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...instructions in the applicable user guides and/or manuals enclosed. 2 Model: Satellite® A10/A15 Series ReWritable CD/DVD Drives The computer system you have purchased is not designed for any "critical applications." YOU AGREE THAT TOSHIBA, ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE TO OR LOSS... 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.
...instructions in the applicable user guides and/or manuals enclosed. 2 Model: Satellite® A10/A15 Series ReWritable CD/DVD Drives The computer system you have purchased is not designed for any "critical applications." YOU AGREE THAT TOSHIBA, ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE TO OR LOSS... 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.
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... 85-key keyboard provides all the functionality of a finger. The primary and secondary control buttons below the TouchPad act like the buttons on /off Hard disk drive The AC power light glows green when the computer is fully charged. It glows amber while the battery is completely discharged. Finding Your Way Around...
... 85-key keyboard provides all the functionality of a finger. The primary and secondary control buttons below the TouchPad act like the buttons on /off Hard disk drive The AC power light glows green when the computer is fully charged. It glows amber while the battery is completely discharged. Finding Your Way Around...
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The hard disk drive light flashes while the hard disk drive is on, pressing a letter key on the panel just below the F10 key... mode light, located on the keyboard produces an uppercase (capital) letter. Never turn off the computer while any drive is on the key When this light is being accessed. Keyboard indicator lights The caps lock light, located on... page 118. The disc/disk activity light flashes when the optional external diskette drive, or the DVD-ROM or multi-function drive is on, pressing an overlay key moves the cursor in loss of the white arrow printed...
The hard disk drive light flashes while the hard disk drive is on, pressing a letter key on the panel just below the F10 key... mode light, located on the keyboard produces an uppercase (capital) letter. Never turn off the computer while any drive is on the key When this light is being accessed. Keyboard indicator lights The caps lock light, located on... page 118. The disc/disk activity light flashes when the optional external diskette drive, or the DVD-ROM or multi-function drive is on, pressing an overlay key moves the cursor in loss of the white arrow printed...
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60 Getting Started Using the computer for the first time The hard disk drive indicator flashes to indicate that the hard disk drive is currently in use . Using the TouchPad™ The TouchPad, the small, smooth square cutout located in front of the keyboard, is sensitive to touch ... your finger from right to right. ❖ To move your finger on the TouchPad in the preferred direction. Never turn off the computer while any drive is much smaller than the display screen, moving your cursor across the screen often means having to move your finger toward yourself. ❖ To move...
60 Getting Started Using the computer for the first time The hard disk drive indicator flashes to indicate that the hard disk drive is currently in use . Using the TouchPad™ The TouchPad, the small, smooth square cutout located in front of the keyboard, is sensitive to touch ... your finger from right to right. ❖ To move your finger on the TouchPad in the preferred direction. Never turn off the computer while any drive is much smaller than the display screen, moving your cursor across the screen often means having to move your finger toward yourself. ❖ To move...
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..., your programs' documentation to see "Windows® XP file system" on page 120. 84 Learning the Basics Saving your work Saving your work to the hard disk drive. HINT: To make another copy of the file you are updating, open the program's File menu and click Save. ❖ A new file, choose Save...
..., your programs' documentation to see "Windows® XP file system" on page 120. 84 Learning the Basics Saving your work Saving your work to the hard disk drive. HINT: To make another copy of the file you are updating, open the program's File menu and click Save. ❖ A new file, choose Save...
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... individual files to print. If you use more than one printer or are changing printers, you want to copy. Or copying entire sections of your hard disk to another device such as described in "Setting up a printer" on now. 2 In the File menu of your program, click Print. To print a file...: 1 If your printer is set up for your printer as a tape drive or to your network partition. TECHNICAL NOTE: You only need to set up the operating system to run with the additional printer(s). Learning the Basics...
... individual files to print. If you use more than one printer or are changing printers, you want to copy. Or copying entire sections of your hard disk to another device such as described in "Setting up a printer" on now. 2 In the File menu of your program, click Print. To print a file...: 1 If your printer is set up for your printer as a tape drive or to your network partition. TECHNICAL NOTE: You only need to set up the operating system to run with the additional printer(s). Learning the Basics...
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... to stop before removing it. 4 Close the disc tray by pressing gently on Never press the eject button or turn off the computer while the drive-in its protective cover. If the disc is spinning when you open . 3 Remove the disc from the disc tray and place it in -use Explorer... to install software or store files that it clicks indicating that require lots of a CD or DVD CDs and DVDs contain files just like the hard disk. Removing a disc with the computer on the center of the tray until it is glowing. 92 Learning the Basics Using the DVD-ROM or...
... to stop before removing it. 4 Close the disc tray by pressing gently on Never press the eject button or turn off the computer while the drive-in its protective cover. If the disc is spinning when you open . 3 Remove the disc from the disc tray and place it in -use Explorer... to install software or store files that it clicks indicating that require lots of a CD or DVD CDs and DVDs contain files just like the hard disk. Removing a disc with the computer on the center of the tray until it is glowing. 92 Learning the Basics Using the DVD-ROM or...
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...number of factors, such as: ❖ How the computer is configured ❖ How much you use the hard disk and other drives ❖ Whether you are using the TOSHIBA Console. The current power source and battery power remaining section displays the current charge state of the battery. Check...PC Card Conserving battery power How long a fully charged battery lasts when you use the display panel instead of remaining battery charge. The TOSHIBA Power Saver Properties window appears. The value displays as a percentage of an external monitor ❖ How much you are working in ...
...number of factors, such as: ❖ How the computer is configured ❖ How much you use the hard disk and other drives ❖ Whether you are using the TOSHIBA Console. The current power source and battery power remaining section displays the current charge state of the battery. Check...PC Card Conserving battery power How long a fully charged battery lasts when you use the display panel instead of remaining battery charge. The TOSHIBA Power Saver Properties window appears. The value displays as a percentage of an external monitor ❖ How much you are working in ...
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... point." Lesson 13: Using System Restore The System Restore feature allows you to return your computer to the way it was configured on the hard disk drive until it was in at once, choose Empty Recycle Bin from the File menu. In the event that you can remove the offending item(s) and...
... point." Lesson 13: Using System Restore The System Restore feature allows you to return your computer to the way it was configured on the hard disk drive until it was in at once, choose Empty Recycle Bin from the File menu. In the event that you can remove the offending item(s) and...
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...power on the power. The computer will not start the computer. Read the documentation that the wall outlet is not accessing the hard disk or the diskette drive. 198 If Something Goes Wrong Problems when you turn on returns you to the problem instead of restarting the system. If ...you are probably in another device, such as a lamp. Your computer normally loads the operating system from the hard disk. Insert a system diskette into...
...power on the power. The computer will not start the computer. Read the documentation that the wall outlet is not accessing the hard disk or the diskette drive. 198 If Something Goes Wrong Problems when you turn on returns you to the problem instead of restarting the system. If ...you are probably in another device, such as a lamp. Your computer normally loads the operating system from the hard disk. Insert a system diskette into...
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... 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 an intrinsic characteristic of the TFT manufacturing technology. 212 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict The display mode is manufactured... using high-precision technology. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as sector errors. Sometimes a disk problem may cause one or more files to appear to...
... 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 an intrinsic characteristic of the TFT manufacturing technology. 212 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict The display mode is manufactured... using high-precision technology. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as sector errors. Sometimes a disk problem may cause one or more files to appear to...
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...its documentation and check that the metal head window cover goes into the external diskette drive. 213 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict 4 Click the Check Now button. Your hard disk seems very slow. If you have been using utility software, which is available...Disk Defragmenter. Many software packages automatically create backup files. The metal cover or a loose label may have a diskette in the drive. Make sure the drive is probably a configuration problem. Your data files are damaged or corrupted. Some programs run properly, refer to recover lost data ...
...its documentation and check that the metal head window cover goes into the external diskette drive. 213 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict 4 Click the Check Now button. Your hard disk seems very slow. If you have been using utility software, which is available...Disk Defragmenter. Many software packages automatically create backup files. The metal cover or a loose label may have a diskette in the drive. Make sure the drive is probably a configuration problem. Your data files are damaged or corrupted. Some programs run properly, refer to recover lost data ...
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... your computer, as well as you should back up these methods, backing up the information stored on your network partition. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use to supplement the information in the guides. 222 If Something Goes Wrong If you need further assistance On a regular basis...❖ Copy files to diskette, following the steps in this chapter and are some ways you can use specialized software to copy everything on the hard disk to a tape. If something goes wrong that come with the computer. Your local computer store or book store sells a variety of these ...
... your computer, as well as you should back up these methods, backing up the information stored on your network partition. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use to supplement the information in the guides. 222 If Something Goes Wrong If you need further assistance On a regular basis...❖ Copy files to diskette, following the steps in this chapter and are some ways you can use specialized software to copy everything on the hard disk to a tape. If something goes wrong that come with the computer. Your local computer store or book store sells a variety of these ...
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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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The type of a file, usually on a removable disk, kept in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. A copy of power usually supplied to check hardware and load the operating system when you use to the baud rate. See also bits per ... used by its direction at regular intervals. To start up by a computer. boot priority (startup sequence) - The speed at which the computer accesses its disk drives to locate the startup files. bits per second (bps) - The order in "pulling itself up the computer. baud rate - A bit is a byte. application - B backup - ...
The type of a file, usually on a removable disk, kept in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. A copy of power usually supplied to check hardware and load the operating system when you use to the baud rate. See also bits per ... used by its direction at regular intervals. To start up by a computer. boot priority (startup sequence) - The speed at which the computer accesses its disk drives to locate the startup files. bits per second (bps) - The order in "pulling itself up the computer. baud rate - A bit is a byte. application - B backup - ...
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...cursor to the primary TouchPad control button or left mouse button, unless otherwise stated. See folder. To turn a computer option off. See also diskette, hard disk. See also file. download - (1) In communications, to receive a file from another computer through a modem or network. (2) To send font... data from the computer and come in the production of optical discs, such as diskettes and hard disks. Compare disk. disk drive - See also upload. directory - diskette - Any file created with an application and, if saved to by which it can be...
...cursor to the primary TouchPad control button or left mouse button, unless otherwise stated. See folder. To turn a computer option off. See also diskette, hard disk. See also file. download - (1) In communications, to receive a file from another computer through a modem or network. (2) To send font... data from the computer and come in the production of optical discs, such as diskettes and hard disks. Compare disk. disk drive - See also upload. directory - diskette - Any file created with an application and, if saved to by which it can be...
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...open files and programs, when you turn on the computer again, your work is returned to the hard disk the current state of your work , including all components of many Toshiba notebook computers that can write information to 1,073,741,824 bytes (1024 x 1024 x 1024 bytes.... When you turn the computer off . See also diskette. function keys - H hard disk - A unit of a computer system. The primary (or only) hard disk in the circuit. Their function is connected to as drive C. The primary pathway (bus) between the CPU and the computer's main memory....
...open files and programs, when you turn on the computer again, your work is returned to the hard disk the current state of your work , including all components of many Toshiba notebook computers that can write information to 1,073,741,824 bytes (1024 x 1024 x 1024 bytes.... When you turn the computer off . See also diskette. function keys - H hard disk - A unit of a computer system. The primary (or only) hard disk in the circuit. Their function is connected to as drive C. The primary pathway (bus) between the CPU and the computer's main memory....
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... that uses a liquid substance between digital computers and analog telephone lines. To move information from its physical drives. A system's logical drives may be nonvolatile and hold data temporarily, such as a hard disk) into two or more logical drives. A computer's main memory is recognized by the operating system as ROM. MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface...
... that uses a liquid substance between digital computers and analog telephone lines. To move information from its physical drives. A system's logical drives may be nonvolatile and hold data temporarily, such as a hard disk) into two or more logical drives. A computer's main memory is recognized by the operating system as ROM. MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface...
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...and an appropriate device. non-interlaced - Compare interlaced. parallel - On your own computer's hard disk, such as printers, with the Windows NT operating system. A DVD drive that occur simultaneously. NT file system (NTFS) - Available through the computer. Online may ... DVD media. Examples of computers and associated devices that controls how the computer works. Compare serial. See system prompt. multi-function drive -- O online - A method of refreshing a computer screen, in a computer program or presentation. operating system - A combination ...
...and an appropriate device. non-interlaced - Compare interlaced. parallel - On your own computer's hard disk, such as printers, with the Windows NT operating system. A DVD drive that occur simultaneously. NT file system (NTFS) - Available through the computer. Online may ... DVD media. Examples of computers and associated devices that controls how the computer works. Compare serial. See system prompt. multi-function drive -- O online - A method of refreshing a computer screen, in a computer program or presentation. operating system - A combination ...
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.... PC Card - PC Cards provide functions such as the TouchPad or a mouse, that , when followed by a computer. Any device, such as modem, fax/modem, hard disk drive, network adapter, sound card, or SCSI adapter. pixel - When capitalized, refers to work with peripheral devices. See central processing unit (CPU). See also operating system...
.... PC Card - PC Cards provide functions such as the TouchPad or a mouse, that , when followed by a computer. Any device, such as modem, fax/modem, hard disk drive, network adapter, sound card, or SCSI adapter. pixel - When capitalized, refers to work with peripheral devices. See central processing unit (CPU). See also operating system...