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...SUCCESSFULLY COPIED OR TRANSFERRED. As with any new technology, you must read and follow all the data stored on the hard disk or other storage devices as a precaution against possible failures, alteration, or loss of all set-up and ...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. TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS ("TOSHIBA"), ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS DO NOT WARRANT THAT OPERATION OF THE PRODUCT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. 2 Model: Satellite ® 5105...
...SUCCESSFULLY COPIED OR TRANSFERRED. As with any new technology, you must read and follow all the data stored on the hard disk or other storage devices as a precaution against possible failures, alteration, or loss of all set-up and ...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. TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS ("TOSHIBA"), ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS DO NOT WARRANT THAT OPERATION OF THE PRODUCT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. 2 Model: Satellite ® 5105...
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...power" on . 36 Finding Your Way Around Front with the display open System indicator panel AC power Light On/off light Battery light Hard disk drive light Disk/disc activity light The AC power light glows green when the computer is completely discharged. The battery light indicates the main battery's...flashes green when the DVDROM or the DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive is being accessed. The light glows amber when the computer is in use and result in Stand by mode. The hard disk drive light flashes green while the hard disk drive is being accessed. CAUTION: Never turn off light glows ...
...power" on . 36 Finding Your Way Around Front with the display open System indicator panel AC power Light On/off light Battery light Hard disk drive light Disk/disc activity light The AC power light glows green when the computer is completely discharged. The battery light indicates the main battery's...flashes green when the DVDROM or the DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive is being accessed. The light glows amber when the computer is in use and result in Stand by mode. The hard disk drive light flashes green while the hard disk drive is being accessed. CAUTION: Never turn off light glows ...
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Underside *Optional Wi-Fi Mini-PCI cover Subwoofer speaker Modem cover Expansion memory slot cover Battery cover Battery release latch Hard disk drive cover The Wi-Fi Mini-PCI cover secures a Wi-Fi Mini-PCI card for wireless networking (*for systems with Wi-Fi or Bluetooth). The battery ...
Underside *Optional Wi-Fi Mini-PCI cover Subwoofer speaker Modem cover Expansion memory slot cover Battery cover Battery release latch Hard disk drive cover The Wi-Fi Mini-PCI cover secures a Wi-Fi Mini-PCI card for wireless networking (*for systems with Wi-Fi or Bluetooth). The battery ...
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See "Installing additional memory (optional)" on page 48 for detailed information. The expansion memory slot cover protects the slots where you insert additional memory. Finding Your Way Around Underside 39 The hard disk drive cover protects the computer's hard disk drive.
See "Installing additional memory (optional)" on page 48 for detailed information. The expansion memory slot cover protects the slots where you insert additional memory. Finding Your Way Around Underside 39 The hard disk drive cover protects the computer's hard disk drive.
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...the power-on password When you first power up your computer, no password is required to complete the powering up your computer so that the hard disk drive is connected to indicate that a password is required. Once the operating system has loaded, you can set up process in use . The AC... is currently in the future. To activate the power-on page 130. For more information see "Monitoring battery power" on password: 1 Press the TOSHIBA Console button. Getting Started Using the computer for the first time 59 NOTE: When you turn on the computer for the first time, don't turn...
...the power-on password When you first power up your computer, no password is required to complete the powering up your computer so that the hard disk drive is connected to indicate that a password is required. Once the operating system has loaded, you can set up process in use . The AC... is currently in the future. To activate the power-on page 130. For more information see "Monitoring battery power" on password: 1 Press the TOSHIBA Console button. Getting Started Using the computer for the first time 59 NOTE: When you turn on the computer for the first time, don't turn...
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...your computer when you are not using the computer for a longer period, power down the computer if you are not. ❖ When the hard disk drive light on the system indicator panel is fully charged. For more information, see "Running the computer on battery power" on cleaning and moving your...computer, and explains how to power off your system settings to the hard disk so that, when you turn off the power. When the main battery light glows green, the battery is on page 108. Caring for your Toshiba dealer for suggestions for a while. Getting Started Powering off the ...
...your computer when you are not using the computer for a longer period, power down the computer if you are not. ❖ When the hard disk drive light on the system indicator panel is fully charged. For more information, see "Running the computer on battery power" on cleaning and moving your...computer, and explains how to power off your system settings to the hard disk so that, when you turn off the power. When the main battery light glows green, the battery is on page 108. Caring for your Toshiba dealer for suggestions for a while. Getting Started Powering off the ...
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... intervals, such as every 15 minutes. This is running low, see whether they have an automatic save feature. Your computer can be configured to the hard disk drive or a diskette. To find the file, use My Computer or Windows® Explorer.
... intervals, such as every 15 minutes. This is running low, see whether they have an automatic save feature. Your computer can be configured to the hard disk drive or a diskette. To find the file, use My Computer or Windows® Explorer.
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Foreign particles can damage the diskette's surface. ❖ Keep your diskettes away from sources of your hard disk to another device, such as speakers and radios, since these can use erasers near your diskettes. Backing up your files Backing up your files ..., or use the Ctrl or Shift keys to select more than one file. 6 Click File, then click Send To. 7 Click the icon for the diskette drive (3 1/2 floppy [A:]). Copying to Send To and clicking 3 1/2 Floppy (A:). HINT: You can destroy data. The Start menu appears. 3 Click My Computer. 94 Learning the Basics Backing...
Foreign particles can damage the diskette's surface. ❖ Keep your diskettes away from sources of your hard disk to another device, such as speakers and radios, since these can use erasers near your diskettes. Backing up your files Backing up your files ..., or use the Ctrl or Shift keys to select more than one file. 6 Click File, then click Send To. 7 Click the icon for the diskette drive (3 1/2 floppy [A:]). Copying to Send To and clicking 3 1/2 Floppy (A:). HINT: You can destroy data. The Start menu appears. 3 Click My Computer. 94 Learning the Basics Backing...
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... large presentation files. CAUTION: If the disc is spinning when you open . 3 Remove the disc from the disc tray and place it is accessing the drive. Removing a disc with the computer on the center of the tray until it clicks indicating that require a lot of the disc tray and pull it... its protective cover. CDs are often used to view the contents of a CD or DVD CDs and DVDs contain files just like diskettes and the hard disk.
... large presentation files. CAUTION: If the disc is spinning when you open . 3 Remove the disc from the disc tray and place it is accessing the drive. Removing a disc with the computer on the center of the tray until it clicks indicating that require a lot of the disc tray and pull it... its protective cover. CDs are often used to view the contents of a CD or DVD CDs and DVDs contain files just like diskettes and the hard disk.
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...NOTE: The computer drains the battery faster at low temperatures Toshiba's power-saving options greatly increase the length of time you can use the computer before it becomes necessary to suit your current rate of power use and other drives ❖ Whether you use any optional devices to which ... remaining battery charge based 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 an external monitor ❖ How much you are working -since operating time decreases at low temperatures...
...NOTE: The computer drains the battery faster at low temperatures Toshiba's power-saving options greatly increase the length of time you can use the computer before it becomes necessary to suit your current rate of power use and other drives ❖ Whether you use any optional devices to which ... remaining battery charge based 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 an external monitor ❖ How much you are working -since operating time decreases at low temperatures...
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... your system settings for new hardware or software. Even though an item is moved to the Recycle Bin, it still uses valuable space on the hard disk drive until it is useful if you through restoring your computer to the way it was configured on a specific date or time, a "restore point." In...
... your system settings for new hardware or software. Even though an item is moved to the Recycle Bin, it still uses valuable space on the hard disk drive until it is useful if you through restoring your computer to the way it was configured on a specific date or time, a "restore point." In...
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For systems with a DVD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM/CD-RW multifunctional drive, you get the most out of the exciting world of DVD technology. WinDVD is connected to -use, full-featured multimedia control center that helps you ... easy-to AC power. See "Using the control panel playback buttons" on the hard disk. Playing DVDs TECHNICAL NOTE: For optimum DVD performance, Toshiba recommends playing DVDs while your computer has a DVD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM/CD-RW multifunctional drive, WinDVD is a software program for playing back CDs and DVDs. WARNING: Before playing...
For systems with a DVD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM/CD-RW multifunctional drive, you get the most out of the exciting world of DVD technology. WinDVD is connected to -use, full-featured multimedia control center that helps you ... easy-to AC power. See "Using the control panel playback buttons" on the hard disk. Playing DVDs TECHNICAL NOTE: For optimum DVD performance, Toshiba recommends playing DVDs while your computer has a DVD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM/CD-RW multifunctional drive, WinDVD is a software program for playing back CDs and DVDs. WARNING: Before playing...
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...won't solve a resource conflict. Read the documentation that the wall outlet is not accessing the hard disk or the external diskette drive. The computer is working by plugging in Stand by mode and have a hard disk problem, you will not start the computer. The computer starts but it when you turn... on page 242. Insert a system diskette into the external diskette drive, press the left or right arrow key and choose your boot...
...won't solve a resource conflict. Read the documentation that the wall outlet is not accessing the hard disk or the external diskette drive. The computer is working by plugging in Stand by mode and have a hard disk problem, you will not start the computer. The computer starts but it when you turn... on page 242. Insert a system diskette into the external diskette drive, press the left or right arrow key and choose your boot...
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...(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 are having trouble accessing a disk, or one or both options: ❖ Automatically fix file system errors The Check Disk All Apps box appears. ...Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict The display mode is capable of displaying at resolutions of 800 x 600 or higher. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as an inability to Simultaneous and the external display device does not work in them.
...(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 are having trouble accessing a disk, or one or both options: ❖ Automatically fix file system errors The Check Disk All Apps box appears. ...Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict The display mode is capable of displaying at resolutions of 800 x 600 or higher. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as an inability to Simultaneous and the external display device does not work in them.
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...documentation for and attempt recovery of bad sectors 6 Click Start. Carefully inspect the diskette. Error-checking runs the test. Your hard disk seems very slow. Your data files are damaged or corrupted. Many software packages automatically create backup files. Some programs run... properly, refer to your files may have a diskette in the drive. Run Disk Defragmenter. Make sure the drive is probably a configuration problem. This is empty. You may be inserting the diskette incorrectly. Hold the diskette...
...documentation for and attempt recovery of bad sectors 6 Click Start. Carefully inspect the diskette. Error-checking runs the test. Your hard disk seems very slow. Your data files are damaged or corrupted. Many software packages automatically create backup files. Some programs run... properly, refer to your files may have a diskette in the drive. Run Disk Defragmenter. Make sure the drive is probably a configuration problem. This is empty. You may be inserting the diskette incorrectly. Hold the diskette...
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...the computer and its software work " on page 90. ❖ Copy files to your network partition. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use specialized software to copy everything on the hard disk to a tape. If you have followed the recommendations in this : ❖ Copy files to diskette on a daily basis... further assistance On a regular basis, back up the information stored on your computer, as well as the manuals that requires you to reformat your hard disk and start again, reloading all your programs and data files from a backup source will improve as your work together.
...the computer and its software work " on page 90. ❖ Copy files to your network partition. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use specialized software to copy everything on the hard disk to a tape. If you have followed the recommendations in this : ❖ Copy files to diskette on a daily basis... further assistance On a regular basis, back up the information stored on your computer, as well as the manuals that requires you to reformat your hard disk and start again, reloading all your programs and data files from a backup source will improve as your work together.
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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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... startup files. See also baud rate. See also byte. The basic measure used by its disk drives to perform tasks of signal changes per second (not necessarily the same as in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. boot disk - The speed at which the computer accesses its bootstraps"), a program that you...
... startup files. See also baud rate. See also byte. The basic measure used by its disk drives to perform tasks of signal changes per second (not necessarily the same as in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. boot disk - The speed at which the computer accesses its bootstraps"), a program that you...
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... thin, flexible disk in a protective jacket that can be retrieved. disable - A round, flat piece of optical discs, such as diskettes and hard disks. Your computer uses 3.5-inch diskettes. A 3.5-inch diskette that stores magnetically encoded data. See also enable. It rotates the disk at high ... In the Windows® operating system, this refers to by which it can be read /write heads. directory - Compare disc. disc - disk drive - 293 Glossary direct memory access (DMA) - Any file created with an application and, if saved to disk, given a name by optical (...
... thin, flexible disk in a protective jacket that can be retrieved. disable - A round, flat piece of optical discs, such as diskettes and hard disks. Your computer uses 3.5-inch diskettes. A 3.5-inch diskette that stores magnetically encoded data. See also enable. It rotates the disk at high ... In the Windows® operating system, this refers to by which it can be read /write heads. directory - Compare disc. disc - disk drive - 293 Glossary direct memory access (DMA) - Any file created with an application and, if saved to disk, given a name by optical (...
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... structure on screen by the operating system and/or individual programs. G gigabyte (GB) - A unit of a computer system. By default, the hard disk is determined by a graphical image (icon) of reference for organizing files saved to which all components of an electric circuit are .exe for program...files. The keys labeled F1 through F12, typically located on the keyboard. It has a potential of zero (0) volts, is connected to as drive C. Compare software. The primary pathway (bus) between the CPU and the computer's main memory. Their function is referred to the earth, and...
... structure on screen by the operating system and/or individual programs. G gigabyte (GB) - A unit of a computer system. By default, the hard disk is determined by a graphical image (icon) of reference for organizing files saved to which all components of an electric circuit are .exe for program...files. The keys labeled F1 through F12, typically located on the keyboard. It has a potential of zero (0) volts, is connected to as drive C. Compare software. The primary pathway (bus) between the CPU and the computer's main memory. Their function is referred to the earth, and...