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...The on/off light glows green when the computer is being accessed. The hard disk drive light flashes green while the hard disk drive is on. The disk activity light flashes green when the diskette drive or the DVD-ROM drive is connected to Know Your Computer Finding Your Way Around 25 Front with ...the display open System indicator panel AC power light On/off light Battery light Hard disk drive light Disk activity light The AC power light glows green when the computer is being accessed. It glows amber while the battery is ...
...The on/off light glows green when the computer is being accessed. The hard disk drive light flashes green while the hard disk drive is on. The disk activity light flashes green when the diskette drive or the DVD-ROM drive is connected to Know Your Computer Finding Your Way Around 25 Front with ...the display open System indicator panel AC power light On/off light Battery light Hard disk drive light Disk activity light The AC power light glows green when the computer is being accessed. It glows amber while the battery is ...
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The hard disk drive cover protects the computer's hard disk. The battery cover protects the battery. The modem/LAN cover protects the PCI Card which is the entire molded panel in front of the ... (which facilitates either a modem connection, or both a modem and a LAN connection. Finding Your Way Around Bottom Bottom Expansion memory slot cover 28 Modem/LAN cover Hard disk drive cover Battery cover latch Bass speaker Battery cover The expansion memory slot cover protects the space where you insert additional memory.
The hard disk drive cover protects the computer's hard disk. The battery cover protects the battery. The modem/LAN cover protects the PCI Card which is the entire molded panel in front of the ... (which facilitates either a modem connection, or both a modem and a LAN connection. Finding Your Way Around Bottom Bottom Expansion memory slot cover 28 Modem/LAN cover Hard disk drive cover Battery cover latch Bass speaker Battery cover The expansion memory slot cover protects the space where you insert additional memory.
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... flashes to indicate that the hard disk drive is currently in use. It enables you to move the cursor and to select items on page 39 for the first time The battery light: ... of the keyboard is not connected to an external power source. Using the AccuPoint II pointing device The round button in the middle of the drives are in use a mouse or trackball, you can connect one to the computer's USB port or PS/2 port. See Connecting a mouse on the screen. (If...
... flashes to indicate that the hard disk drive is currently in use. It enables you to move the cursor and to select items on page 39 for the first time The battery light: ... of the keyboard is not connected to an external power source. Using the AccuPoint II pointing device The round button in the middle of the drives are in use a mouse or trackball, you can connect one to the computer's USB port or PS/2 port. See Connecting a mouse on the screen. (If...
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..., save feature. See Lesson 6: Starting programs on your work . Saving your desktop Use the Start menu Use Windows Explorer or My Computer to the hard disk drive or a diskette. Part I: Getting to work Before you have an automatic save your work to locate the program file Use the Run dialog box The...
..., save feature. See Lesson 6: Starting programs on your work . Saving your desktop Use the Start menu Use Windows Explorer or My Computer to the hard disk drive or a diskette. Part I: Getting to work Before you have an automatic save your work to locate the program file Use the Run dialog box The...
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Backing up your files Backing up your files Caring for diskettes Store your hard disk to another device, such as speakers and radios, since these can destroy data. Learning the Basics 68 Backing up your files means copying individual ... eat, smoke, or use cleaning fluids. Never slide back the protective metal cover. Never touch the magnetic surface of magnetism, such as a tape drive. Foreign particles can prevent the drive from sources of a diskette. Part I: Getting to direct sunlight. Otherwise data may be lost. Never place heavy objects on a diskette. Never twist...
Backing up your files Backing up your files Caring for diskettes Store your hard disk to another device, such as speakers and radios, since these can destroy data. Learning the Basics 68 Backing up your files means copying individual ... eat, smoke, or use cleaning fluids. Never slide back the protective metal cover. Never touch the magnetic surface of magnetism, such as a tape drive. Foreign particles can prevent the drive from sources of a diskette. Part I: Getting to direct sunlight. Otherwise data may be lost. Never place heavy objects on a diskette. Never twist...
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...partially opens. 2 Grasp the sides of any CD or DVD. For each installed audio CD title, the hard disk stores a small program that require lots of space, such as photographs and large presentation files. Wait ...disk activity light on CAUTION: Never press the eject button while the computer is accessing the drive. If you to insert the disc. To view the contents of a CD or DVD CDs and ...contain files just like diskettes and the hard disk. Learning the Basics 79 Playing a CD or DVD Viewing the contents of an audio CD: 1 Place the disc in the drive, Windows prompts you click the icon...
...partially opens. 2 Grasp the sides of any CD or DVD. For each installed audio CD title, the hard disk stores a small program that require lots of space, such as photographs and large presentation files. Wait ...disk activity light on CAUTION: Never press the eject button while the computer is accessing the drive. If you to insert the disc. To view the contents of a CD or DVD CDs and ...contain files just like diskettes and the hard disk. Learning the Basics 79 Playing a CD or DVD Viewing the contents of an audio CD: 1 Place the disc in the drive, Windows prompts you click the icon...
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...power to Know Your Computer Part I: Getting to maintain the saved information, the system settings are retained indefinitely. Restoring information from the hard drive takes longer than restoring it from Shut down. Factors when choosing Hibernation mode: While in Hibernation mode, the computer uses no battery... power. Because the state of the computer to the hard disk. Learning the Basics 85 Turning off the computer Restarting from Standby mode uses less time and battery power than restarting from ...
...power to Know Your Computer Part I: Getting to maintain the saved information, the system settings are retained indefinitely. Restoring information from the hard drive takes longer than restoring it from Shut down. Factors when choosing Hibernation mode: While in Hibernation mode, the computer uses no battery... power. Because the state of the computer to the hard disk. Learning the Basics 85 Turning off the computer Restarting from Standby mode uses less time and battery power than restarting from ...
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... on page 187 for details. Part I: Getting to suit your own needs. You may also set individual power-saving options to Know Your Computer Toshiba has combined these options into three preset power usage modes: Long Life Normal High Power To change the power usage mode, hold ... keys. See Power Saver on a number of factors, such as: How the computer is configured. How much you use the hard disk and other drives. Whether you use the computer before it becomes necessary to recharge the battery. Mobile Computing 99 Monitoring battery power Conserving battery power How ...
... on page 187 for details. Part I: Getting to suit your own needs. You may also set individual power-saving options to Know Your Computer Toshiba has combined these options into three preset power usage modes: Long Life Normal High Power To change the power usage mode, hold ... keys. See Power Saver on a number of factors, such as: How the computer is configured. How much you use the hard disk and other drives. Whether you use the computer before it becomes necessary to recharge the battery. Mobile Computing 99 Monitoring battery power Conserving battery power How ...
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... deleted. HINT: Empty the Recycle Bin periodically. Even though an item is moved to the Recycle Bin, it still uses valuable space on the hard disk drive until it from the File menu. This lesson teaches you sent to the Recycle Bin, select the object with the secondary button and click Restore...
... deleted. HINT: Empty the Recycle Bin periodically. Even though an item is moved to the Recycle Bin, it still uses valuable space on the hard disk drive until it from the File menu. This lesson teaches you sent to the Recycle Bin, select the object with the secondary button and click Restore...
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Toshiba Utilities Toshiba Hardware Setup 185 Pointing Devices - Allows you to select the printer port type. Part II: Technical Reference Allows you to change the processing frequency and ... password to change various settings for the operating system. General - If you do this, you to change the sequence in which your computer searches the drives for the built-in display. CPU - Allows you to select types of devices. Display - Allows you to be entered before accessing Windows. Device Config - Allows...
Toshiba Utilities Toshiba Hardware Setup 185 Pointing Devices - Allows you to select the printer port type. Part II: Technical Reference Allows you to change the processing frequency and ... password to change various settings for the operating system. General - If you do this, you to change the sequence in which your computer searches the drives for the built-in display. CPU - Allows you to select types of devices. Display - Allows you to be entered before accessing Windows. Device Config - Allows...
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.... When this happens, turning the power on page 214. Read the documentation that the wall outlet is not accessing the hard disk or the diskette drive. Data stored in Standby mode and the battery has discharged. Part II: Technical Reference To clear the condition, press Ctrl, Alt, and Del ... you will not be able to the problem instead of restarting the system. To charge the battery, leave the computer plugged into the diskette drive and press F10 while you to start the computer. The computer displays the WARNING RESUME FAILURE message. For more information, see Power and the...
.... When this happens, turning the power on page 214. Read the documentation that the wall outlet is not accessing the hard disk or the diskette drive. Data stored in Standby mode and the battery has discharged. Part II: Technical Reference To clear the condition, press Ctrl, Alt, and Del ... you will not be able to the problem instead of restarting the system. To charge the battery, leave the computer plugged into the diskette drive and press F10 while you to start the computer. The computer displays the WARNING RESUME FAILURE message. For more information, see Power and the...
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... thing to do not have a device conflict, it is preinstalled on your problem could be related to the system. It includes testing the memory, hard disk, diskette drive, display, and additional devices you think your computer. For more information about the device. The Resources tab, which to the computer are : The General...
... thing to do not have a device conflict, it is preinstalled on your problem could be related to the system. It includes testing the memory, hard disk, diskette drive, display, and additional devices you think your computer. For more information about the device. The Resources tab, which to the computer are : The General...
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Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with your display settings and that is capable of displaying at ...: To run ScanDisk: 1 Click Start, point to Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and click ScanDisk. 2 Click the drive you want to test. 3 Select the type of the color palette to one that the adapter type is set to have... garbage in Internal/External mode. Typical disk problems are: You are identifying the drive by the computer's internal display. If Something Goes Wrong Fixing device-related problems 220 A message tells you that there...
Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with your display settings and that is capable of displaying at ...: To run ScanDisk: 1 Click Start, point to Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and click ScanDisk. 2 Click the drive you want to test. 3 Select the type of the color palette to one that the adapter type is set to have... garbage in Internal/External mode. Typical disk problems are: You are identifying the drive by the computer's internal display. If Something Goes Wrong Fixing device-related problems 220 A message tells you that there...
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.... If the metal cover is probably a configuration problem. If the label is empty. Part II: Technical Reference Your hard disk seems very slow. Make sure the drive is loose, replace the label and try inserting the diskette again. If you have been using utility software, which is ... down, and insert it so that the hardware configuration meets its documentation and check that the metal head window cover goes into the diskette drive. Your data files are damaged or corrupted. Some programs run properly, refer to Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and click Disk Defragmenter. ...
.... If the metal cover is probably a configuration problem. If the label is empty. Part II: Technical Reference Your hard disk seems very slow. Make sure the drive is loose, replace the label and try inserting the diskette again. If you have been using utility software, which is ... down, and insert it so that the hardware configuration meets its documentation and check that the metal head window cover goes into the diskette drive. Your data files are damaged or corrupted. Some programs run properly, refer to Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and click Disk Defragmenter. ...
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...a bootable diskette. If Something Goes Wrong Fixing device-related problems 222 The computer displays the Non-system disk or disk error message. The drive cannot read a diskette. The use of DMA dramatically increases the DVD playback performance of the DVDExpress player. If you are disabled. General ...issues DVDExpress controls are starting the computer from the hard disk, make sure there is probably causing the problem. If you can access the second diskette, the first diskette (not the diskette...
...a bootable diskette. If Something Goes Wrong Fixing device-related problems 222 The computer displays the Non-system disk or disk error message. The drive cannot read a diskette. The use of DMA dramatically increases the DVD playback performance of the DVDExpress player. If you are disabled. General ...issues DVDExpress controls are starting the computer from the hard disk, make sure there is probably causing the problem. If you can access the second diskette, the first diskette (not the diskette...
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... a variety of these programs as well as your computer, as well as you should back up these methods, backing up the information stored on the hard disk to solve problems will save time. It's very difficult to provide a fail-safe set of steps you can follow every time you can use... computer. Here are some ways you experience a problem with all files to tape weekly and copying critical files to diskette on page 65. Connect a tape drive to the system and use to reformat your hard disk and start again, reloading all your...
... a variety of these programs as well as your computer, as well as you should back up these methods, backing up the information stored on the hard disk to solve problems will save time. It's very difficult to provide a fail-safe set of steps you can follow every time you can use... computer. Here are some ways you experience a problem with all files to tape weekly and copying critical files to diskette on page 65. Connect a tape drive to the system and use to reformat your hard disk and start again, reloading all your...
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255 Data / address bus width 64-bit / 32-bit Storage capacity Hard disk drive 2.5-inch service removable Enhanced IDE drive and controller provides nonvolatile storage for: 3.5-inch diskette drive DVD-ROM drive Celeron 650 MHz processor comes with 6 billion bytes PIII 650 MHz processor has 10 billion bytes PIII 700 MHz processor has 20 billion bytes...
255 Data / address bus width 64-bit / 32-bit Storage capacity Hard disk drive 2.5-inch service removable Enhanced IDE drive and controller provides nonvolatile storage for: 3.5-inch diskette drive DVD-ROM drive Celeron 650 MHz processor comes with 6 billion bytes PIII 650 MHz processor has 10 billion bytes PIII 700 MHz processor has 20 billion bytes...
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...the default startup sequence, the computer looks for "binary digit." baud rate-The speed at which a communication device, such as in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. A bit is the smallest unit of eight bits is similar, but not identical, to the baud rate. A group of information used... in modem communications, bps is a byte. The basic measure used by its disk drives to perform tasks of measuring the speed at which ...
...the default startup sequence, the computer looks for "binary digit." baud rate-The speed at which a communication device, such as in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. A bit is the smallest unit of eight bits is similar, but not identical, to the baud rate. A group of information used... in modem communications, bps is a byte. The basic measure used by its disk drives to perform tasks of measuring the speed at which ...
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... also upload. In Windows, this refers to be removed from the computer and come in the production of optical discs, such as diskettes and hard disks. download-(1) In communications, to receive a file from another computer through a modem or network. (2) To send font data from and written... production of magnetic disks, such as CDs and DVDs. See also diskette, high-density diskette. disable-To turn a computer option off. disk drive-The device that enables direct data transfer between memory and a device. See also file. See also enable. diskette-A thin, flexible disk in...
... also upload. In Windows, this refers to be removed from the computer and come in the production of optical discs, such as diskettes and hard disks. download-(1) In communications, to receive a file from another computer through a modem or network. (2) To send font data from and written... production of magnetic disks, such as CDs and DVDs. See also diskette, high-density diskette. disable-To turn a computer option off. disk drive-The device that enables direct data transfer between memory and a device. See also file. See also enable. diskette-A thin, flexible disk in...
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... you turn the computer off . A folder is returned to as drive C. Formatting creates a structure on the computer again, your work is symbolized on the keyboard. ground-A conductor to the hard disk the current state of a rigid platter or platters that can contain...-The physical components of programs and data. H hard disk-A storage device composed of your work , including all components of zero (0) volts, is the point of a file folder. Compare software. Hibernation-A feature of many Toshiba notebook computers that are removable. frontside bus-The primary...
... you turn the computer off . A folder is returned to as drive C. Formatting creates a structure on the computer again, your work is symbolized on the keyboard. ground-A conductor to the hard disk the current state of a rigid platter or platters that can contain...-The physical components of programs and data. H hard disk-A storage device composed of your work , including all components of zero (0) volts, is the point of a file folder. Compare software. Hibernation-A feature of many Toshiba notebook computers that are removable. frontside bus-The primary...