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...TOSHIBA"), ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS DO NOT WARRANT THAT OPERATION OF THE PRODUCT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. Wash hands after handling. WHEN COPYING OR TRANSFERRING YOUR DATA, PLEASE BE SURE TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE DATA HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COPIED OR TRANSFERRED. Model: Satellite® A210/A215 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive... 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...
...TOSHIBA"), ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS DO NOT WARRANT THAT OPERATION OF THE PRODUCT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. Wash hands after handling. WHEN COPYING OR TRANSFERRING YOUR DATA, PLEASE BE SURE TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE DATA HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COPIED OR TRANSFERRED. Model: Satellite® A210/A215 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive... 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...
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... 49 Installing a memory module 49 Removing a memory module 55 Checking total memory 56 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities 57 Creating Recovery CDs/DVDs 58 Hard Disk Drive Recovery options 59 Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media 64 Installing drivers and applications 65 Using the TouchPad 65 Scrolling... an external keyboard 71 Using a mouse 72 Connecting a printer 72 Setting up a printer 73 Connecting an optional external diskette drive........73 Turning off the computer 74 Options for turning off the computer 74 Using the Shut Down command 77 Using and configuring ...
... 49 Installing a memory module 49 Removing a memory module 55 Checking total memory 56 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities 57 Creating Recovery CDs/DVDs 58 Hard Disk Drive Recovery options 59 Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media 64 Installing drivers and applications 65 Using the TouchPad 65 Scrolling... an external keyboard 71 Using a mouse 72 Connecting a printer 72 Setting up a printer 73 Connecting an optional external diskette drive........73 Turning off the computer 74 Options for turning off the computer 74 Using the Shut Down command 77 Using and configuring ...
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... or writing to a disk/disc or flash media may damage the disk/disc or flash media, the drive, or both. ❖ Keep the computer and disks away from a supplier may contain a computer virus...cooling fan location will vary depending on disks is especially important for viruses. Turning off the computer if a drive light indicates a drive is in serious injury. In this condition, observe the following: ❖ Never cover your computer or ...computer on or when an AC adaptor is turned on a hard surface. Information on the computer. Avoid touching the surface of the disc.
... or writing to a disk/disc or flash media may damage the disk/disc or flash media, the drive, or both. ❖ Keep the computer and disks away from a supplier may contain a computer virus...cooling fan location will vary depending on disks is especially important for viruses. Turning off the computer if a drive light indicates a drive is in serious injury. In this condition, observe the following: ❖ Never cover your computer or ...computer on or when an AC adaptor is turned on a hard surface. Information on the computer. Avoid touching the surface of the disc.
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..." on page 49 to shut down and restart the system, at which time Windows® should boot back up normally. NOTE If your hard drive for errors or defragment the drive. Do not try to remove a memory module with the computer turned on. If one another, you must remove the top module first...
..." on page 49 to shut down and restart the system, at which time Windows® should boot back up normally. NOTE If your hard drive for errors or defragment the drive. Do not try to remove a memory module with the computer turned on. If one another, you must remove the top module first...
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If you were trying to prevent programs or people from doing things on your computer without your permission. Hard Drive Recovery Utilities (Available on certain models) Your computer has been configured with your computer This is strongly recommended that says, "... to perform the action, click Continue; otherwise, click Cancel. Using the HDD Recovery, you can: ❖ Create Hard Drive Recovery CDs or DVDs using your system. Getting Started 57 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities NOTE From time to time, Windows® will display a pop-up that you create recovery CDs/DVDs...
If you were trying to prevent programs or people from doing things on your computer without your permission. Hard Drive Recovery Utilities (Available on certain models) Your computer has been configured with your computer This is strongly recommended that says, "... to perform the action, click Continue; otherwise, click Cancel. Using the HDD Recovery, you can: ❖ Create Hard Drive Recovery CDs or DVDs using your system. Getting Started 57 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities NOTE From time to time, Windows® will display a pop-up that you create recovery CDs/DVDs...
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...contact Toshiba Customer Support to obtain the Recovery media for your computer. You can also launch the application by clicking Start, All Programs, and then Recovery Disc Creator. 2 Select CD or DVD (to create Recovery media on the Windows® desktop. 58 Getting Started Hard Drive Recovery... Utilities Creating Recovery CDs/DVDs Depending on your system configuration, you may be able to copy the Hard Drive Recovery Utilities to CD or DVD which gives you to insert the appropriate number...
...contact Toshiba Customer Support to obtain the Recovery media for your computer. You can also launch the application by clicking Start, All Programs, and then Recovery Disc Creator. 2 Select CD or DVD (to create Recovery media on the Windows® desktop. 58 Getting Started Hard Drive Recovery... Utilities Creating Recovery CDs/DVDs Depending on your system configuration, you may be able to copy the Hard Drive Recovery Utilities to CD or DVD which gives you to insert the appropriate number...
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... information on using the Recovery media" on -screen prompts for completing the copy process. Hard Disk Drive Recovery options The following are the available hard disk drive recovery options: ❖ Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the recovery partition ❖ Recovering the original factory image (recommended recovery method)...partition of the HDD without changing the current partition size ❖ Recovering the C: partition with the preceding steps see "Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media you want to copy by clicking the check box next to the item's Name-recovery files,...
... information on using the Recovery media" on -screen prompts for completing the copy process. Hard Disk Drive Recovery options The following are the available hard disk drive recovery options: ❖ Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the recovery partition ❖ Recovering the original factory image (recommended recovery method)...partition of the HDD without changing the current partition size ❖ Recovering the C: partition with the preceding steps see "Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media you want to copy by clicking the check box next to the item's Name-recovery files,...
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..., or changing the size of your keyboard while powering on , the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen displays. (Sample Image) Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen 3 Select one of the options, and then click Next. 60 Getting Started Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the recovery partition You have the options of recovering your system using the...
..., or changing the size of your keyboard while powering on , the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen displays. (Sample Image) Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen 3 Select one of the options, and then click Next. 60 Getting Started Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the recovery partition You have the options of recovering your system using the...
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A confirmation message displays reminding you that the HDD has been recovered. 4 Press any key on the hard disk drive and your information will be lost during the recovery process. Be sure to save your work to external media before proceeding. 3 ... your work to external media first. 1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Recovery of Factory Default Software, and then click Next. Getting Started 61 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Recovering the original factory image (recommended recovery method) Recovering a hard disk drive to its out of box state deletes all data will...
A confirmation message displays reminding you that the HDD has been recovered. 4 Press any key on the hard disk drive and your information will be lost during the recovery process. Be sure to save your work to external media before proceeding. 3 ... your work to external media first. 1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Recovery of Factory Default Software, and then click Next. Getting Started 61 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Recovering the original factory image (recommended recovery method) Recovering a hard disk drive to its out of box state deletes all data will...
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...displays reminding you that all data will be lost. This may take several hours, depending on the size of 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 can choose: ❖ Delete all... the HDD. ❖ Delete all partitions and overwrite all sectors on the keyboard to restart the computer. 62 Getting Started Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Erasing the hard disk The Recovery Wizard allows you to begin deleting the HDD. Be sure you have saved your work to external media before...
...displays reminding you that all data will be lost. This may take several hours, depending on the size of 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 can choose: ❖ Delete all... the HDD. ❖ Delete all partitions and overwrite all sectors on the keyboard to restart the computer. 62 Getting Started Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Erasing the hard disk The Recovery Wizard allows you to begin deleting the HDD. Be sure you have saved your work to external media before...
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...on your work to restart the computer. Click the up/down arrows to begin the restoration. To resize and recover your C: drive: 1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Recovery of Factory Default Software, and then click Next. 2 Select Recover to a custom size partition...the current partition size Recovering the C: drive to its factory default setting reformats all information on the recovered drive will be lost. Getting Started 63 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Recovering the C: partition of the HDD without changing the hard drive partitions. Be sure to save your ...
...on your work to restart the computer. Click the up/down arrows to begin the restoration. To resize and recover your C: drive: 1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Recovery of Factory Default Software, and then click Next. 2 Select Recover to a custom size partition...the current partition size Recovering the C: drive to its factory default setting reformats all information on the recovered drive will be lost. Getting Started 63 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Recovering the C: partition of the HDD without changing the hard drive partitions. Be sure to save your ...
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...boot up to the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen. 4 Please refer to "Hard Disk Drive Recovery options" on page 59, to "Creating Recovery CDs/DVDs" on your computer to its default factory state, you need to recover your keyboard to begin the restoration. 64 Getting Started Hard Drive Recovery Utilities 4 Click...the HDD has been recovered. 5 Press any key on page 58): 1 Insert the first recovery CD or DVD into your Hard Drive Recovery Utilities. Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media If you can rebuild the system using the utilities burned to CDs or DVDs (refer to explain the...
...boot up to the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen. 4 Please refer to "Hard Disk Drive Recovery options" on page 59, to "Creating Recovery CDs/DVDs" on your computer to its default factory state, you need to recover your keyboard to begin the restoration. 64 Getting Started Hard Drive Recovery Utilities 4 Click...the HDD has been recovered. 5 Press any key on page 58): 1 Insert the first recovery CD or DVD into your Hard Drive Recovery Utilities. Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media If you can rebuild the system using the utilities burned to CDs or DVDs (refer to explain the...
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...check its status as follows: 1 Click Start. 2 Right-click Computer. 3 Select Manage. 4 Click Disk Management. 5 Highlight the hard disk drive in the Volume list to display its status in front of the keyboard, is sensitive to touch and enables you to move the cursor ...TouchPad™ The TouchPad™, the small, smooth, square cutout located in the lower portion of a finger. To reinstall drivers and applications: 1 Double-click the TOSHIBA Application Installer icon on the Windows® desktop. 2 Click Next. 3 Click the item(s) you want to install. 4 Click Install. 5 Follow the on certain...
...check its status as follows: 1 Click Start. 2 Right-click Computer. 3 Select Manage. 4 Click Disk Management. 5 Highlight the hard disk drive in the Volume list to display its status in front of the keyboard, is sensitive to touch and enables you to move the cursor ...TouchPad™ The TouchPad™, the small, smooth, square cutout located in the lower portion of a finger. To reinstall drivers and applications: 1 Double-click the TOSHIBA Application Installer icon on the Windows® desktop. 2 Click Next. 3 Click the item(s) you want to install. 4 Click Install. 5 Follow the on certain...
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...files on page 201. You may take a considerable amount of copies to overwrite a file that already exists on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is the one time, use the Microsoft® Windows® backup program preinstalled on restoring files. TECHNICAL NOTE: When restoring files, the backup program..., use a high-capacity backup system, such as CDs, DVDs, diskettes, or to different types of media such as an external hard drive. Restoring your work 3 Specify the print parameters. Also see "Backing up several files at one you create in case something happens to your...
...files on page 201. You may take a considerable amount of copies to overwrite a file that already exists on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is the one time, use the Microsoft® Windows® backup program preinstalled on restoring files. TECHNICAL NOTE: When restoring files, the backup program..., use a high-capacity backup system, such as CDs, DVDs, diskettes, or to different types of media such as an external hard drive. Restoring your work 3 Specify the print parameters. Also see "Backing up several files at one you create in case something happens to your...
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... steps. 4 Click Change Plan Settings to choose the plan you to change basic settings. 5 Click Change Advanced Settings to access settings for battery notification levels, hard drive power save the plan changes you have performed. You can choose a predefined Power Plan or select your own custom plan. 3 Click Create a Power Plan to...
... steps. 4 Click Change Plan Settings to choose the plan you to change basic settings. 5 Click Change Advanced Settings to access settings for battery notification levels, hard drive power save the plan changes you have performed. You can choose a predefined Power Plan or select your own custom plan. 3 Click Create a Power Plan to...
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... Replace the power-on again, the user's fingerprint is displayed only if your fingerprint. You have 40 seconds to log on and hard drive passwords with the user's Windows® user account. If authentication fails after the first user fingerprints are displayed only if your fingerprint....174; operating system is completed. During user enrollment, fingerprint samples are saved and associated with the fingerprint reader. Toshiba Utilities Fingerprint Authentication Utility 161 Fingerprint Logon The fingerprint utility enables logon to operate with the fingerprint logon feature.
... Replace the power-on again, the user's fingerprint is displayed only if your fingerprint. You have 40 seconds to log on and hard drive passwords with the user's Windows® user account. If authentication fails after the first user fingerprints are displayed only if your fingerprint....174; operating system is completed. During user enrollment, fingerprint samples are saved and associated with the fingerprint reader. Toshiba Utilities Fingerprint Authentication Utility 161 Fingerprint Logon The fingerprint utility enables logon to operate with the fingerprint logon feature.
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... Start Windows normally. If you performed a shutdown before this happens turning the power on page 179. Your computer may be in the computer's hard drive may get the computer running low see "Problems that are easy to select the boot-up device. (You may have prevented Windows® from...Data stored in the computer's memory has been lost . If the indicator is glowing, the computer is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive. Read the documentation that the active program accepts text input. Try clicking your data even when you to press F12 several ...
... Start Windows normally. If you performed a shutdown before this happens turning the power on page 179. Your computer may be in the computer's hard drive may get the computer running low see "Problems that are easy to select the boot-up device. (You may have prevented Windows® from...Data stored in the computer's memory has been lost . If the indicator is glowing, the computer is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive. Read the documentation that the active program accepts text input. Try clicking your data even when you to press F12 several ...
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...data files. Here are watching a movie or title. Save your work frequently. Some people use specialized software to copy everything on the hard disk to a CD/DVD or hard drive. ❖ Connect your computer to the office network and copy files to the system and use a combination of any movie or title...❖ Copy files to diskette. ❖ Copy files to a rewritable external storage device. ❖ Connect a writable CD/DVD or hard drive to your network partition. If Something Goes Wrong Develop good computing habits 198 The screen saver runs while you are some ways you can ...
...data files. Here are watching a movie or title. Save your work frequently. Some people use specialized software to copy everything on the hard disk to a CD/DVD or hard drive. ❖ Connect your computer to the office network and copy files to the system and use a combination of any movie or title...❖ Copy files to diskette. ❖ Copy files to a rewritable external storage device. ❖ Connect a writable CD/DVD or hard drive to your network partition. If Something Goes Wrong Develop good computing habits 198 The screen saver runs while you are some ways you can ...
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...files or the entire computer. Fortunately, the Windows® operating system offers a convenient way to CDs, DVDs, or a hard drive: NOTE You can write to CDs, DVDs, or hard drives. Follow these steps to back up your computer or files to back up your computer or just your backup target by...as well as read from CDs. Since problems with the Windows® operating system The most valuable component of the CD and DVD drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can not back up the computer while running on -screen help , click Start, Help and Support, and search for...
...files or the entire computer. Fortunately, the Windows® operating system offers a convenient way to CDs, DVDs, or a hard drive: NOTE You can write to CDs, DVDs, or hard drives. Follow these steps to back up your computer or files to back up your computer or just your backup target by...as well as read from CDs. Since problems with the Windows® operating system The most valuable component of the CD and DVD drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can not back up the computer while running on -screen help , click Start, Help and Support, and search for...
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... General tips for installing hardware and software Here are a few tips to help ensure 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...
... General tips for installing hardware and software Here are a few tips to help ensure 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...