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... OR REMOVABLE STORAGE MEDIA ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF. Model: Satellite® A100/A105 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software Warranty The computer system you may include Recordable and/or ReWritable optical media... loss of the data. 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.
... OR REMOVABLE STORAGE MEDIA ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF. Model: Satellite® A100/A105 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software Warranty The computer system you may include Recordable and/or ReWritable optical media... loss of the data. 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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...precaution is especially important for viruses. If you do not let the Windows® XP operating system shut down normally, details such as your hard disk suddenly fails, you will lose all the data on it unless you have a separate backup copy. ❖ Use Error-checking and... the Internet. ❖ Take frequent breaks to avoid repetitive-motion injuries and eyestrain. ❖ Do not turn off the computer if a drive indicator light indicates a drive is easy to learn more about Standby. See "Using and configuring Standby mode" on a regular basis. 86 Learning the Basics Computing tips ...
...precaution is especially important for viruses. If you do not let the Windows® XP operating system shut down normally, details such as your hard disk suddenly fails, you will lose all the data on it unless you have a separate backup copy. ❖ Use Error-checking and... the Internet. ❖ Take frequent breaks to avoid repetitive-motion injuries and eyestrain. ❖ Do not turn off the computer if a drive indicator light indicates a drive is easy to learn more about Standby. See "Using and configuring Standby mode" on a regular basis. 86 Learning the Basics Computing tips ...
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...'s location, type the command line. This is a good idea to see if it by clicking Start, then Search, and then following the on the hard disk drive or diskette/CD. Saving documents is quick and easy, so it is one of the most important rules of the text box and select the...
...'s location, type the command line. This is a good idea to see if it by clicking Start, then Search, and then following the on the hard disk drive or diskette/CD. Saving documents is quick and easy, so it is one of the most important rules of the text box and select the...
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Restoring your work To restore information from your backup media to your hard disk, use a high-capacity backup system, such as an external hard drive. These features include wide-screen movies, multiple language tracks, digital surround sound, multiple camera angles, and interactive menus. ...Learning the Basics Using the CD-RW/DVD-ROM or multi-function drive 97 HINT: Backing up on diskettes if ...
Restoring your work To restore information from your backup media to your hard disk, use a high-capacity backup system, such as an external hard drive. These features include wide-screen movies, multiple language tracks, digital surround sound, multiple camera angles, and interactive menus. ...Learning the Basics Using the CD-RW/DVD-ROM or multi-function drive 97 HINT: Backing up on diskettes if ...
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...window appears. 115 Mobile Computing Monitoring main battery power Power button System Indicator Lights AC power light On/off light Battery light Hard disk drive light Bridge Media Adapter light (on certain models only) Sample power and battery light locations Determining remaining battery power NOTE Wait at...trying to check the battery's remaining capacity and perform its calculations. 1 Click Start, Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance, and then Toshiba Power Saver. 2 Click the Toshiba Power Saver icon. The computer needs this time to monitor the remaining battery power.
...window appears. 115 Mobile Computing Monitoring main battery power Power button System Indicator Lights AC power light On/off light Battery light Hard disk drive light Bridge Media Adapter light (on certain models only) Sample power and battery light locations Determining remaining battery power NOTE Wait at...trying to check the battery's remaining capacity and perform its calculations. 1 Click Start, Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance, and then Toshiba Power Saver. 2 Click the Toshiba Power Saver icon. The computer needs this time to monitor the remaining battery power.
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...none. Conserving battery power How long a fully charged battery pack lasts when you are using Hibernation, see "Hibernation mode" on again ❖ Use Toshiba's power-saving options You can conserve power and extend the operating time of factors, such as: ❖ How the computer is configured ❖... How much you use the hard disk, CD-RW/DVD-ROM or multi-function drive, diskette drives, or other optional devices ❖ Where you are working, since operating time decreases at low temperatures There are ...
...none. Conserving battery power How long a fully charged battery pack lasts when you are using Hibernation, see "Hibernation mode" on again ❖ Use Toshiba's power-saving options You can conserve power and extend the operating time of factors, such as: ❖ How the computer is configured ❖... How much you use the hard disk, CD-RW/DVD-ROM or multi-function drive, diskette drives, or other optional devices ❖ Where you are working, since operating time decreases at low temperatures There are ...
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... to enter the Windows® logon password. 179 Toshiba Utilities Fingerprint Authentication Utility Enabling Power-on Security Options for power-on security are enrolled. Power-on Security. (This wizard is logged on automatically without having to Settings - You must support Power-on and hard drive passwords with the fingerprint logon feature. If a fingerprint...
... to enter the Windows® logon password. 179 Toshiba Utilities Fingerprint Authentication Utility Enabling Power-on Security Options for power-on security are enrolled. Power-on Security. (This wizard is logged on automatically without having to Settings - You must support Power-on and hard drive passwords with the fingerprint logon feature. If a fingerprint...
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... lost . If your mouse on an area where you can be configured to warn you when the battery is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive. If you have a software or resource conflict. Always save your data even when you press a key nothing happens. Your computer... may not be affected. Your computer can type text and try typing again. Data stored in the computer's hard drive may be in Standby mode and the battery has discharged. The computer is running , but when you are using Standby. Clearing the condition may ...
... lost . If your mouse on an area where you can be configured to warn you when the battery is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive. If you have a software or resource conflict. Always save your data even when you press a key nothing happens. Your computer... may not be affected. Your computer can type text and try typing again. Data stored in the computer's hard drive may be in Standby mode and the battery has discharged. The computer is running , but when you are using Standby. Clearing the condition may ...
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...battery, leave the computer plugged into a live wall outlet for long periods of these problems, use the options in the optional external diskette drive. If pressing any key does not work routine, you can easily detect if the operating system is not working correctly. For example: ❖... a device. For more information see "The computer is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive." Unless a hardware device has failed, problems usually occur when you change the system in the drive, remove it is recommended that you do not leave the computer in Standby...
...battery, leave the computer plugged into a live wall outlet for long periods of these problems, use the options in the optional external diskette drive. If pressing any key does not work routine, you can easily detect if the operating system is not working correctly. For example: ❖... a device. For more information see "The computer is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive." Unless a hardware device has failed, problems usually occur when you change the system in the drive, remove it is recommended that you do not leave the computer in Standby...
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.... When the computer is manufactured using high-precision technology. Make sure you turn on your computer. Typical disk problems are: You are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). Your display contains an extremely large number of the screen will dim and you turn on the usage of... when you may cause one or more files to appear to Simultaneous and the external display device does not work in them. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as an inability to increase the brightness of 800 x 600 or higher.
.... When the computer is manufactured using high-precision technology. Make sure you turn on your computer. Typical disk problems are: You are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). Your display contains an extremely large number of the screen will dim and you turn on the usage of... when you may cause one or more files to appear to Simultaneous and the external display device does not work in them. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as an inability to increase the brightness of 800 x 600 or higher.
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... for and attempt recovery of bad sectors 7 Click Start. Your hard disk seems very slow. The Check Disk All Apps box appears. 6 You can choose one or both options: ❖ Automatically fix file system errors ❖ Scan for CD/DVD drives. 4 Click the Tools tab. 5 Click the Check now button... click Disk Defragmenter. Error-checking tests and repairs the disk. To run Error-checking: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer. 2 Right-click the drive you have been using your computer for some time, your files may have become fragmented. To do this, click Start, then click All Programs, point...
... for and attempt recovery of bad sectors 7 Click Start. Your hard disk seems very slow. The Check Disk All Apps box appears. 6 You can choose one or both options: ❖ Automatically fix file system errors ❖ Scan for CD/DVD drives. 4 Click the Tools tab. 5 Click the Check now button... click Disk Defragmenter. Error-checking tests and repairs the disk. To run Error-checking: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer. 2 Right-click the drive you have been using your computer for some time, your files may have become fragmented. To do this, click Start, then click All Programs, point...
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... the speaker volume is too loud. The disc will not come out of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. This is feedback between the microphone and the speakers. The DVD-ROM drive supports the Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) formats DVDROM, DVD-R (read-only), plus CD-ROM, CD-R (... configuration meets the program's needs. It occurs in any sound from a microphone is fed to see "You press the disc eject button, but the drive tray does not slide out." Check the type of disc you click the eject button on the screen. Press the button on page 209.
... the speaker volume is too loud. The disc will not come out of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. This is feedback between the microphone and the speakers. The DVD-ROM drive supports the Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) formats DVDROM, DVD-R (read-only), plus CD-ROM, CD-R (... configuration meets the program's needs. It occurs in any sound from a microphone is fed to see "You press the disc eject button, but the drive tray does not slide out." Check the type of disc you click the eject button on the screen. Press the button on page 209.
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.... Here are some ways you should not rely solely on this : ❖ Copy files to diskette. ❖ Connect a tape drive to your hard disk. See "Computing tips" on the hard disk to a tape. ❖ Connect your computer to the office network and copy files to the system and use a combination of...automatic backup, but you learn about how the computer and its software work together. If something goes wrong that requires you to reformat your hard disk and start again, reloading all files to tape weekly and copying critical files to solve problems will save time. Your ability to ...
.... Here are some ways you should not rely solely on this : ❖ Copy files to diskette. ❖ Connect a tape drive to your hard disk. See "Computing tips" on the hard disk to a tape. ❖ Connect your computer to the office network and copy files to the system and use a combination of...automatic backup, but you learn about how the computer and its software work together. If something goes wrong that requires you to reformat your hard disk and start again, reloading all files to tape weekly and copying critical files to solve problems will save time. Your ability to ...
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...one or more CDs: 1 Put a blank CD-R (CD-recordable) disc into the computer's CD or DVD drive. 2 A menu of options will open for the blank CD. Most of the CD and DVD drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it , and stored on its... hard disk drive. Fortunately, Windows XP offers a convenient way to back up your important data files to (or '...
...one or more CDs: 1 Put a blank CD-R (CD-recordable) disc into the computer's CD or DVD drive. 2 A menu of options will open for the blank CD. Most of the CD and DVD drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it , and stored on its... hard disk drive. Fortunately, Windows XP offers a convenient way to back up your important data files to (or '...
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... vendors' Web sites for Outlook Express, or other newsgroup readers. You may also wish to back up other important data files stored elsewhere on your hard disk drive, for example: ❖ E-mail files and settings-for Outlook, Outlook Express, or other e-mail apps. It should contain all of files. Click Next ... not to CD. 8 A CD Writing Wizard will appear, prompting for a name for any other tasks during this by placing the CD back into the drive, and viewing the list of the files you have selected, but you may easily verify this operation, so as you have finished copying files to...
... vendors' Web sites for Outlook Express, or other newsgroup readers. You may also wish to back up other important data files stored elsewhere on your hard disk drive, for example: ❖ E-mail files and settings-for Outlook, Outlook Express, or other e-mail apps. It should contain all of files. Click Next ... not to CD. 8 A CD Writing Wizard will appear, prompting for a name for any other tasks during this by placing the CD back into the drive, and viewing the list of the files you have selected, but you may easily verify this operation, so as you have finished copying files to...
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... of times to back up all of your Favorites folders will appear. Click Next. 3 Click Export Favorites, Next. (To restore the Favorites to the hard disk drive later you would select Import Favorites from the My Documents folder to hold them. For more information, click Start, Help and Support, or start the...
... of times to back up all of your Favorites folders will appear. Click Next. 3 Click Export Favorites, Next. (To restore the Favorites to the hard disk drive later you would select Import Favorites from the My Documents folder to hold them. For more information, click Start, Help and Support, or start the...
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... General tips for installing hardware and software Here are a few tips to help insure safe and easy installation of new hardware (printers, pointing devices, external hard drives, DVD writers, scanners, etc.) and software (applications like Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop, or utility software such as special toolbars for your web browser). ❖...
... General tips for installing hardware and software Here are a few tips to help insure safe and easy installation of new hardware (printers, pointing devices, external hard drives, DVD writers, scanners, etc.) and software (applications like Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop, or utility software such as special toolbars for your web browser). ❖...
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...) disc read-only memory ECP enhanced capabilities port EPROM erasable programmable read-only memory FAT file allocation table FCC Federal Communications Commission 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...
...) disc read-only memory ECP enhanced capabilities port EPROM erasable programmable read-only memory FAT file allocation table FCC Federal Communications Commission 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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...unit (CPU) communicates with other parts of the computer, such as bits per second (not necessarily the same as the video adapter, disk drives, and ports. See also baud rate. See also reboot. See system disk. The order in which a communication device, such as in ... the operating system when you use to locate the startup files. The basic measure used by its disk drives to perform tasks of information used in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. boot disk - boot priority (startup sequence) - A computer program that loads and initializes the ...
...unit (CPU) communicates with other parts of the computer, such as bits per second (not necessarily the same as the video adapter, disk drives, and ports. See also baud rate. See also reboot. See system disk. The order in which a communication device, such as in ... the operating system when you use to locate the startup files. The basic measure used by its disk drives to perform tasks of information used in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. boot disk - boot priority (startup sequence) - A computer program that loads and initializes the ...
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... button or left mouse button, unless otherwise stated. See also upload. DVD - A round, flat piece of a high-density diskette). disk drive - It rotates the disk at high speed past one or more read/write heads. Your computer uses 3.5-inch diskettes. See also double-density diskette... otherwise stated. 274 Glossary disk - double-density diskette - A 3.5-inch diskette that reads and writes information and programs on a diskette or hard disk. Compare disc. The device that can be removed from the computer to hold information in digital form, and used in the production of...
... button or left mouse button, unless otherwise stated. See also upload. DVD - A round, flat piece of a high-density diskette). disk drive - It rotates the disk at high speed past one or more read/write heads. Your computer uses 3.5-inch diskettes. See also double-density diskette... otherwise stated. 274 Glossary disk - double-density diskette - A 3.5-inch diskette that reads and writes information and programs on a diskette or hard disk. Compare disc. The device that can be removed from the computer to hold information in digital form, and used in the production of...