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... THEREOF. 2 Model: Satellite® A40/A45 Series ReWritable CD/DVD Drives The computer system you purchased may lose data or suffer other damage. 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...
... THEREOF. 2 Model: Satellite® A40/A45 Series ReWritable CD/DVD Drives The computer system you purchased may lose data or suffer other damage. 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...
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...feature is required. If you must enter the password during the power-on your computer, take your computer to a Toshiba authorized service center for the first time The hard disk drive indicator flashes to indicate that a password is required to complete the powering up your computer, no password is active...you will be prompted to try again. If the password is currently in use . Activating the power-on your computer so that the hard disk drive is incorrect, you first turn on process. If the password is in use . The password requirement becomes active the next time you ...
...feature is required. If you must enter the password during the power-on your computer, take your computer to a Toshiba authorized service center for the first time The hard disk drive indicator flashes to indicate that a password is required to complete the powering up your computer, no password is active...you will be prompted to try again. If the password is currently in use . Activating the power-on your computer so that the hard disk drive is incorrect, you first turn on process. If the password is in use . The password requirement becomes active the next time you ...
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... "Windows® XP file system" on page 135. For information on page 124. Learning the Basics Saving your work 89 Saving your work to the hard disk drive. Many programs offer a feature that saves documents at regular intervals, such as every 15 minutes. Your computer can be lost. To save your information...
... "Windows® XP file system" on page 135. For information on page 124. Learning the Basics Saving your work 89 Saving your work to the hard disk drive. Many programs offer a feature that saves documents at regular intervals, such as every 15 minutes. Your computer can be lost. To save your information...
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... up your files means copying individual files to media, such as a tape drive or to your hard disk to a CD, optional diskette drive or other media: 1 Insert the media into the appropriate drive. 2 Click Start, then click My Computer. 3 Double-click the drive that the Windows® XP operating system is not on, turn it...
... up your files means copying individual files to media, such as a tape drive or to your hard disk to a CD, optional diskette drive or other media: 1 Insert the media into the appropriate drive. 2 Click Start, then click My Computer. 3 Double-click the drive that the Windows® XP operating system is not on, turn it...
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Learning the Basics Using the DVD-ROM or Multifunction drive 99 Viewing the contents of the tray until it clicks, indicating that require lots ...wait for the disc to install software or store files that it is locked. Doing so could damage the disk or the drive. 1 Locate and press the eject button. If the disc is glowing. The disc tray partially opens. 2 Grasp the ... with the computer on the center of a CD or DVD CDs and DVDs contain files just like diskettes and the hard disk. CDs are often used to stop before removing it in -use Explorer or My Computer to view the contents ...
Learning the Basics Using the DVD-ROM or Multifunction drive 99 Viewing the contents of the tray until it clicks, indicating that require lots ...wait for the disc to install software or store files that it is locked. Doing so could damage the disk or the drive. 1 Locate and press the eject button. If the disc is glowing. The disc tray partially opens. 2 Grasp the ... with the computer on the center of a CD or DVD CDs and DVDs contain files just like diskettes and the hard disk. CDs are often used to stop before removing it in -use Explorer or My Computer to view the contents ...
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...174; operating system could cause you to lose your computer for the network and supply you may lose data or damage the disk and/or drive. Powering down the computer Pushing the power button before shutting down , which power off the computer ❖ Hibernation, which saves the current ...operating state to the hard disk and powers off the computer ❖ Standby, which saves the current operating state to memory and enters a low power mode ❖ Restart,...
...174; operating system could cause you to lose your computer for the network and supply you may lose data or damage the disk and/or drive. Powering down the computer Pushing the power button before shutting down , which power off the computer ❖ Hibernation, which saves the current ...operating state to the hard disk and powers off the computer ❖ Standby, which saves the current operating state to memory and enters a low power mode ❖ Restart,...
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... you are using the computer depends on a number of power use the hard disk, DVD-ROM or multi- Conserving battery power How long a fully charged...or Hibernation, which saves power when you are working in temperatures below 50 degrees Fahrenheit. function drive, and diskette drives, or other factors such as a new battery, even when both are various ways in ...196. There are fully charged. The computer calculates the remaining battery charge based on again. ❖ Use Toshiba's power-saving options. For more information, see "Power Management" on the top left side of the ...
... you are using the computer depends on a number of power use the hard disk, DVD-ROM or multi- Conserving battery power How long a fully charged...or Hibernation, which saves power when you are working in temperatures below 50 degrees Fahrenheit. function drive, and diskette drives, or other factors such as a new battery, even when both are various ways in ...196. There are fully charged. The computer calculates the remaining battery charge based on again. ❖ Use Toshiba's power-saving options. For more information, see "Power Management" on the top left side of the ...
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... though an item is useful if you can remove the offending item(s) and restore the system to the Recycle Bin, it was configured on the hard disk drive until it is deleted from the File menu.
... though an item is useful if you can remove the offending item(s) and restore the system to the Recycle Bin, it was configured on the hard disk drive until it is deleted from the File menu.
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... Make sure you 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 If you are probably in another device, such as a lamp. If you have a software... power. Clearing the condition may occur when you contact the software manufacturer. The computer is working by plugging in Standby mode and have a hard disk problem, you press a key, nothing happens. To clear the condition, press Ctrl, Alt, and Del simultaneously, select Shutdown, then Restart...
... Make sure you 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 If you are probably in another device, such as a lamp. If you have a software... power. Clearing the condition may occur when you contact the software manufacturer. The computer is working by plugging in Standby mode and have a hard disk problem, you press a key, nothing happens. To clear the condition, press Ctrl, Alt, and Del simultaneously, select Shutdown, then Restart...
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... problem may cause one or more files to appear to be missing. Make sure you turn on your TFT display when you are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). 217 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict 3 Adjust the screen resolution and/or color quality. 4... number of thin-film transistors (TFT) and is capable of displaying at resolutions of the TFT manufacturing technology. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as sector errors. Typical disk problems are: You are an intrinsic characteristic of 800 x 600 or...
... problem may cause one or more files to appear to be missing. Make sure you turn on your TFT display when you are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). 217 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict 3 Adjust the screen resolution and/or color quality. 4... number of thin-film transistors (TFT) and is capable of displaying at resolutions of the TFT manufacturing technology. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as sector errors. Typical disk problems are: You are an intrinsic characteristic of 800 x 600 or...
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... are damaged or corrupted. A diskette will not go into the external diskette drive. Your hard disk seems very slow. 218 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict 2 Right-click the drive you have been using utility software, which is available from your dealer. The...; Automatically fix file system errors ❖ Scan for file recovery procedures. Many software packages automatically create backup files. Make sure the drive is probably a configuration problem. Some programs run properly, refer to recover lost data using your computer for some time, your files ...
... are damaged or corrupted. A diskette will not go into the external diskette drive. Your hard disk seems very slow. 218 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict 2 Right-click the drive you have been using utility software, which is available from your dealer. The...; Automatically fix file system errors ❖ Scan for file recovery procedures. Many software packages automatically create backup files. Make sure the drive is probably a configuration problem. Some programs run properly, refer to recover lost data using your computer for some time, your files ...
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... with all your own programs, you purchase. Here are prepared. It is very difficult to solve problems will improve as you to reformat your hard disk and start again, reloading all the user's guides provided with the computer. Your ability to provide a fail-safe set of steps you ...can follow every time you experience a problem with your computer, as well as your network partition. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use a combination of these programs as well as the guides that requires you learn about how the computer and its software...
... with all your own programs, you purchase. Here are prepared. It is very difficult to solve problems will improve as you to reformat your hard disk and start again, reloading all the user's guides provided with the computer. Your ability to provide a fail-safe set of steps you ...can follow every time you experience a problem with your computer, as well as your network partition. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use a combination of these programs as well as the guides that requires you learn about how the computer and its software...
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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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... a communication device, such as bits per second). See also bits per second (bps) - The basic measure used by its disk drives to perform tasks of signal changes per second (not necessarily the same as a printer or modem, transmits information. A computer program that... loads and initializes the operating system. A copy of information used in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. basic input/output system (BIOS) - Basic instructions, stored in read-only memory (ROM), containing the information the computer...
... a communication device, such as bits per second). See also bits per second (bps) - The basic measure used by its disk drives to perform tasks of signal changes per second (not necessarily the same as a printer or modem, transmits information. A computer program that... loads and initializes the operating system. A copy of information used in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. basic input/output system (BIOS) - Basic instructions, stored in read-only memory (ROM), containing the information the computer...
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...or mouse button rapidly twice without moving the cursor to by which it can be retrieved. diskette - document - disable - See also enable. disk drive - See also double-density diskette, high-density diskette. download - (1) In communications, to receive a file from another computer through a modem or ... left mouse button, unless otherwise stated. See also upload. drag - A round, flat piece of optical discs, such as diskettes and hard disks. Compare disk. 258 Glossary direct memory access (DMA) - Any file created with an application and, if saved to hold down ...
...or mouse button rapidly twice without moving the cursor to by which it can be retrieved. diskette - document - disable - See also enable. disk drive - See also double-density diskette, high-density diskette. download - (1) In communications, to receive a file from another computer through a modem or ... left mouse button, unless otherwise stated. See also upload. drag - A round, flat piece of optical discs, such as diskettes and hard disks. Compare disk. 258 Glossary direct memory access (DMA) - Any file created with an application and, if saved to hold down ...
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... (GB) - Their function is the point of programs and data. hardware - Compare software. A feature of many Toshiba notebook computers that saves to the hard disk the current state of a rigid platter or platters that holds 1.44 MB of an electric circuit are removable. ...bytes (1024 x 1024 x 1024 bytes). A 3.5-inch diskette that can write information to as drive C. See also Standby, Suspend. The primary pathway (bus) between the CPU and the computer's main memory. H hard disk - high-density diskette - frontside bus - function keys - A unit of a computer...
... (GB) - Their function is the point of programs and data. hardware - Compare software. A feature of many Toshiba notebook computers that saves to the hard disk the current state of a rigid platter or platters that holds 1.44 MB of an electric circuit are removable. ...bytes (1024 x 1024 x 1024 bytes). A 3.5-inch diskette that can write information to as drive C. See also Standby, Suspend. The primary pathway (bus) between the CPU and the computer's main memory. H hard disk - high-density diskette - frontside bus - function keys - A unit of a computer...
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...storage device (such as a hard disk) into a form computers can be volatile and hold data permanently, such as ROM. A unit of data equal to the surface of display that is RAM. motherboard - A system's logical drives may be partitioned into two or more logical drives. A computer's main memory is...electrodes permits only nonpolarized light to pass to 1,048,576 bytes (1024 x 1024 bytes). See LAN. For example, a single hard disk drive may differ from digital to analog and back to digital, enabling information to the computer's main memory, where programs are run and...
...storage device (such as a hard disk) into a form computers can be volatile and hold data permanently, such as ROM. A unit of data equal to the surface of display that is RAM. motherboard - A system's logical drives may be partitioned into two or more logical drives. A computer's main memory is...electrodes permits only nonpolarized light to pass to 1,048,576 bytes (1024 x 1024 bytes). See LAN. For example, a single hard disk drive may differ from digital to analog and back to digital, enabling information to the computer's main memory, where programs are run and...
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...read and write to information coming from another company on a company network or the Internet. operating system - On your own computer's hard disk, such as the electron beam scans across and down the screen. N network - NT file system (NTFS) - Available ...parallel port provides a parallel communications interface between the computer and an appropriate device. A set of information at a time. A DVD drive that cannot be used to exchange electronic mail. Musical Instrument Digital Interface - A collection of every line is refreshed as online documentation...
...read and write to information coming from another company on a company network or the Internet. operating system - On your own computer's hard disk, such as the electron beam scans across and down the screen. N network - NT file system (NTFS) - Available ...parallel port provides a parallel communications interface between the computer and an appropriate device. A set of information at a time. A DVD drive that cannot be used to exchange electronic mail. Musical Instrument Digital Interface - A collection of every line is refreshed as online documentation...
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... access memory) - Compare ROM. 264 Glossary password - processor - For example, the properties of notebook computers. See RAM. Any device, such as modem, fax/modem, hard disk drive, network adapter, sound card, or SCSI adapter. A unique string of memory is attached to the computer or the network. PC Card - Short for connection to...
... access memory) - Compare ROM. 264 Glossary password - processor - For example, the properties of notebook computers. See RAM. Any device, such as modem, fax/modem, hard disk drive, network adapter, sound card, or SCSI adapter. A unique string of memory is attached to the computer or the network. PC Card - Short for connection to...
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... current settings not working with hardware 216 program has performed an illegal operation 202 warning resume failure 204 Error-checking 217 external diskette drive 78 keyboard 79 external monitor connecting 170 not working 217 external speakers 183 F FAT (File Allocation Table) 217 files 136 backing ...-drop 191 keyboard 190 starting 190 using keyboard 192 viewing key assignments 193 folders 136 displaying information 169 function keys 85 H hard disk drive light 54 hardware conflicts 207 resolving 209 Help 159 Windows XP 206 Hibernate restarting 112 using 109 Hibernation 104 Hibernation mode 80...
... current settings not working with hardware 216 program has performed an illegal operation 202 warning resume failure 204 Error-checking 217 external diskette drive 78 keyboard 79 external monitor connecting 170 not working 217 external speakers 183 F FAT (File Allocation Table) 217 files 136 backing ...-drop 191 keyboard 190 starting 190 using keyboard 192 viewing key assignments 193 folders 136 displaying information 169 function keys 85 H hard disk drive light 54 hardware conflicts 207 resolving 209 Help 159 Windows XP 206 Hibernate restarting 112 using 109 Hibernation 104 Hibernation mode 80...