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...station stipulated in serious injury. Never attempt to disassemble, adjust or repair a HD DVD, CD/DVD drive, CD-RW drive, Multi-drive or any repair or adjustment is required. You could damage the drive. Always contact an authorized Toshiba service provider, if any other device. Friday: 10:00 - 17:00 Toll...restrictions apply: ❖ Do not disassemble or modify the device. ❖ Do not install the embedded wireless module into other optical drive. The Name of Japan. You would also be exposed to the device class of radio equipment of this product, please read this ...
...station stipulated in serious injury. Never attempt to disassemble, adjust or repair a HD DVD, CD/DVD drive, CD-RW drive, Multi-drive or any repair or adjustment is required. You could damage the drive. Always contact an authorized Toshiba service provider, if any other device. Friday: 10:00 - 17:00 Toll...restrictions apply: ❖ Do not disassemble or modify the device. ❖ Do not install the embedded wireless module into other optical drive. The Name of Japan. You would also be exposed to the device class of radio equipment of this product, please read this ...
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... light or other optical drive. Always contact an authorized Toshiba service provider, if any form without the prior written permission of the label and manufacturing information may vary.) This appliance contains a laser system and is required. Location of Toshiba. You would also be...Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. Under the copyright laws, this model properly, read the user's guide carefully and keep it for your future reference. with respect to the use this guide cannot be exposed to disassemble, adjust or repair a HD DVD, CD/DVD drive, CD-RW drive, Multi-drive...
... light or other optical drive. Always contact an authorized Toshiba service provider, if any form without the prior written permission of the label and manufacturing information may vary.) This appliance contains a laser system and is required. Location of Toshiba. You would also be...Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. Under the copyright laws, this model properly, read the user's guide carefully and keep it for your future reference. with respect to the use this guide cannot be exposed to disassemble, adjust or repair a HD DVD, CD/DVD drive, CD-RW drive, Multi-drive...
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... 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 ...Using 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 Hibernation...
... 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 ...Using 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 Hibernation...
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... the Start Search field 93 Saving your work 93 Printing your work 95 Backing up your work 96 Restoring your work 96 Using the optical drive 97 Optical drive components 97 Media control buttons 98 Inserting a compact disc 99 Playing an audio CD 100 Playing optical media 101 Creating a CD...
... the Start Search field 93 Saving your work 93 Printing your work 95 Backing up your work 96 Restoring your work 96 Using the optical drive 97 Optical drive components 97 Media control buttons 98 Inserting a compact disc 99 Playing an audio CD 100 Playing optical media 101 Creating a CD...
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32 Contents TOSHIBA Button Support 156 CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer 157 TOSHIBA Accessibility 158 Fingerprint Authentication Utility 159 Fingerprint utility limitations 159 Fingerprint Enrollment 159 Fingerprint Logon 161 Power-on Security 161 Control Center 161 Password Bank ... A plan of action 179 Fixing a problem with Device Manager ...........180 Memory problems 181 Power and the batteries 182 Keyboard problems 183 Display problems 184 Disk drive problems 186 Optical drive problems 187 Sound system problems 188 PC Card problems 189
32 Contents TOSHIBA Button Support 156 CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer 157 TOSHIBA Accessibility 158 Fingerprint Authentication Utility 159 Fingerprint utility limitations 159 Fingerprint Enrollment 159 Fingerprint Logon 161 Power-on Security 161 Control Center 161 Password Bank ... A plan of action 179 Fixing a problem with Device Manager ...........180 Memory problems 181 Power and the batteries 182 Keyboard problems 183 Display problems 184 Disk drive problems 186 Optical drive problems 187 Sound system problems 188 PC Card problems 189
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...HDD Recovery, you can: ❖ Create Hard Drive Recovery CDs or DVDs using a writable drive ❖ Recover your hard disk drive to the factory-set default ❖ Recover just your C: drive, leaving any other partitions you create recovery CDs/DVDs before using your system. otherwise, click Cancel. ...For more information on creating Recovery media see "Creating Recovery CDs/DVDs" on certain models) to allow you were trying...
...HDD Recovery, you can: ❖ Create Hard Drive Recovery CDs or DVDs using a writable drive ❖ Recover your hard disk drive to the factory-set default ❖ Recover just your C: drive, leaving any other partitions you create recovery CDs/DVDs before using your system. otherwise, click Cancel. ...For more information on creating Recovery media see "Creating Recovery CDs/DVDs" on certain models) to allow you were trying...
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...NOTE The system will prompt you the ability to recover your hard disk drive and recover your system if the hard drive recovery partition has been deleted or the hard disk has been replaced on your computer. The Toshiba Global Support Centre in the United States is (800) 457-7777, ...the United States it is not writable, contact Toshiba Customer Support to obtain the Recovery media for your system. If your optical disc drive is (949) 859-4273. To create recovery CDs/DVDs: 1 Double-click the Recovery Disc Creator icon on CDs or DVDs). (Sample Image) Recovery Disc Creator screen You ...
...NOTE The system will prompt you the ability to recover your hard disk drive and recover your system if the hard drive recovery partition has been deleted or the hard disk has been replaced on your computer. The Toshiba Global Support Centre in the United States is (800) 457-7777, ...the United States it is not writable, contact Toshiba Customer Support to obtain the Recovery media for your system. If your optical disc drive is (949) 859-4273. To create recovery CDs/DVDs: 1 Double-click the Recovery Disc Creator icon on CDs or DVDs). (Sample Image) Recovery Disc Creator screen You ...
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... Create. 5 Insert the first blank CD or DVD into your writable optical drive when prompted. 6 Follow the on page 64. 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...size ❖ Recovering the C: partition with the preceding steps see "Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media" on -screen prompts for completing the copy process. Getting Started 59 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities 3 Select the items you have created with a user specified size ...
... Create. 5 Insert the first blank CD or DVD into your writable optical drive when prompted. 6 Follow the on page 64. 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...size ❖ Recovering the C: partition with the preceding steps see "Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media" on -screen prompts for completing the copy process. Getting Started 59 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities 3 Select the items you have created with a user specified size ...
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... Utilities. The boot menu appears. 3 Using the arrow keys, select the CD/DVD option and press Enter. The system will boot up to the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen. 4 Please refer to "Hard Disk Drive Recovery options" on page 59, to restart the computer. Once complete, a message displays that the... HDD has been recovered. 5 Press any key on your keyboard to explain the available recovery options. (Sample Image) Toshiba HDD Recovery Utility screen Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media If you need to recover your computer to its default factory state, you can rebuild the system...
... Utilities. The boot menu appears. 3 Using the arrow keys, select the CD/DVD option and press Enter. The system will boot up to the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen. 4 Please refer to "Hard Disk Drive Recovery options" on page 59, to restart the computer. Once complete, a message displays that the... HDD has been recovered. 5 Press any key on your keyboard to explain the available recovery options. (Sample Image) Toshiba HDD Recovery Utility screen Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media If you need to recover your computer to its default factory state, you can rebuild the system...
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... print parameters. To back up on page 201. You may take a considerable amount of time and multiple CDs/DVDs. Small files can back up your data or your files to different types of copies to a network, if ..., the range of pages and number of media such as an external hard drive. Also see "Backing up your entire computer with the Windows® operating system" on diskettes if an... optional external diskette drive is the one time, use the Restore page in the online Help or your operating...
... print parameters. To back up on page 201. You may take a considerable amount of time and multiple CDs/DVDs. Small files can back up your data or your files to different types of copies to a network, if ..., the range of pages and number of media such as an external hard drive. Also see "Backing up your entire computer with the Windows® operating system" on diskettes if an... optional external diskette drive is the one time, use the Restore page in the online Help or your operating...
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... significant increase in use indicator light-Indicates when the drive is recommended that last region. Your optical drive may come with an optical drive. The drive will be "locked in the format of the computer. NOTE For optimum DVD performance, it is in data storage and support features ...to play in ." TECHNICAL NOTE: Your optical drive is , the drive will automatically change regions four times. That is set to play region 1 (North America) DVD-ROMs. If you play a DVD disc from another region, the drive will only play DVDs while running the computer on the side of the...
... significant increase in use indicator light-Indicates when the drive is recommended that last region. Your optical drive may come with an optical drive. The drive will be "locked in the format of the computer. NOTE For optimum DVD performance, it is in data storage and support features ...to play in ." TECHNICAL NOTE: Your optical drive is , the drive will automatically change regions four times. That is set to play region 1 (North America) DVD-ROMs. If you play a DVD disc from another region, the drive will only play DVDs while running the computer on the side of the...
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... could damage the disc or the drive. Pencil lead can play audio CDs or DVD movies. The Play/Pause button starts playing the disc or makes it . 98 Learning the Basics Using the optical drive Do not press the eject button or turn off the computer while the drive in-use a pencil to release... the disc tray when the power is on and play audio CDs or DVD movies. Doing so could cause the drive to malfunction. When the disc tray is open, be careful not to press the manual eject button located inside the computer and damage it. Use a ...
... could damage the disc or the drive. Pencil lead can play audio CDs or DVD movies. The Play/Pause button starts playing the disc or makes it . 98 Learning the Basics Using the optical drive Do not press the eject button or turn off the computer while the drive in-use a pencil to release... the disc tray when the power is on and play audio CDs or DVD movies. Doing so could cause the drive to malfunction. When the disc tray is open, be careful not to press the manual eject button located inside the computer and damage it. Use a ...
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... described in -use indicator light is off. 3 Press the drive's eject button. Inserting a compact disc To insert a compact disc into the drive: 1 Make sure the computer is turned on page 103.... The Next track button skips to the preceding track on the disc. The disc tray slides partially out of dust. Learning the Basics 99 Using the optical drive... The Stop button stops a disc that it is free of the drive (about 1 inch). 4 Grasp the tray and pull it fully...
... described in -use indicator light is off. 3 Press the drive's eject button. Inserting a compact disc To insert a compact disc into the drive: 1 Make sure the computer is turned on page 103.... The Next track button skips to the preceding track on the disc. The disc tray slides partially out of dust. Learning the Basics 99 Using the optical drive... The Stop button stops a disc that it is free of the drive (about 1 inch). 4 Grasp the tray and pull it fully...
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...audio CD Insert an audio CD and close the disc tray. Handle DVDs and CDs carefully, making contact only with the center hole and edge. If this happens, contact Toshiba support for assistance. 9 Push the disc tray in the drive 7 Gently press the disc onto the center spindle until it may ...jam the drive. If you incorrectly handle the discs, you could lose data. 8 Make sure ...
...audio CD Insert an audio CD and close the disc tray. Handle DVDs and CDs carefully, making contact only with the center hole and edge. If this happens, contact Toshiba support for assistance. 9 Push the disc tray in the drive 7 Gently press the disc onto the center spindle until it may ...jam the drive. If you incorrectly handle the discs, you could lose data. 8 Make sure ...
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..., your system may not be able to loud sound can harm your disc, try launching the CD/DVD manually. The disc drive will run the CD/DVD. Learning the Basics Using the optical drive 101 NOTE When using headphones. Before putting on headphones to pause, click the Play/Pause button. ... this , follow these steps: 1 Click Start, and then Computer. 2 Click the optical drive icon. To do this from occurring, close Windows Media® Player before you insert a CD/DVD into the optical drive and the Auto-Run feature does not automatically start your hearing. Playing optical media If you...
..., your system may not be able to loud sound can harm your disc, try launching the CD/DVD manually. The disc drive will run the CD/DVD. Learning the Basics Using the optical drive 101 NOTE When using headphones. Before putting on headphones to pause, click the Play/Pause button. ... this , follow these steps: 1 Click Start, and then Computer. 2 Click the optical drive icon. To do this from occurring, close Windows Media® Player before you insert a CD/DVD into the optical drive and the Auto-Run feature does not automatically start your hearing. Playing optical media If you...
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... utilities are described in this chapter. ❖ TOSHIBA Assist ❖ TOSHIBA Application Installer ❖ Supervisor password ❖ User password ❖ TOSHIBA PC Diagnostic Tool Utility ❖ TOSHIBA SD™ Memory Card Format Utility ❖ Toshiba Hardware Setup ❖ TOSHIBA Zooming Utility ❖ TOSHIBA Button Support ❖ CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer ❖ TOSHIBA Accessibility ❖ Fingerprint Authentication Utility ❖ ConfigFree...
... utilities are described in this chapter. ❖ TOSHIBA Assist ❖ TOSHIBA Application Installer ❖ Supervisor password ❖ User password ❖ TOSHIBA PC Diagnostic Tool Utility ❖ TOSHIBA SD™ Memory Card Format Utility ❖ Toshiba Hardware Setup ❖ TOSHIBA Zooming Utility ❖ TOSHIBA Button Support ❖ CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer ❖ TOSHIBA Accessibility ❖ Fingerprint Authentication Utility ❖ ConfigFree...
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Optimize tab Toshiba Utilities TOSHIBA Assist Optimize The features available in this category are: ❖ Toshiba Hardware Setup ❖ TOSHIBA Zooming Utility ❖ CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer ❖ TOSHIBA Accessibility ❖ TOSHIBA Button Support 145 (Sample Image) TOSHIBA Assist window -
Optimize tab Toshiba Utilities TOSHIBA Assist Optimize The features available in this category are: ❖ Toshiba Hardware Setup ❖ TOSHIBA Zooming Utility ❖ CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer ❖ TOSHIBA Accessibility ❖ TOSHIBA Button Support 145 (Sample Image) TOSHIBA Assist window -
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...resume from Hibernation, the setting will revert back to run more quietly. Toshiba Utilities CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer 157 CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer This utility can slow the speed of TOSHIBA Assist. If you change the optical drive to "Quiet" mode, the setting is only valid for listening to ...music or audio files on a CD. 3 Click Set Normal Mode to Normal speed. You can set the drive speed. (Sample Image) CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer screen...
...resume from Hibernation, the setting will revert back to run more quietly. Toshiba Utilities CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer 157 CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer This utility can slow the speed of TOSHIBA Assist. If you change the optical drive to "Quiet" mode, the setting is only valid for listening to ...music or audio files on a CD. 3 Click Set Normal Mode to Normal speed. You can set the drive speed. (Sample Image) CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer screen...
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Most of the CD and DVD drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can choose to CDs, DVDs, or hard drives. Follow these steps to back up your computer or files to CDs, DVDs, or a hard drive: NOTE You can not back up your computer or just your important files to ...software can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it and/or inserting a blank CD or DVD in case the internal hard drive fails. An external hard drive is required. No additional software is recommended in the drive. 2 Click Start. 3 Click Control Panel. 4 Click System and Maintenance. 5 Click Backup ...
Most of the CD and DVD drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can choose to CDs, DVDs, or hard drives. Follow these steps to back up your computer or files to CDs, DVDs, or a hard drive: NOTE You can not back up your computer or just your important files to ...software can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it and/or inserting a blank CD or DVD in case the internal hard drive fails. An external hard drive is required. No additional software is recommended in the drive. 2 Click Start. 3 Click Control Panel. 4 Click System and Maintenance. 5 Click Backup ...
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...peripheral devices, such as ROM. Short for connecting musical instruments, synthesizers, and computers. multi-function drive - A DVD drive that converts information from its physical drives. non-interlaced - Compare interlaced. M memory - modem - Memory can read and write to ...components. See system prompt. multimedia - A collection of computers and associated devices that is refreshed as a separate disk drive. motherboard - A method of every line is recognized by communications facilities. N network - The MIDI standard provides a...
...peripheral devices, such as ROM. Short for connecting musical instruments, synthesizers, and computers. multi-function drive - A DVD drive that converts information from its physical drives. non-interlaced - Compare interlaced. M memory - modem - Memory can read and write to ...components. See system prompt. multimedia - A collection of computers and associated devices that is refreshed as a separate disk drive. motherboard - A method of every line is recognized by communications facilities. N network - The MIDI standard provides a...