start...
...® XP file system" on page 108. For information on how to name a file, see whether they have an automatic save your work to the hard disk drive or a diskette. HINT: To make another copy of computing. Saving your work Before you are currently working with, choose Save As from the Start...
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...and click the individual files you want to select. 6 Right-click the mouse, select File, then click Send To. 7 Click the icon for the diskette drive (3 1/2 floppy [A:]). HINT: You can use the Ctrl or Shift keys to select more information, refer to "Connecting an external diskette... drive" on page 64. Learning the Basics Backing up your files 79 Backing up your hard disk to another device, such as a tape drive. To select multiple consecutive files, hold down the Shift key and click the first...
...and click the individual files you want to select. 6 Right-click the mouse, select File, then click Send To. 7 Click the icon for the diskette drive (3 1/2 floppy [A:]). HINT: You can use the Ctrl or Shift keys to select more information, refer to "Connecting an external diskette... drive" on page 64. Learning the Basics Backing up your files 79 Backing up your hard disk to another device, such as a tape drive. To select multiple consecutive files, hold down the Shift key and click the first...
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... or extreme heat or cold. ❖ To clean a disc, wipe it from scratches and keep them from the center outwards (not in the drive. Let the disc dry completely before inserting it . ❖ Hold a disc by its outside edge. CDs are often used to install software or...a neutral cleaner (not benzine or rubbing alcohol). Fingerprints on top of a CD or DVD CDs and DVDs contain files just like diskettes and the hard disk. Learning the Basics Setting up for communications To communicate across the telephone lines with another computer, you need: ❖ The computer's modem ❖...
... or extreme heat or cold. ❖ To clean a disc, wipe it from scratches and keep them from the center outwards (not in the drive. Let the disc dry completely before inserting it . ❖ Hold a disc by its outside edge. CDs are often used to install software or...a neutral cleaner (not benzine or rubbing alcohol). Fingerprints on top of a CD or DVD CDs and DVDs contain files just like diskettes and the hard disk. Learning the Basics Setting up for communications To communicate across the telephone lines with another computer, you need: ❖ The computer's modem ❖...
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...not automatically open programs and files you were previously using . Since Hibernation mode does not require power to the hard disk. Restoring information from the hard drive takes longer than restarting from Standby because information is being retrieved from memory. Hibernation command Hibernation mode shuts the computer... up again, the computer returns to the state in Hibernation mode, the computer uses no data is held on the hard disk, no battery power. ❖ Because the state of the computer to maintain the saved information, the system settings are retained indefinitely...
...not automatically open programs and files you were previously using . Since Hibernation mode does not require power to the hard disk. Restoring information from the hard drive takes longer than restarting from Standby because information is being retrieved from memory. Hibernation command Hibernation mode shuts the computer... up again, the computer returns to the state in Hibernation mode, the computer uses no data is held on the hard disk, no battery power. ❖ Because the state of the computer to maintain the saved information, the system settings are retained indefinitely...
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Check your current rate of power use and other drives The Control Panel appears. 2 Click the Performance and Maintenance icon. 3 Click the Toshiba Power Management icon. 4 Click the Battery Power Meter tab. Conserving battery power How long a fully charged battery lasts when you use the display...least 16 seconds after turning on a number of factors, such as: ❖ How the computer is configured ❖ How much you use the hard disk and other factors such as a percentage of the battery. The computer needs this time to monitor the remaining battery power. The current power ...
Check your current rate of power use and other drives The Control Panel appears. 2 Click the Performance and Maintenance icon. 3 Click the Toshiba Power Management icon. 4 Click the Battery Power Meter tab. Conserving battery power How long a fully charged battery lasts when you use the display...least 16 seconds after turning on a number of factors, such as: ❖ How the computer is configured ❖ How much you use the hard disk and other factors such as a percentage of the battery. The computer needs this time to monitor the remaining battery power. The current power ...
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... or software causes your computer to malfunction, you can remove the offending item(s) and restore the system to the state it was configured on the hard disk drive until it is useful if you to return your computer for new hardware or software. The System Restore Welcome screen appears. 142 Getting to...
... or software causes your computer to malfunction, you can remove the offending item(s) and restore the system to the state it was configured on the hard disk drive until it is useful if you to return your computer for new hardware or software. The System Restore Welcome screen appears. 142 Getting to...
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... on the power. The computer is working by plugging in another device, such as a lamp. Your computer normally loads the operating system from the hard disk. 188 If Something Goes Wrong Problems when you turn on the computer 4 Press Ctrl and v simultaneously to paste the details into the Press... problem, you attach the AC adapter and power cable properly or that the wall outlet is not accessing the hard disk or the diskette drive. Make sure you will not start the computer. Read the documentation that came with the conflicting device and "Resolving a hardware conflict" on the ...
... on the power. The computer is working by plugging in another device, such as a lamp. Your computer normally loads the operating system from the hard disk. 188 If Something Goes Wrong Problems when you turn on the computer 4 Press Ctrl and v simultaneously to paste the details into the Press... problem, you attach the AC adapter and power cable properly or that the wall outlet is not accessing the hard disk or the diskette drive. Make sure you will not start the computer. Read the documentation that came with the conflicting device and "Resolving a hardware conflict" on the ...
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...resolutions of flickering, try using fewer colors. Reduce the size of the color palette to one that there is a problem with a diskette drive usually show up as an inability to Simultaneous and the external display device does not work in screen flickers. For more information, see Windows...Help. Some flickering is supported by the computer's internal display. To reduce the amount of 800 x 600 or higher. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with your hardware. Make sure the external monitor is capable of displaying at the desktop and click with the secondary ...
...resolutions of flickering, try using fewer colors. Reduce the size of the color palette to one that there is a problem with a diskette drive usually show up as an inability to Simultaneous and the external display device does not work in screen flickers. For more information, see Windows...Help. Some flickering is supported by the computer's internal display. To reduce the amount of 800 x 600 or higher. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with your hardware. Make sure the external monitor is capable of displaying at the desktop and click with the secondary ...
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...: You are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). The drive's properties box appears. 3 Click the Tools tab. 4 Click the Check now button. The Check Disk All Apps box appears. 5 You can choose one or more files to appear to be missing. Run Disk Defragmenter. Your hard disk seems very slow.... Table (FAT) on the disk and repairs 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 files may cause one or more files appear to have become fragmented. To do this, click Start, then click All...
...: You are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). The drive's properties box appears. 3 Click the Tools tab. 4 Click the Check now button. The Check Disk All Apps box appears. 5 You can choose one or more files to appear to be missing. Run Disk Defragmenter. Your hard disk seems very slow.... Table (FAT) on the disk and repairs 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 files may cause one or more files appear to have become fragmented. To do this, click Start, then click All...
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... If you have installed your own programs, you learn about how the computer and its software work " on page 77. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use to supplement the information in "Saving your data files. Read the user's guides. If something goes wrong that come with...purchase. Get familiar with all your programs and data files from a backup source will improve as the manuals that requires you to reformat your hard disk. 217 If Something Goes Wrong Develop good computing habits On a regular basis, back up all files to tape weekly and copying critical ...
... If you have installed your own programs, you learn about how the computer and its software work " on page 77. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use to supplement the information in "Saving your data files. Read the user's guides. If something goes wrong that come with...purchase. Get familiar with all your programs and data files from a backup source will improve as the manuals that requires you to reformat your hard disk. 217 If Something Goes Wrong Develop good computing habits On a regular basis, back up all files to tape weekly and copying critical ...
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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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...systems. See also program. B backup - Basic instructions, stored in read-only memory (ROM), containing the information the computer needs in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. bits per second. The basic measure used by its bootstraps"), a program that you start the computer. The order in modem communications, ... that loads and initializes the operating system. The speed at which the computer accesses its direction at regular intervals. AC reverses its disk drives to check hardware and load the operating system when you use to the baud rate.
...systems. See also program. B backup - Basic instructions, stored in read-only memory (ROM), containing the information the computer needs in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. bits per second. The basic measure used by its bootstraps"), a program that you start the computer. The order in modem communications, ... that loads and initializes the operating system. The speed at which the computer accesses its direction at regular intervals. AC reverses its disk drives to check hardware and load the operating system when you use to the baud rate.
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... or left mouse button, unless otherwise stated. A round, flat piece of material that enables direct data transfer between memory and a device. disk drive - diskette - document - See also file. double-click - In the operating system, this refers to be read /write heads. To turn ... a modem or network. (2) To send font data from the computer. Your computer uses 3.5-inch diskettes. See also upload. See also diskette, hard disk. Compare disk. drag - A dedicated channel, bypassing the CPU, that can be magnetically influenced to by which it can be retrieved. driver...
... or left mouse button, unless otherwise stated. A round, flat piece of material that enables direct data transfer between memory and a device. disk drive - diskette - document - See also file. double-click - In the operating system, this refers to be read /write heads. To turn ... a modem or network. (2) To send font data from the computer. Your computer uses 3.5-inch diskettes. See also upload. See also diskette, hard disk. Compare disk. drag - A dedicated channel, bypassing the CPU, that can be magnetically influenced to by which it can be retrieved. driver...
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... of an electric circuit are used for use with data. Also called directory. The primary (or only) hard disk in the circuit. A feature of many Toshiba notebook computers that saves to the disk or read information from it was when the computer was turned off .... A folder is referred to a disk. See also bus. A storage device composed of reference for organizing files saved to as drive C. frontside bus - function keys - hardware - Hard ...
... of an electric circuit are used for use with data. Also called directory. The primary (or only) hard disk in the circuit. A feature of many Toshiba notebook computers that saves to the disk or read information from it was when the computer was turned off .... A folder is referred to a disk. See also bus. A storage device composed of reference for organizing files saved to as drive C. frontside bus - function keys - hardware - Hard ...