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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 ...loss of the data. 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 drive(s) and associated software, among the most advanced data storage technologies available. TOSHIBA DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR THE ...
... 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 ...loss of the data. 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 drive(s) and associated software, among the most advanced data storage technologies available. TOSHIBA DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR THE ...
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...clearly and store them in a safe place. 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 Disk Defragmenter ...download from or writing to a disk may be lost. See "Using and configuring Standby mode" on a regular basis. Turning off the computer if a drive indicator light indicates a drive is active. It is easy to put off backing up your files to disks (or other removable media) on page 81 to learn more...
...clearly and store them in a safe place. 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 Disk Defragmenter ...download from or writing to a disk may be lost. See "Using and configuring Standby mode" on a regular basis. Turning off the computer if a drive indicator light indicates a drive is active. It is easy to put off backing up your files to disks (or other removable media) on page 81 to learn more...
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... 93 2 In the Run dialog box: ❖ If you can search for it by clicking Start, then Search, and then following the on the hard disk drive or diskette/CD. For a program in case the main battery discharges before you turn off the computer, save feature. For example, to access WordPad, type...
... 93 2 In the Run dialog box: ❖ If you can search for it by clicking Start, then Search, and then following the on the hard disk drive or diskette/CD. For a program in case the main battery discharges before you turn off the computer, save feature. For example, to access WordPad, type...
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... storage has become the preferred medium for information on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is the one you try to overwrite a file that are not available on the hard disk. Make sure the backup version is available. Digital versatile discs (DVDs) provide a significant increase ...the CD-RW/DVD-ROM or multi-function drive 97 HINT: Backing up on restoring files. You may prefer to your computer may take a considerable amount of time and multiple CDs/DVDs. For these reasons, your hard disk, use a high-capacity backup system, such as an external hard drive.
... storage has become the preferred medium for information on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is the one you try to overwrite a file that are not available on the hard disk. Make sure the backup version is available. Digital versatile discs (DVDs) provide a significant increase ...the CD-RW/DVD-ROM or multi-function drive 97 HINT: Backing up on restoring files. You may prefer to your computer may take a considerable amount of time and multiple CDs/DVDs. For these reasons, your hard disk, use a high-capacity backup system, such as an external hard drive.
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... 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 NOTE Wait at least 16... turning on the computer before 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.
... 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 NOTE Wait at least 16... turning on the computer before 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.
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...programs and files to suit your battery: ❖ Enable Standby or Hibernation, which saves power when you turn it back on again ❖ Use Toshiba's power-saving options For more information on using Hibernation, see "Hibernation mode" on 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 using ...
...programs and files to suit your battery: ❖ Enable Standby or Hibernation, which saves power when you turn it back on again ❖ Use Toshiba's power-saving options For more information on using Hibernation, see "Hibernation mode" on 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 using ...
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179 Toshiba Utilities Fingerprint Authentication Utility Enabling Power-on Security Options for this feature. To enable power-on check box. (Logon support must be configured to operate ... have administrative privileges to enter the Windows® logon password. Power-on security are enrolled. In most configurations, power-on security is logged on and hard drive passwords with the fingerprint logon feature. If a fingerprint used for power-on security matches a fingerprint in an existing passport, the corresponding user is enabled automatically...
179 Toshiba Utilities Fingerprint Authentication Utility Enabling Power-on Security Options for this feature. To enable power-on check box. (Logon support must be configured to operate ... have administrative privileges to enter the Windows® logon password. Power-on security are enrolled. In most configurations, power-on security is logged on and hard drive passwords with the fingerprint logon feature. If a fingerprint used for power-on security matches a fingerprint in an existing passport, the corresponding user is enabled automatically...
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...Read the documentation that came with the conflicting device and "Resolving a hardware conflict" on an area where you can be in the computer's hard drive may be configured to select the boot-up device. If you have a software or resource conflict. Insert a system diskette into the optional external...data even when you will not be lost . The computer is running , but when you when the battery is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive. The computer displays the WARNING RESUME FAILURE message. Your computer normally loads the operating system from the...
...Read the documentation that came with the conflicting device and "Resolving a hardware conflict" on an area where you can be in the computer's hard drive may be configured to select the boot-up device. If you have a software or resource conflict. Insert a system diskette into the optional external...data even when you will not be lost . The computer is running , but when you when the battery is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive. The computer displays the WARNING RESUME FAILURE message. Your computer normally loads the operating system from the...
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...there is no diskette in the Startup menu to fix the problem. If there is a diskette in the drive, remove it is recommended that you do not leave the computer in some way such as installing a ...the computer plugged into a live wall outlet for long periods of these problems, use the options in the optional external diskette drive. For example: ❖ The operating system fails to start after the Starting Windows XP message appears. ❖ The operating ... work routine, you can easily detect if the operating system is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive."
...there is no diskette in the Startup menu to fix the problem. If there is a diskette in the drive, remove it is recommended that you do not leave the computer in some way such as installing a ...the computer plugged into a live wall outlet for long periods of these problems, use the options in the optional external diskette drive. For example: ❖ The operating system fails to start after the Starting Windows XP message appears. ❖ The operating ... work routine, you can easily detect if the operating system is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive."
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...of the screen technology. This is manufactured using high-precision technology. Make sure you turn on your screen display when you are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). Small bright dots may appear on your TFT display when you may not be missing. Any small bright... does not work in them. Over a period of the screen will dim and you turn on your computer. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as sector errors. Sometimes a disk problem may appear on the usage of the computer, the brightness ...
...of the screen technology. This is manufactured using high-precision technology. Make sure you turn on your screen display when you are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). Small bright dots may appear on your TFT display when you may not be missing. Any small bright... does not work in them. Over a period of the screen will dim and you turn on your computer. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as sector errors. Sometimes a disk problem may appear on the usage of the computer, the brightness ...
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To run Error-checking: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer. 2 Right-click the drive you have been using your files may have become fragmented. Your hard disk seems very slow. If you want to Accessories and System Tools, and click Disk Defragmenter. 207 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict Error-...
To run Error-checking: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer. 2 Right-click the drive you have been using your files may have become fragmented. Your hard disk seems very slow. If you want to Accessories and System Tools, and click Disk Defragmenter. 207 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict Error-...
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... type of disc you are securely connected to the speakers and the speaker volume 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 (readonly), and CD-RW (read-only). If you ...click the eject button on the screen. The disc will not come out of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. Sound system problems You do not. Adjust the volume control. Try pressing Fn + Esc to the software's documentation and...
... type of disc you are securely connected to the speakers and the speaker volume 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 (readonly), and CD-RW (read-only). If you ...click the eject button on the screen. The disc will not come out of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. Sound system problems You do not. Adjust the volume control. Try pressing Fn + Esc to the software's documentation and...
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...If Something Goes Wrong Develop good computing habits 6 Click None. 7 Click OK. Many software programs build in an automatic backup, but you to reformat your hard disk and start again, reloading all files to tape weekly and copying critical files to close a program and lose unsaved changes. On a regular basis, ... data files. If you have installed your own programs, you should not rely solely on this : ❖ Copy files to diskette. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use a combination of steps you can follow every time you can never predict when your network partition.
...If Something Goes Wrong Develop good computing habits 6 Click None. 7 Click OK. Many software programs build in an automatic backup, but you to reformat your hard disk and start again, reloading all files to tape weekly and copying critical files to close a program and lose unsaved changes. On a regular basis, ... data files. If you have installed your own programs, you should not rely solely on this : ❖ Copy files to diskette. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use a combination of steps you can follow every time you can never predict when your network partition.
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... component of your computer system may be referred to as read from this window into recent Toshiba portable computer models can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it , and stored on its hard disk drive. This window will open for the blank CD. If the files do 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 options will appear...
... component of your computer system may be referred to as read from this window into recent Toshiba portable computer models can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it , and stored on its hard disk drive. This window will open for the blank CD. If the files do 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 options will appear...
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..., click Finish. It should contain all of the files you have selected, but you may easily verify this by placing the CD back into the drive, and viewing the list of the files. 7 When you have finished copying files to the CD window, click File, Write these files 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 tasks during this operation, so as you work are typically stored...
..., click Finish. It should contain all of the files you have selected, but you may easily verify this by placing the CD back into the drive, and viewing the list of the files. 7 When you have finished copying files to the CD window, click File, Write these files 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 tasks during this operation, so as you work are typically stored...
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... to as many CDs as is required to the My Documents folder. 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 back up , then click Next. 5 In the Export Favorites Destination window, use the...
... to as many CDs as is required to the My Documents folder. 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 back up , then click Next. 5 In the Export Favorites Destination window, use 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 factory Restore/Reconfiguration...
... 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 factory Restore/Reconfiguration...
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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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... application - basic input/output system (BIOS) - baud rate - The speed at which data flows from bootstrap program (as the video adapter, disk drives, and ports. See also bits per second (bps) - BIOS (basic input/output system) - Basic instructions, stored in readonly memory (ROM), containing... term "boot" originates from one device to the baud rate. boot disk - See system disk. The order in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. Under the default startup sequence, the computer looks for "binary digit." See also bus speed, frontside bus. The speed ...
... application - basic input/output system (BIOS) - baud rate - The speed at which data flows from bootstrap program (as the video adapter, disk drives, and ports. See also bits per second (bps) - BIOS (basic input/output system) - Basic instructions, stored in readonly memory (ROM), containing... term "boot" originates from one device to the baud rate. boot disk - See system disk. The order in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. Under the default startup sequence, the computer looks for "binary digit." See also bus speed, frontside bus. The speed ...
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...mouse button rapidly twice without moving the cursor to 720 KB of information (half the capacity of magnetic disks, such as diskettes and hard disks. A 3.5-inch diskette that stores magnetically encoded data. drag - See device driver. DVD - An individual digital versatile (or...174; operating system, this refers to hold down the TouchPad control button or mouse button while moving the cursor or mouse. driver - disk drive - Your computer uses 3.5-inch diskettes. document - See also diskette, high-density diskette. diskette - double-click - double-density diskette -...
...mouse button rapidly twice without moving the cursor to 720 KB of information (half the capacity of magnetic disks, such as diskettes and hard disks. A 3.5-inch diskette that stores magnetically encoded data. drag - See device driver. DVD - An individual digital versatile (or...174; operating system, this refers to hold down the TouchPad control button or mouse button while moving the cursor or mouse. driver - disk drive - Your computer uses 3.5-inch diskettes. document - See also diskette, high-density diskette. diskette - double-click - double-density diskette -...