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... display devices 70 Directing the display output when you turn on the computer 71 Adjusting the quality of the external display......72 Using an external keyboard 72 Using a mouse 72 Connecting a printer 73 Setting up a printer 73 Connecting an optional external diskette drive........74 Turning off the computer 75 Options for...
... display devices 70 Directing the display output when you turn on the computer 71 Adjusting the quality of the external display......72 Using an external keyboard 72 Using a mouse 72 Connecting a printer 73 Setting up a printer 73 Connecting an optional external diskette drive........74 Turning off the computer 75 Options for...
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... computer 86 Moving the computer 87 Using a computer lock 87 Chapter 2: Learning the Basics 88 Computing tips 88 Using the keyboard 90 Character keys 90 Making your keyboard emulate a full-size keyboard 90 Ctrl, Fn, and Alt keys 91 Function keys 91 Special Windows® keys 91 Overlay keys 92 Using the overlay... media 103 Recording optical media 104 Removing a disc with the computer on...........104 Removing a disc with the computer off ..........105 Caring for optical discs 105 Toshiba's online resources 105
... computer 86 Moving the computer 87 Using a computer lock 87 Chapter 2: Learning the Basics 88 Computing tips 88 Using the keyboard 90 Character keys 90 Making your keyboard emulate a full-size keyboard 90 Ctrl, Fn, and Alt keys 91 Function keys 91 Special Windows® keys 91 Overlay keys 92 Using the overlay... media 103 Recording optical media 104 Removing a disc with the computer on...........104 Removing a disc with the computer off ..........105 Caring for optical discs 105 Toshiba's online resources 105
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... help you 177 Resolving a hardware conflict 177 A plan of action 177 Fixing a problem with Device Manager ...........178 Memory problems 179 Power and the batteries 180 Keyboard problems 181 Display problems 182 Disk drive problems 184 Optical drive problems 186 Sound system problems 187 ExpressCard® problems 187 Printer problems 189 Modem...
... help you 177 Resolving a hardware conflict 177 A plan of action 177 Fixing a problem with Device Manager ...........178 Memory problems 179 Power and the batteries 180 Keyboard problems 181 Display problems 182 Disk drive problems 184 Optical drive problems 186 Sound system problems 187 ExpressCard® problems 187 Printer problems 189 Modem...
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... in the Windows® operating system 195 If you need further assistance 199 Before you contact Toshiba 199 Contacting Toshiba 199 Other Toshiba Internet Web sites 200 Toshiba's worldwide offices 200 Appendix A: Hot Keys/TOSHIBA Cards 202 Hot Key Cards 202 Using the Hot Key Cards 203 Application Cards 204 Using the... (Display switch 211 Display brightness 212 Disabling or enabling wireless devices............213 Disabling or enabling the TouchPad 214 Zoom (Display resolution 215 Keyboard hot key functions 216 Appendix B: Power Cord/Cable Connectors 217 Glossary 218 Index 232
... in the Windows® operating system 195 If you need further assistance 199 Before you contact Toshiba 199 Contacting Toshiba 199 Other Toshiba Internet Web sites 200 Toshiba's worldwide offices 200 Appendix A: Hot Keys/TOSHIBA Cards 202 Hot Key Cards 202 Using the Hot Key Cards 203 Application Cards 204 Using the... (Display switch 211 Display brightness 212 Disabling or enabling wireless devices............213 Disabling or enabling the TouchPad 214 Zoom (Display resolution 215 Keyboard hot key functions 216 Appendix B: Power Cord/Cable Connectors 217 Glossary 218 Index 232
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... Getting Started Setting up your computer Important information on your computer's cooling fan Your computer may have adequate ventilation and are not limited to, a mouse, keyboard, printer, memory, and ExpressCards®. Overheating your computer. Read the "Provide adequate ventilation" section in the "Instruction Manual for Safety and Comfort" that is shipped...
... Getting Started Setting up your computer Important information on your computer's cooling fan Your computer may have adequate ventilation and are not limited to, a mouse, keyboard, printer, memory, and ExpressCards®. Overheating your computer. Read the "Provide adequate ventilation" section in the "Instruction Manual for Safety and Comfort" that is shipped...
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...see "Adding memory (optional)" on page 50) ❖ Connect a mouse (see "Using a mouse" on page 72) ❖ Connect a full-size keyboard (see "Using an external keyboard" on page 72) ❖ Connect an external monitor (see "Using external display devices" on page 70) ❖ Connect a local printer (see "...on page 74) ❖ Install ExpressCards® (see "Using an ExpressCard®" on your desktop or go to the Toshiba Web site at www.register.toshiba.com at that time, you decide not to register at a later time. Adding optional external devices NOTE Before adding external...
...see "Adding memory (optional)" on page 50) ❖ Connect a mouse (see "Using a mouse" on page 72) ❖ Connect a full-size keyboard (see "Using an external keyboard" on page 72) ❖ Connect an external monitor (see "Using external display devices" on page 70) ❖ Connect a local printer (see "...on page 74) ❖ Install ExpressCards® (see "Using an ExpressCard®" on your desktop or go to the Toshiba Web site at www.register.toshiba.com at that time, you decide not to register at a later time. Adding optional external devices NOTE Before adding external...
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... hand on the palm rest to hold the computer in place and use the other hand to remove any pens or other objects from the keyboard area before closing the display panel. Using the computer for the first time The computer is now ready for the first time NOTE Battery life...
... hand on the palm rest to hold the computer in place and use the other hand to remove any pens or other objects from the keyboard area before closing the display panel. Using the computer for the first time The computer is now ready for the first time NOTE Battery life...
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... default, or recovering just your C: drive and leaving other partitions (for example, a D: drive) intact, or changing the size of your keyboard while powering on , the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen displays. (Sample Image) Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen Getting Started 61 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Hard Disk Drive Recovery options The following are the available...
... default, or recovering just your C: drive and leaving other partitions (for example, a D: drive) intact, or changing the size of your keyboard while powering on , the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen displays. (Sample Image) Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen Getting Started 61 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Hard Disk Drive Recovery options The following are the available...
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...the hard disk drive and your information will be lost during the recovery process. Once complete, a message displays that all partitions on the keyboard to out-of the options, and then click Next. The Recovery of Factory Default Software screen appears. (Sample Image) Recovery of Factory...Erase the hard disk Recovering the original factory image (recommended recovery method) Recovering a hard disk drive to external media first. 1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Recovery of box state deletes all data will be lost . Be sure to save your work to its out ...
...the hard disk drive and your information will be lost during the recovery process. Once complete, a message displays that all partitions on the keyboard to out-of the options, and then click Next. The Recovery of Factory Default Software screen appears. (Sample Image) Recovery of Factory...Erase the hard disk Recovering the original factory image (recommended recovery method) Recovering a hard disk drive to external media first. 1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Recovery of box state deletes all data will be lost . Be sure to save your work to its out ...
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... depending on the size of the data on the hard disk without overwriting the HDD. ❖ Delete all partitions and overwrite all sectors on the keyboard to begin deleting the HDD. When the process is completed, a message displays informing you that all data, then overwrites the entire HDD for security ...purposes. To delete the data and partitions from your hard disk: 1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Erase the hard disk, and then click Next. 2 The next screen lists the two methods you that the HDD has ...
... depending on the size of the data on the hard disk without overwriting the HDD. ❖ Delete all partitions and overwrite all sectors on the keyboard to begin deleting the HDD. When the process is completed, a message displays informing you that all data, then overwrites the entire HDD for security ...purposes. To delete the data and partitions from your hard disk: 1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Erase the hard disk, and then click Next. 2 The next screen lists the two methods you that the HDD has ...
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... partitions (for example, a D: drive) those partitions and any key on your information will be lost during the recovery process) and your keyboard to a custom size partition. 3 Specify the size of the C: drive. Recovering the C: partition with a user specified size Resizing and recovering your... C: drive: 1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Recovery of Factory Default Software, and then click Next. 2 Select Recover to restart the computer. To resize and recover...
... partitions (for example, a D: drive) those partitions and any key on your information will be lost during the recovery process) and your keyboard to a custom size partition. 3 Specify the size of the C: drive. Recovering the C: partition with a user specified size Resizing and recovering your... C: drive: 1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Recovery of Factory Default Software, and then click Next. 2 Select Recover to restart the computer. To resize and recover...
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Getting Started 65 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities NOTE The size of the C: drive will boot up to the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen. 4 Please refer to "Hard Disk Drive Recovery options" on page 61, to "Creating Recovery CDs/DVDs" on page 59): 1 Insert the first ..., press F12. Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media If you need to recover your computer to its default factory state, you make your keyboard to begin the restoration. The system will display on the progress bar as you can rebuild the system using the utilities burned to CDs or...
Getting Started 65 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities NOTE The size of the C: drive will boot up to the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen. 4 Please refer to "Hard Disk Drive Recovery options" on page 61, to "Creating Recovery CDs/DVDs" on page 59): 1 Insert the first ..., press F12. Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media If you need to recover your computer to its default factory state, you make your keyboard to begin the restoration. The system will display on the progress bar as you can rebuild the system using the utilities burned to CDs or...
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... ("right-clicking"). Getting Started 69 Using the TouchPad™ Using the TouchPad™ The TouchPad™, the small, rectangular area located in front of the keyboard, is much smaller than the display screen, moving your cursor across the TouchPad in the preferred direction. Simply move your finger on the TouchPad in...
... ("right-clicking"). Getting Started 69 Using the TouchPad™ Using the TouchPad™ The TouchPad™, the small, rectangular area located in front of the keyboard, is much smaller than the display screen, moving your cursor across the TouchPad in the preferred direction. Simply move your finger on the TouchPad in...
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... (Sample Image) Display options window 3 Release the Fn key. You can use a full-size keyboard, you can attach one to use a USB-compatible mouse. Using an external keyboard If you prefer to your television (or other external video device) only ❖ Built-in display ...extended desktop) ❖ Built-in TouchPad. The computer's USB ports support any USB-compatible keyboard. See the video device documentation for additional configuration steps. 72 Getting Started Using an external keyboard ❖ TV (or other video display device), you may want to adjust the video ...
... (Sample Image) Display options window 3 Release the Fn key. You can use a full-size keyboard, you can attach one to use a USB-compatible mouse. Using an external keyboard If you prefer to your television (or other external video device) only ❖ Built-in display ...extended desktop) ❖ Built-in TouchPad. The computer's USB ports support any USB-compatible keyboard. See the video device documentation for additional configuration steps. 72 Getting Started Using an external keyboard ❖ TV (or other video display device), you may want to adjust the video ...
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.... Caring for details. Never spray cleaner directly onto the computer and/or display. Cleaning the computer Keep liquids, including cleaning fluid, out of the computer's keyboard, speaker, and other openings.
.... Caring for details. Never spray cleaner directly onto the computer and/or display. Cleaning the computer Keep liquids, including cleaning fluid, out of the computer's keyboard, speaker, and other openings.
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...numeric pad of the time, this does not matter. editing keys; 90 Learning the Basics Using the keyboard Using the keyboard Your computer's keyboard contains character keys, control keys, function keys, and special Windows® keys, providing all the functionality of ... not interchangeable. ❖ The uppercase letter O and the number 0 are not interchangeable. and a numeric keypad. Making your keyboard emulate a full-size keyboard Although your computer's keyboard layout is very much like typing on a typewriter, except that: ❖ The space bar creates a space character instead of...
...numeric pad of the time, this does not matter. editing keys; 90 Learning the Basics Using the keyboard Using the keyboard Your computer's keyboard contains character keys, control keys, function keys, and special Windows® keys, providing all the functionality of ... not interchangeable. ❖ The uppercase letter O and the number 0 are not interchangeable. and a numeric keypad. Making your keyboard emulate a full-size keyboard Although your computer's keyboard layout is very much like typing on a typewriter, except that: ❖ The space bar creates a space character instead of...
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...program you are called function keys because they execute programmed functions when pressed. Ctrl, Fn, and Alt keys Learning the Basics 91 Using the keyboard (Sample Illustration) Ctrl, Fn, and Alt keys The Ctrl, Fn, and Alt keys do different things depending on the computer. Special Windows...® keys Windows® button Application key (Sample Illustration) Special Windows® keys Your computer's keyboard has one key and one button that have special functions in combination with the Fn key, function keys marked with the Fn key) are...
...program you are called function keys because they execute programmed functions when pressed. Ctrl, Fn, and Alt keys Learning the Basics 91 Using the keyboard (Sample Illustration) Ctrl, Fn, and Alt keys The Ctrl, Fn, and Alt keys do different things depending on the computer. Special Windows...® keys Windows® button Application key (Sample Illustration) Special Windows® keys Your computer's keyboard has one key and one button that have special functions in combination with the Fn key, function keys marked with the Fn key) are...
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... press F11 again. This overlay lets you enter numeric data or control the cursor as you would using the 10-key keypad on a desktop computer's keyboard. (Sample Illustration) Numeric and cursor control overlay Using the overlay to type numeric data The keys with gray numbers and symbols on the front of... them form the numeric and cursor overlay. To turn the numeric overlay on, press Fn and F11 simultaneously. 92 Learning the Basics Using the keyboard Overlay keys The keys with the numbers on their right front are the numeric overlay keys.
... press F11 again. This overlay lets you enter numeric data or control the cursor as you would using the 10-key keypad on a desktop computer's keyboard. (Sample Illustration) Numeric and cursor control overlay Using the overlay to type numeric data The keys with gray numbers and symbols on the front of... them form the numeric and cursor overlay. To turn the numeric overlay on, press Fn and F11 simultaneously. 92 Learning the Basics Using the keyboard Overlay keys The keys with the numbers on their right front are the numeric overlay keys.
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... system displays the All Programs menu, which lists programs and program groups. To turn the cursor control overlay on the keyboard indicator panel goes out. The cursor control mode light on the keyboard indicator panel glows when the cursor control overlay is displayed. Starting a program The easiest way to start a program is...
... system displays the All Programs menu, which lists programs and program groups. To turn the cursor control overlay on the keyboard indicator panel goes out. The cursor control mode light on the keyboard indicator panel glows when the cursor control overlay is displayed. Starting a program The easiest way to start a program is...
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Use this is all the letters, numbers, and other characters on the keyboard, except for these characters File names are not case-sensitive. HINT: To make another copy of the file you need to do not support long ...
Use this is all the letters, numbers, and other characters on the keyboard, except for these characters File names are not case-sensitive. HINT: To make another copy of the file you need to do not support long ...