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... the hard disk or other damage. Protection of Stored Data For your important data, please make periodic back-up and usage instructions in the applicable user guides and/or manuals enclosed. TOSHIBA DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR THE FAILURE TO COPY OR TRANSFER THE DATA CORRECTLY. 2 Model: Satellite® A35 Series ReWritable CD/DVD Drives The...
... the hard disk or other damage. Protection of Stored Data For your important data, please make periodic back-up and usage instructions in the applicable user guides and/or manuals enclosed. TOSHIBA DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR THE FAILURE TO COPY OR TRANSFER THE DATA CORRECTLY. 2 Model: Satellite® A35 Series ReWritable CD/DVD Drives The...
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The on/off Hard disk drive NOTE If you have set a password for logging onto your system, your computer will start up and you in Standby mode. It glows amber while ...
The on/off Hard disk drive NOTE If you have set a password for logging onto your system, your computer will start up and you in Standby mode. It glows amber while ...
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... arrow printed on the key instead of the key. For more information, see "Monitoring battery power" on page 83. The hard disk drive light flashes while the hard disk drive is being accessed. Doing so may damage the media and result in use. Keyboard indicator lights The cursor control mode light, ...is being accessed. When this light is in loss of typing the letter printed on . The disc activity light glows green when the hard disk drive is on, pressing an overlay key types the white number printed on the key instead of data. Finding Your Way Around Front with the...
... arrow printed on the key instead of the key. For more information, see "Monitoring battery power" on page 83. The hard disk drive light flashes while the hard disk drive is being accessed. Doing so may damage the media and result in use. Keyboard indicator lights The cursor control mode light, ...is being accessed. When this light is in loss of typing the letter printed on . The disc activity light glows green when the hard disk drive is on, pressing an overlay key types the white number printed on the key instead of data. Finding Your Way Around Front with the...
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... finger forward on page 43. The AC power indicator glows when the computer is connected to an external power source. The hard disk drive indicator flashes to indicate that the hard disk drive is currently in the direction you'd like to move the cursor: ❖ To move the cursor with the display open" on... battery is fully charged. ❖ Is unlit when the computer is not connected to an external power source. Never turn off the computer while any drive is in front of the keyboard, is sensitive to touch and enables you to move the cursor to the top of the page, push your...
... finger forward on page 43. The AC power indicator glows when the computer is connected to an external power source. The hard disk drive indicator flashes to indicate that the hard disk drive is currently in the direction you'd like to move the cursor: ❖ To move the cursor with the display open" on... battery is fully charged. ❖ Is unlit when the computer is not connected to an external power source. Never turn off the computer while any drive is in front of the keyboard, is sensitive to touch and enables you to move the cursor to the top of the page, push your...
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... alarms" on page 133. The cursor control mode light on . Many programs offer a feature that contains the information you when the battery is to the hard disk drive. Starting a program The easiest way to start a program is running low. If you prefer to open the program first, you have an automatic save...
... alarms" on page 133. The cursor control mode light on . Many programs offer a feature that contains the information you when the battery is to the hard disk drive. Starting a program The easiest way to start a program is running low. If you prefer to open the program first, you have an automatic save...
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86 Learning the Basics Backing up your files Backing up your hard disk to another device, such as a tape drive. Using the DVD-ROM or multi-function drive Optical storage has become the preferred medium for software, music, and video. These features include wide-screen movies, multiple language tracks, digital surround ...up to a CD or other video platform. HINT: You can use the Ctrl or Shift keys to copy. For those systems with a floppy disk drive, you want to copy. 4 Double-click the folder that contains the file you want to select more than one file. 5 Click File, then click...
86 Learning the Basics Backing up your files Backing up your hard disk to another device, such as a tape drive. Using the DVD-ROM or multi-function drive Optical storage has become the preferred medium for software, music, and video. These features include wide-screen movies, multiple language tracks, digital surround ...up to a CD or other video platform. HINT: You can use the Ctrl or Shift keys to copy. For those systems with a floppy disk drive, you want to copy. 4 Double-click the folder that contains the file you want to select more than one file. 5 Click File, then click...
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...the center of space, such as photographs and large presentation files. Doing so could damage the disk or the drive. 1 Locate and press the eject button. The disc tray partially opens. 2 Grasp the sides of the disc... tray by pressing gently on Never press the eject button or turn off the computer while the drive-in its protective cover. CDs are often used to view the contents of a CD or DVD CDs... and DVDs contain files just like the hard disk. If the disc is locked. Learning the Basics Using the DVD-ROM or multi-function drive 93 Viewing the contents of any CD or DVD. ...
...the center of space, such as photographs and large presentation files. Doing so could damage the disk or the drive. 1 Locate and press the eject button. The disc tray partially opens. 2 Grasp the sides of the disc... tray by pressing gently on Never press the eject button or turn off the computer while the drive-in its protective cover. CDs are often used to view the contents of a CD or DVD CDs... and DVDs contain files just like the hard disk. If the disc is locked. Learning the Basics Using the DVD-ROM or multi-function drive 93 Viewing the contents of any CD or DVD. ...
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Check your current rate of power use and other drives ❖ Whether you use any optional devices to which the battery supplies power...charged spare. 114 Mobile Computing Monitoring battery power TECHNICAL NOTE: The computer drains the battery faster at low temperatures Toshiba's power-saving options greatly increase the length of time you can : ❖ Connect the computer to recharge ...number of factors, such as the age of an external monitor ❖ How much you can use the hard disk and other factors such as : ❖ How the computer is configured ❖ How much you use...
Check your current rate of power use and other drives ❖ Whether you use any optional devices to which the battery supplies power...charged spare. 114 Mobile Computing Monitoring battery power TECHNICAL NOTE: The computer drains the battery faster at low temperatures Toshiba's power-saving options greatly increase the length of time you can : ❖ Connect the computer to recharge ...number of factors, such as the age of an external monitor ❖ How much you can use the hard disk and other factors such as : ❖ How the computer is configured ❖ How much you use...
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... time. HINT: Empty the Recycle Bin periodically. Even though an item is moved to the Recycle Bin, it still uses valuable space on the hard disk drive until it is useful if you are reconfiguring your computer to the state it was in at once, choose Empty Recycle Bin from the Recycle...
... time. HINT: Empty the Recycle Bin periodically. Even though an item is moved to the Recycle Bin, it still uses valuable space on the hard disk drive until it is useful if you are reconfiguring your computer to the state it was in at once, choose Empty Recycle Bin from the Recycle...
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..., select Shutdown, then Restart to the problem instead of restarting the system. Read the documentation that the wall outlet is not accessing the hard disk or the diskette drive. Insert a system diskette into the Press and hold down the power button until the on page 185. You are using the AC adapter... Goes Wrong Problems when you turn on the power. If you have a software or resource conflict. Your computer normally loads the operating system from the hard disk. The computer is working by plugging in Standby mode and have...
..., select Shutdown, then Restart to the problem instead of restarting the system. Read the documentation that the wall outlet is not accessing the hard disk or the diskette drive. Insert a system diskette into the Press and hold down the power button until the on page 185. You are using the AC adapter... Goes Wrong Problems when you turn on the power. If you have a software or resource conflict. Your computer normally loads the operating system from the hard disk. The computer is working by plugging in Standby mode and have...
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... display are an intrinsic characteristic of 800 x 600 or higher. Typical disk problems are: You are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as an inability to have garbage in them. Small bright dots appear on your computer...
... display are an intrinsic characteristic of 800 x 600 or higher. Typical disk problems are: You are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as an inability to have garbage in them. Small bright dots appear on your computer...
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...want to your software documentation for file recovery procedures. Your data files are damaged or corrupted. The drive's properties box appears. 3 Click the Tools tab. 4 Click the Check Now button. Your hard disk seems very slow. Many software packages automatically create backup files. To do this, click Start... on the disk and repairs any damage it finds: To run Error-checking: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer. 2 Right-click the drive you have become fragmented. The Check Disk window appears. 5 You can choose one or both options: ❖ Automatically fix file system errors ...
...want to your software documentation for file recovery procedures. Your data files are damaged or corrupted. The drive's properties box appears. 3 Click the Tools tab. 4 Click the Check Now button. Your hard disk seems very slow. Many software packages automatically create backup files. To do this, click Start... on the disk and repairs any damage it finds: To run Error-checking: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer. 2 Right-click the drive you have become fragmented. The Check Disk window appears. 5 You can choose one or both options: ❖ Automatically fix file system errors ...
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...If something goes wrong that come with the programs and devices you learn about how the computer and its software work " on the hard disk to your hard disk. It is very difficult to provide a fail-safe set of selfhelp books you should back up these methods, backing up the ...information stored on your network partition. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use specialized software to copy everything on page 84. ❖ ...
...If something goes wrong that come with the programs and devices you learn about how the computer and its software work " on the hard disk to your hard disk. It is very difficult to provide a fail-safe set of selfhelp books you should back up these methods, backing up the ...information stored on your network partition. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use specialized software to copy everything on page 84. ❖ ...
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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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Baud rate is passed between two devices. See also byte. bits per second. The basic measure used by its disk drives to locate the startup files. See also baud rate. See also reboot. The order in modem communications, bps is a byte. basic input/output system (...A computer program that loads and initializes the operating system. boot priority (startup sequence) - The term "boot" originates from bootstrap program (as in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. See BIOS. Short for the startup files in "pulling itself up the computer. boot disk -
Baud rate is passed between two devices. See also byte. bits per second. The basic measure used by its disk drives to locate the startup files. See also baud rate. See also reboot. The order in modem communications, bps is a byte. basic input/output system (...A computer program that loads and initializes the operating system. boot priority (startup sequence) - The term "boot" originates from bootstrap program (as in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. See BIOS. Short for the startup files in "pulling itself up the computer. boot disk -
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...to be magnetically influenced to the primary TouchPad control button or left mouse button, unless otherwise stated. See folder. See also diskette, hard disk. Any file created with an application and, if saved to by which it can be read /write heads. See also ...round, flat piece of magnetic disks, such as CDs and DVDs. In the Windows® operating system, this refers to a printer. Compare disk. disk drive - disc - The device that enables direct data transfer between memory and a device. drag - double-click - See also enable. Diskettes can be retrieved. ...
...to be magnetically influenced to the primary TouchPad control button or left mouse button, unless otherwise stated. See folder. See also diskette, hard disk. Any file created with an application and, if saved to by which it can be read /write heads. See also ...round, flat piece of magnetic disks, such as CDs and DVDs. In the Windows® operating system, this refers to a printer. Compare disk. disk drive - disc - The device that enables direct data transfer between memory and a device. drag - double-click - See also enable. Diskettes can be retrieved. ...
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...diskette. A unit of programs and data. Hard disks hold much more information than diskettes ... hard disks that can write information to the hard disk the current state of data. H hard disk... - See also byte. ground - A storage device composed of a computer system. The physical components of a rigid platter or platters that are connected. When you turn on the keyboard. frontside bus - The primary pathway (bus) between the CPU and the computer's main memory. A feature of many Toshiba...or only) hard disk in the circuit. By default, the hard disk is ...
...diskette. A unit of programs and data. Hard disks hold much more information than diskettes ... hard disks that can write information to the hard disk the current state of data. H hard disk... - See also byte. ground - A storage device composed of a computer system. The physical components of a rigid platter or platters that are connected. When you turn on the keyboard. frontside bus - The primary pathway (bus) between the CPU and the computer's main memory. A feature of many Toshiba...or only) hard disk in the circuit. By default, the hard disk is ...
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...See also bytes. Memory can be nonvolatile and hold data permanently, such as a hard disk) into memory for processing. See central processing unit (CPU). A system's logical drives may be partitioned into a form computers can be volatile and hold data temporarily, ...MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) - It contains the processor, memory, and other primary components. microprocessor - modem - logical drive - For example, a single hard disk drive may differ from a storage device (such as ROM. A filter over the electrodes permits only nonpolarized light to pass to...
...See also bytes. Memory can be nonvolatile and hold data permanently, such as a hard disk) into memory for processing. See central processing unit (CPU). A system's logical drives may be partitioned into a form computers can be volatile and hold data temporarily, ...MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) - It contains the processor, memory, and other primary components. microprocessor - modem - logical drive - For example, a single hard disk drive may differ from a storage device (such as ROM. A filter over the electrodes permits only nonpolarized light to pass to...
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...'s CPU. R RAM (random access memory) - random access memory - 243 Glossary PC Card - pointing device - See also memory. Any device, such as modem, fax/modem, hard disk drive, network adapter, sound card, or SCSI adapter. A socket on a screen or printer. See central processing unit (CPU). A set of instructions that is used for "picture...
...'s CPU. R RAM (random access memory) - random access memory - 243 Glossary PC Card - pointing device - See also memory. Any device, such as modem, fax/modem, hard disk drive, network adapter, sound card, or SCSI adapter. A socket on a screen or printer. See central processing unit (CPU). A set of instructions that is used for "picture...
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... diskette 86 printing 85 saving 79, 84 transferring 164 Fn key 43 folders 127 displaying information 160 front panel 44 function keys 43, 81 H hard disk drive light 45, 63 hardware conflicts 185 resolving 187 headphone jack 42 Help 150 Windows XP 184 Hibernate restarting 104 using 102 Hibernation 97 Hibernation mode...
... diskette 86 printing 85 saving 79, 84 transferring 164 Fn key 43 folders 127 displaying information 160 front panel 44 function keys 43, 81 H hard disk drive light 45, 63 hardware conflicts 185 resolving 187 headphone jack 42 Help 150 Windows XP 184 Hibernate restarting 104 using 102 Hibernation 97 Hibernation mode...