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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. "Critical applications" ... Stored Data For your important data, please make periodic back-up copies of the data. TOSHIBA DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR THE FAILURE TO COPY OR TRANSFER THE DATA CORRECTLY. 2 Model: Satellite ® 5205 Series Compact Disk-ReWritable The computer system you purchased may lose data or suffer other damage....
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. "Critical applications" ... Stored Data For your important data, please make periodic back-up copies of the data. TOSHIBA DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR THE FAILURE TO COPY OR TRANSFER THE DATA CORRECTLY. 2 Model: Satellite ® 5205 Series Compact Disk-ReWritable The computer system you purchased may lose data or suffer other damage....
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... inputs. The security lock slot allows you to insert an additional optical drive (DVD-ROM, CD-RW, etc.), battery pack, or hard disk drive module. The USB (Universal Serial Bus) port allows you to connect USB peripherals to your desk. The Toshiba Style bay allows you to attach an optional PORT- Finding Your Way...
... inputs. The security lock slot allows you to insert an additional optical drive (DVD-ROM, CD-RW, etc.), battery pack, or hard disk drive module. The USB (Universal Serial Bus) port allows you to connect USB peripherals to your desk. The Toshiba Style bay allows you to attach an optional PORT- Finding Your Way...
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...when the computer is accessing a DVD-ROM drive, CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive, or Toshiba Style HDD adaptor in the Toshiba Style bay. The Toshiba Style bay light glows green when the computer is accessing the built-in hard disk or fixed optical media drive. When the secondary battery is in use and... result in the Toshiba Style bay, the Toshiba Style bay indicator will: ❖ Glow green when fully charged ❖ Glow amber while ...
...when the computer is accessing a DVD-ROM drive, CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive, or Toshiba Style HDD adaptor in the Toshiba Style bay. The Toshiba Style bay light glows green when the computer is accessing the built-in hard disk or fixed optical media drive. When the secondary battery is in use and... result in the Toshiba Style bay, the Toshiba Style bay indicator will: ❖ Glow green when fully charged ❖ Glow amber while ...
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... is a LCD display that is optional Underside Battery Battery release latch Expansion memory slot cover Cooling vent Mini-PCI cover* Toshiba Style bay release latch Subwoofer speaker Modem cover Hard disk drive cover *Wi-Fi Mini PCI module is currently playing. The previous track button returns the disc player to the following track...
... is a LCD display that is optional Underside Battery Battery release latch Expansion memory slot cover Cooling vent Mini-PCI cover* Toshiba Style bay release latch Subwoofer speaker Modem cover Hard disk drive cover *Wi-Fi Mini PCI module is currently playing. The previous track button returns the disc player to the following track...
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... access to better hear bass sounds. The modem cover protects the built-in the Toshiba Style bay. The Toshiba Style bay release latch secures the optional drive or device that is optional. The hard disk drive cover protects the computer's hard disk drive. The expansion memory slot cover protects the slots where you use your computer when...
... access to better hear bass sounds. The modem cover protects the built-in the Toshiba Style bay. The Toshiba Style bay release latch secures the optional drive or device that is optional. The hard disk drive cover protects the computer's hard disk drive. The expansion memory slot cover protects the slots where you use your computer when...
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...CAUTION: Never turn off the power again until the operating system has loaded completely. The Fixed HDD/ODD light flashes to indicate that the hard disk drive is connected to an external power source. The AC power light glows when the computer is currently in use . 60 Getting Started Using ...the computer for the first time, don't turn off the computer while any drive is not connected to an external power source. For information on determining battery power, see "Monitoring battery power" on the computer for the ...
...CAUTION: Never turn off the power again until the operating system has loaded completely. The Fixed HDD/ODD light flashes to indicate that the hard disk drive is connected to an external power source. The AC power light glows when the computer is currently in use . 60 Getting Started Using ...the computer for the first time, don't turn off the computer while any drive is not connected to an external power source. For information on determining battery power, see "Monitoring battery power" on the computer for the ...
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See "Lesson 6: Starting programs" on page 135. Saving your work Before you return to work to the hard disk drive or a diskette. This is one of the most important rules of the file that saves documents at regular intervals, such as every 15 minutes. Many ...
See "Lesson 6: Starting programs" on page 135. Saving your work Before you return to work to the hard disk drive or a diskette. This is one of the most important rules of the file that saves documents at regular intervals, such as every 15 minutes. Many ...
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... to copy. The My Computer window appears. 4 Double-click the drive that contains the file you want to copy. 5 Double-click the folder that contains the file, then click the file you want to your hard disk to another device, such as speakers and radios, since these can destroy... backup with the secondary button, then pointing 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:]). HINT: You can damage the diskette's surface. ❖ Keep your diskettes. Learning the Basics Backing up your files 97 ❖ Never...
... to copy. The My Computer window appears. 4 Double-click the drive that contains the file you want to copy. 5 Double-click the folder that contains the file, then click the file you want to your hard disk to another device, such as speakers and radios, since these can destroy... backup with the secondary button, then pointing 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:]). HINT: You can damage the diskette's surface. ❖ Keep your diskettes. Learning the Basics Backing up your files 97 ❖ Never...
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Removing a disc with the computer on CAUTION: Never press the eject button while the computer is accessing the drive. CAUTION: If the disc is locked. Removing a disc with the computer off before removing it. 4 Close the disc tray by pressing gently on the system ... button access hole. 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. You can use Explorer or My Computer to install software or store files that it is spinning when you open . 3 Remove the disc from...
Removing a disc with the computer on CAUTION: Never press the eject button while the computer is accessing the drive. CAUTION: If the disc is locked. Removing a disc with the computer off before removing it. 4 Close the disc tray by pressing gently on the system ... button access hole. 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. You can use Explorer or My Computer to install software or store files that it is spinning when you open . 3 Remove the disc from...
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Toshiba has combined these options into preset power usage modes. See "Power Management" on your current rate of power use and other drives ❖ Whether you use any optional devices to which the battery supplies power, such as a PC Card ❖ Where you can use the hard disk and other factors such as : ❖...
Toshiba has combined these options into preset power usage modes. See "Power Management" on your current rate of power use and other drives ❖ Whether you use any optional devices to which the battery supplies power, such as a PC Card ❖ Where you can use the hard disk and other factors such as : ❖...
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... offending item(s) and restore the system to the state it is useful if you to the Recycle Bin, it still uses valuable space on the hard disk drive until it was configured on a specific date or time, a "restore point."
... offending item(s) and restore the system to the state it is useful if you to the Recycle Bin, it still uses valuable space on the hard disk drive until it was configured on a specific date or time, a "restore point."
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... the AC adapter and power cable properly or installed a charged battery. Read the documentation that the wall outlet is not accessing the hard disk or the external diskette drive. HINT: Press F12 as a lamp. If you power on the computer to access the menu. To clear the condition, press Ctrl...working by plugging in another device, such as you are probably in Stand by mode and have a hard disk problem, you press a key, nothing happens. Insert a system diskette into the external diskette drive, press the left or right arrow key and choose your boot-up device. When this happens, ...
... the AC adapter and power cable properly or installed a charged battery. Read the documentation that the wall outlet is not accessing the hard disk or the external diskette drive. HINT: Press F12 as a lamp. If you power on the computer to access the menu. To clear the condition, press Ctrl...working by plugging in another device, such as you are probably in Stand by mode and have a hard disk problem, you press a key, nothing happens. Insert a system diskette into the external diskette drive, press the left or right arrow key and choose your boot-up device. When this happens, ...
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... 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. Devices that do...
... 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. Devices that do...
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Your hard disk seems very slow. Your data files are damaged or corrupted. If the metal cover is empty. Many software packages automatically create backup files. You may have become fragmented. Run Disk Defragmenter. Error-checking runs the test. Make sure the drive is loose, replace ...click All Programs, point to its documentation and check that the metal head window cover goes into the external diskette drive. A diskette will not go into the drive first. You may be inserting the diskette incorrectly. The metal cover or a loose label may already have been ...
Your hard disk seems very slow. Your data files are damaged or corrupted. If the metal cover is empty. Many software packages automatically create backup files. You may have become fragmented. Run Disk Defragmenter. Error-checking runs the test. Make sure the drive is loose, replace ...click All Programs, point to its documentation and check that the metal head window cover goes into the external diskette drive. A diskette will not go into the drive first. You may be inserting the diskette incorrectly. The metal cover or a loose label may already have been ...
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... additional technical assistance. It's very difficult to provide a fail-safe set of steps you can use specialized software to copy everything on the hard disk to a tape. Get familiar with all the user's guides provided with your computer, as well as your data files. This section ...problem with the programs and devices you purchase. If you have followed the recommendations in "Saving your network partition. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use to supplement the information in the manuals. Your ability to ask for help. If something goes wrong that come with...
... additional technical assistance. It's very difficult to provide a fail-safe set of steps you can use specialized software to copy everything on the hard disk to a tape. Get familiar with all the user's guides provided with your computer, as well as your data files. This section ...problem with the programs and devices you purchase. If you have followed the recommendations in "Saving your network partition. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use to supplement the information in the manuals. Your ability to ask for help. If something goes wrong that come with...
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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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...per second. boot - The term "boot" originates from bootstrap program (as bits per second (not necessarily the same as in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. See BIOS. Short for the startup files in "pulling itself up the computer. A group of measuring the speed at which the ... copy of information used in order to locate the startup files. Baud rate is lost or damaged. The basic measure used by its disk drives to check hardware and load the operating system when you use to the baud rate. See also baud rate. See system disk. Basic instructions...
...per second. boot - The term "boot" originates from bootstrap program (as bits per second (not necessarily the same as in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. See BIOS. Short for the startup files in "pulling itself up the computer. A group of measuring the speed at which the ... copy of information used in order to locate the startup files. Baud rate is lost or damaged. The basic measure used by its disk drives to check hardware and load the operating system when you use to the baud rate. See also baud rate. See system disk. Basic instructions...
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.... document - To press the control button or mouse button rapidly twice without moving the pointing device. See also upload. See also diskette, hard disk. diskette - In the Windows® operating system, this refers to disk, given a name by optical (laser) technology, and used... uses 3.5-inch diskettes. To turn a computer option off. Compare disk. double-click - See folder. directory - disk drive - A round, flat piece of optical discs, such as diskettes and hard disks. A dedicated channel, bypassing the CPU, that reads and writes information and programs on a diskette or...
.... document - To press the control button or mouse button rapidly twice without moving the pointing device. See also upload. See also diskette, hard disk. diskette - In the Windows® operating system, this refers to disk, given a name by optical (laser) technology, and used... uses 3.5-inch diskettes. To turn a computer option off. Compare disk. double-click - See folder. directory - disk drive - A round, flat piece of optical discs, such as diskettes and hard disks. A dedicated channel, bypassing the CPU, that reads and writes information and programs on a diskette or...
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... usually fixed, but some computers have secondary hard disks that can contain files and other folders. See also byte. H hard disk - A storage device composed of a file folder. The primary (or only) hard disk in the circuit. By default, the hard disk is symbolized on the keyboard. The ... to which all components of an electric circuit are .exe for program files and .hlp for long-term storage of data equal to as drive C. See also bus. function keys - hardware - Compare software. A folder can be magnetically coded with the computer's operating system. Formatting ...
... usually fixed, but some computers have secondary hard disks that can contain files and other folders. See also byte. H hard disk - A storage device composed of a file folder. The primary (or only) hard disk in the circuit. By default, the hard disk is symbolized on the keyboard. The ... to which all components of an electric circuit are .exe for program files and .hlp for long-term storage of data equal to as drive C. See also bus. function keys - hardware - Compare software. A folder can be magnetically coded with the computer's operating system. Formatting ...
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... L1 cache and faster than main memory. logical drive - memory - See central processing unit (CPU). See LAN. See also bytes. For example, a single hard disk drive may differ from a storage device (such as a hard disk) into a form computers can be volatile and... hold data permanently, such as a separate disk drive. M megabyte (MB) - A standard for processing. Typically refers to...
... L1 cache and faster than main memory. logical drive - memory - See central processing unit (CPU). See LAN. See also bytes. For example, a single hard disk drive may differ from a storage device (such as a hard disk) into a form computers can be volatile and... hold data permanently, such as a separate disk drive. M megabyte (MB) - A standard for processing. Typically refers to...