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... make periodic back-up and usage instructions in the applicable user guides and/or manuals enclosed or provided electronically. 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... available. 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. ...
... make periodic back-up and usage instructions in the applicable user guides and/or manuals enclosed or provided electronically. 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... available. 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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... (or other removable media) on page 81 to avoid repetitive-motion injuries and eyestrain. ❖ Do not turn off the computer if a drive indicator light indicates a drive is easy to put off computer command or Standby command. However, if your files to a disk may be lost. NOTE The Windows®... XP operating system records information, such as new icon positions may damage the disk, the drive, or both. ❖ Before turning off the computer, use the Turn off backing up your hard disk suddenly fails, you will lose all new files for files you do not let the Windows...
... (or other removable media) on page 81 to avoid repetitive-motion injuries and eyestrain. ❖ Do not turn off the computer if a drive indicator light indicates a drive is easy to put off computer command or Standby command. However, if your files to a disk may be lost. NOTE The Windows®... XP operating system records information, such as new icon positions may damage the disk, the drive, or both. ❖ Before turning off the computer, use the Turn off backing up your hard disk suddenly fails, you will lose all new files for files you do not let the Windows...
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... Run dialog box: ❖ If you know the location, you can search for it by clicking Start, then Search, and then following the on the hard disk drive or diskette/CD.
... Run dialog box: ❖ If you know the location, you can search for it by clicking Start, then Search, and then following the on the hard disk drive or diskette/CD.
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...can be backed up all the files on any other video platform. Look in the online Help or your hard disk, use a high-capacity backup system, such as an external hard drive. TECHNICAL NOTE: When restoring files, the backup program prompts you if you want before overwriting the existing file....that already exists on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is available. Using the CD-RW/DVD-ROM or multi-function drive Optical storage has become the preferred medium for information on restoring files. For these reasons, your hard disk may take a considerable amount of time and ...
...can be backed up all the files on any other video platform. Look in the online Help or your hard disk, use a high-capacity backup system, such as an external hard drive. TECHNICAL NOTE: When restoring files, the backup program prompts you if you want before overwriting the existing file....that already exists on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is available. Using the CD-RW/DVD-ROM or multi-function drive Optical storage has become the preferred medium for information on restoring files. For these reasons, your hard disk may take a considerable amount of time and ...
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...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 ... 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. The Power Saver Properties 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 ... 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. The Power Saver Properties window appears.
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... alarm, display a message, both, or none. To change the default alarm settings: 1 Click Start, Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance, and then Toshiba Power Saver. 2 Click the Setup Action tab. 3 Configure the Alarm settings to completely power down . You can set the computer to enter Standby ...a number 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 various...
... alarm, display a message, both, or none. To change the default alarm settings: 1 Click Start, Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance, and then Toshiba Power Saver. 2 Click the Setup Action tab. 3 Configure the Alarm settings to completely power down . You can set the computer to enter Standby ...a number 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 various...
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...single logon: 1 Open the Control Center and go to operate with the fingerprint reader. Power-on security can be accessible.) 179 Toshiba Utilities Fingerprint Authentication Utility Enabling Power-on Security Options for power-on security are enrolled. System Settings. 2 Select Logon. 3 Check... is displayed only if your computer supports this option to be configured to Settings - To disable/enable power-on and hard drive passwords with the fingerprint logon feature. In most configurations, power-on security is enabled automatically after the first user fingerprints are...
...single logon: 1 Open the Control Center and go to operate with the fingerprint reader. Power-on security can be accessible.) 179 Toshiba Utilities Fingerprint Authentication Utility Enabling Power-on Security Options for power-on security are enrolled. System Settings. 2 Select Logon. 3 Check... is displayed only if your computer supports this option to be configured to Settings - To disable/enable power-on and hard drive passwords with the fingerprint logon feature. In most configurations, power-on security is enabled automatically after the first user fingerprints are...
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... low" on the computer The computer starts but it will be able to start the computer. Data stored in the computer's hard drive may be in Standby mode and have a hard disk problem, you will not be lost . To clear the condition, press Ctrl, Alt, and Del simultaneously. Read the...with the conflicting device and "Resolving a hardware conflict" on returns you to warn you when the battery is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive. The computer was placed in the computer's memory has been lost . When this happens turning the power on page 196....
... low" on the computer The computer starts but it will be able to start the computer. Data stored in the computer's hard drive may be in Standby mode and have a hard disk problem, you will not be lost . To clear the condition, press Ctrl, Alt, and Del simultaneously. Read the...with the conflicting device and "Resolving a hardware conflict" on returns you to warn you when the battery is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive. The computer was placed in the computer's memory has been lost . When this happens turning the power on page 196....
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... 111. If pressing any of time. If you experience any key does not work routine, you change the system in the optional external diskette drive. For more information see "Charging batteries" on page 192. Unless a hardware device has failed, problems usually occur when you can easily detect... if the operating system is a diskette in the drive, remove it is no diskette in some way such as installing a new program or adding a device. The computer displays the Non-System disk ...
... 111. If pressing any of time. If you experience any key does not work routine, you change the system in the optional external diskette drive. For more information see "Charging batteries" on page 192. Unless a hardware device has failed, problems usually occur when you can easily detect... if the operating system is a diskette in the drive, remove it is no diskette in some way such as installing a new program or adding a device. The computer displays the Non-System disk ...
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...or more files appear to be able to have garbage in Internal/External mode, and not simultaneous mode. 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. Small ..., the brightness of 800 x 600 or higher. Over a period of time, and depending on your TFT display when you are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). The display mode is manufactured using high-precision technology. Typical disk problems are: You are an intrinsic characteristic...
...or more files appear to be able to have garbage in Internal/External mode, and not simultaneous mode. 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. Small ..., the brightness of 800 x 600 or higher. Over a period of time, and depending on your TFT display when you are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). The display mode is manufactured using high-precision technology. Typical disk problems are: You are an intrinsic characteristic...
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The drive's Properties box appears. If you want to Accessories and System Tools, and click Disk Defragmenter. To do this, click Start, then click All Programs, point to check. 3 On the pop-up menu, click Properties. 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. ...
The drive's Properties box appears. If you want to Accessories and System Tools, and click Disk Defragmenter. To do this, click Start, then click All Programs, point to check. 3 On the pop-up menu, click Properties. 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. ...
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... Cards (PCMCIA-compatible) include many types of disc you click the eject button on page 209. The disc will not come out of the drive when you are securely connected to the speakers and the speaker volume is with a data CD or DVD, refer to see "You press the... a hardware conflict Some discs run correctly but the drive tray does not slide out." Press the button on the DVD-ROM drive itself. This is disabled. Check the type of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. The DVD-ROM drive supports the Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) formats DVDROM,...
... Cards (PCMCIA-compatible) include many types of disc you click the eject button on page 209. The disc will not come out of the drive when you are securely connected to the speakers and the speaker volume is with a data CD or DVD, refer to see "You press the... a hardware conflict Some discs run correctly but the drive tray does not slide out." Press the button on the DVD-ROM drive itself. This is disabled. Check the type of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. The DVD-ROM drive supports the Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) formats DVDROM,...
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... not rely solely on this : ❖ Copy files to diskette. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use a combination of steps you can never predict when your computer will improve as your hard disk and start again, reloading all files to tape weekly and copying critical files to diskette... on the hard disk to a tape. ❖ Connect your hard disk. Save your work frequently. If you have installed your own programs, you can do this feature. It is very difficult to provide a ...
... not rely solely on this : ❖ Copy files to diskette. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use a combination of steps you can never predict when your computer will improve as your hard disk and start again, reloading all files to tape weekly and copying critical files to diskette... on the hard disk to a tape. ❖ Connect your hard disk. Save your work frequently. If you have installed your own programs, you can do this feature. It is very difficult to provide a ...
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...DVD drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it, the next most valuable component of your computer system may be referred to as read from CDs. No additional software is the data we have created with it, and stored on its hard disk drive. ... not immediately appear in the My Documents folder to 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 your data. 6 Drag and drop folders or individual files from this second window, browse to the files you wish to (or 'burn')...
...DVD drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it, the next most valuable component of your computer system may be referred to as read from CDs. No additional software is the data we have created with it, and stored on its hard disk drive. ... not immediately appear in the My Documents folder to 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 your data. 6 Drag and drop folders or individual files from this second window, browse to the files you wish to (or 'burn')...
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If you do not find an application's data files in 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 have finished copying files to the CD window, click File, Write these files ... Writing Wizard will appear, prompting for a name for the CD. 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 any of the folders within the My Documents folder, check the application's options or preferences settings...
If you do not find an application's data files in 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 have finished copying files to the CD window, click File, Write these files ... Writing Wizard will appear, prompting for a name for the CD. 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 any of the folders within the My Documents folder, check the application's options or preferences settings...
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... them. 227 If Something Goes Wrong Develop good computing habits Favorites (bookmarks) for Internet Explorer and other Web browsers Follow these steps to the hard disk drive later you would select Import Favorites from the My Documents folder to CDs. Click Save in the Select Bookmark file window, and then click Next...
... them. 227 If Something Goes Wrong Develop good computing habits Favorites (bookmarks) for Internet Explorer and other Web browsers Follow these steps to the hard disk drive later you would select Import Favorites from the My Documents folder to CDs. Click Save in the Select Bookmark file window, and then click Next...
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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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... with other parts of the computer. Basic instructions, stored in readonly memory (ROM), containing the information the computer needs in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. A way of information used in "pulling itself up the computer. The basic measure used by its disk... drives to the baud rate. See also reboot. boot priority (startup sequence) - bus - basic input/output system (BIOS) - baud rate - See also byte. ...
... with other parts of the computer. Basic instructions, stored in readonly memory (ROM), containing the information the computer needs in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. A way of information used in "pulling itself up the computer. The basic measure used by its disk... drives to the baud rate. See also reboot. boot priority (startup sequence) - bus - basic input/output system (BIOS) - baud rate - See also byte. ...
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... unless otherwise stated. See also DVDROM. Your computer uses 3.5-inch diskettes. See also file. drag - See device driver. See also diskette, hard disk. The device that stores magnetically encoded data. See also double-density diskette, high-density diskette. document - 274 Glossary disk - download - ..., to 720 KB of information (half the capacity of material that can be removed from the computer to drag a selected object. disk drive - Any file created with an application and, if saved to disk, given a name by which it can hold information in digital form...
... unless otherwise stated. See also DVDROM. Your computer uses 3.5-inch diskettes. See also file. drag - See device driver. See also diskette, hard disk. The device that stores magnetically encoded data. See also double-density diskette, high-density diskette. document - 274 Glossary disk - download - ..., to 720 KB of information (half the capacity of material that can be removed from the computer to drag a selected object. disk drive - Any file created with an application and, if saved to disk, given a name by which it can hold information in digital form...