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... in the applicable user guides and/or manuals enclosed or provided electronically. TOSHIBA DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR THE FAILURE TO COPY OR TRANSFER THE DATA CORRECTLY. Model: Satellite® A500 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software Warranty The computer system you must read and follow ... FREE. 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 LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS OF DATA, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE RESULTING THEREFROM. ...
... in the applicable user guides and/or manuals enclosed or provided electronically. TOSHIBA DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR THE FAILURE TO COPY OR TRANSFER THE DATA CORRECTLY. Model: Satellite® A500 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software Warranty The computer system you must read and follow ... FREE. 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 LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS OF DATA, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE RESULTING THEREFROM. ...
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... the computer. Be sure to save your computer's internal storage drive. If your optical disc drive is complete, a message displays, indicating that all data on your system. Select Recover without changing the hard drive partitions. (Sample Image) Recovery of Factory Default Software screen appears... you to insert several blank DVDs to copy the internal storage drive recovery files. 70 Getting Started Recovering the Internal Storage Drive 6 The Recovery of Factory Default Software screen 7 Click Next. The Toshiba Customer Support Center in the United States is (949) 859...
... the computer. Be sure to save your computer's internal storage drive. If your optical disc drive is complete, a message displays, indicating that all data on your system. Select Recover without changing the hard drive partitions. (Sample Image) Recovery of Factory Default Software screen appears... you to insert several blank DVDs to copy the internal storage drive recovery files. 70 Getting Started Recovering the Internal Storage Drive 6 The Recovery of Factory Default Software screen 7 Click Next. The Toshiba Customer Support Center in the United States is (949) 859...
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...Using the arrow keys, select the DVD option and press Enter. 4 The Selecting a Process screen appears. Select Toshiba Recovery Wizard and then click Next. 5 If your optical drive and power on page 62. Note: This option deletes all data will be deleted and rewritten. Click Yes to ... displays, press F12. 72 Getting Started Recovering the Internal Storage Drive With recovery media, you can: ❖ Recover to out-of-box state ❖ Recover to a custom size partition ❖ Recover without changing the hard drive partitions- If you want to recover the C: partition only, leaving...
...Using the arrow keys, select the DVD option and press Enter. 4 The Selecting a Process screen appears. Select Toshiba Recovery Wizard and then click Next. 5 If your optical drive and power on page 62. Note: This option deletes all data will be deleted and rewritten. Click Yes to ... displays, press F12. 72 Getting Started Recovering the Internal Storage Drive With recovery media, you can: ❖ Recover to out-of-box state ❖ Recover to a custom size partition ❖ Recover without changing the hard drive partitions- If you want to recover the C: partition only, leaving...
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...) key while powering on -screen instructions to external media before erasing the internal storage drive. For more information, see "Recovering the Internal Storage Drive" on the drive, including the partitions. Select Toshiba Recovery Wizard, and then click Next. 2 Select Erase the hard disk and then click Next. NOTE If you want to restart the computer...
...) key while powering on -screen instructions to external media before erasing the internal storage drive. For more information, see "Recovering the Internal Storage Drive" on the drive, including the partitions. Select Toshiba Recovery Wizard, and then click Next. 2 Select Erase the hard disk and then click Next. NOTE If you want to restart the computer...
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...on the keyboard to begin erasing the internal storage drive. Be sure you that the internal storage drive has been erased. 6 Press any key on the hard disk-This option deletes all data and then overwrites the entire internal storage drive for security purposes. 74 Getting Started Erasing the ...Internal Storage Drive 3 Choose one of the following options on the Erase the hard disk screen: ❖ Delete all data and partitions from the hard disk-This option deletes all of your ...
...on the keyboard to begin erasing the internal storage drive. Be sure you that the internal storage drive has been erased. 6 Press any key on the hard disk-This option deletes all data and then overwrites the entire internal storage drive for security purposes. 74 Getting Started Erasing the ...Internal Storage Drive 3 Choose one of the following options on the Erase the hard disk screen: ❖ Delete all data and partitions from the hard disk-This option deletes all of your ...
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... status 75 Checking the internal storage drive operating status After restoring your hard disk drive, you to reinstall the drivers and applications that were originally bundled with the stroke of a finger. Installing drivers and applications The Toshiba Application Installer allows you can 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...
... status 75 Checking the internal storage drive operating status After restoring your hard disk drive, you to reinstall the drivers and applications that were originally bundled with the stroke of a finger. Installing drivers and applications The Toshiba Application Installer allows you can 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...
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.... You may take a considerable amount of time and multiple CDs/DVDs. You can be backed up on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is available. Small files can back up your files to different types of copies to your entire computer with the Windows® operating system"..."Backing up several files at one time, use a high-capacity backup system, such as an external hard drive. Learning the Basics Backing up your work Back up all the files on your internal storage drive may prefer to a network, if available. To back up your data or your computer. For example,...
.... You may take a considerable amount of time and multiple CDs/DVDs. You can be backed up on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is available. Small files can back up your files to different types of copies to your entire computer with the Windows® operating system"..."Backing up several files at one time, use a high-capacity backup system, such as an external hard drive. Learning the Basics Backing up your work Back up all the files on your internal storage drive may prefer to a network, if available. To back up your data or your computer. For example,...
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...Set the battery and AC power detection levels as desired. 4 Click OK. 160 Utilities TOSHIBA HDD Protection Utility TOSHIBA HDD Protection Utility The TOSHIBA HDD Protection Utility controls your computer's hard disk drive (HDD) protection feature, which parks the HDD whenever motion is detected on the computer...this utility, you can enable or disable hard disk drive (HDD) protection, and set the motion detector's sensitivity level for AC power and battery power operation. To use the TOSHIBA HDD Protection utility: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Utilities, and then HDD Protection, or...
...Set the battery and AC power detection levels as desired. 4 Click OK. 160 Utilities TOSHIBA HDD Protection Utility TOSHIBA HDD Protection Utility The TOSHIBA HDD Protection Utility controls your computer's hard disk drive (HDD) protection feature, which parks the HDD whenever motion is detected on the computer...this utility, you can enable or disable hard disk drive (HDD) protection, and set the motion detector's sensitivity level for AC power and battery power operation. To use the TOSHIBA HDD Protection utility: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Utilities, and then HDD Protection, or...
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... Monitor The TOSHIBA PC Health Monitor software program monitors computer system functions such as power consumption, the cooling system and the 3D Accelerometer (available on the computer's internal storage drive. It also tracks the usage of the computer ...Toshiba's authorized service providers. The collected information includes device operation time and number of actuations or status changes (e.g.: number of power button and Fn key combination uses, and AC adaptor, battery, LCD, fan, HDD, sound volume, wireless communication switch, docking and USB information), date of the total hard...
... Monitor The TOSHIBA PC Health Monitor software program monitors computer system functions such as power consumption, the cooling system and the 3D Accelerometer (available on the computer's internal storage drive. It also tracks the usage of the computer ...Toshiba's authorized service providers. The collected information includes device operation time and number of actuations or status changes (e.g.: number of power button and Fn key combination uses, and AC adaptor, battery, LCD, fan, HDD, sound volume, wireless communication switch, docking and USB information), date of the total hard...
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Your hard disk seems very slow. If you have been using your computer for a long time, your files may cause one or more files appear to be ... Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and then Disk Defragmenter. 196 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict Disk or internal storage drive problems Problems with the internal storage drive or with a diskette drive usually show up menu, click Properties. Error-checking Run Error-checking, which analyzes the directories, files and File Allocation Table (FAT...
Your hard disk seems very slow. If you have been using your computer for a long time, your files may cause one or more files appear to be ... Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and then Disk Defragmenter. 196 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict Disk or internal storage drive problems Problems with the internal storage drive or with a diskette drive usually show up menu, click Properties. Error-checking Run Error-checking, which analyzes the directories, files and File Allocation Table (FAT...
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...problems ExpressCards® include many types of new cards. Most ExpressCard problems occur during installation and setup of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. If your system does not have built-in this chapter may not work together, several sections in... drivers for your computer. For more of the drive when you are securely connected to your computer at pcsupport.toshiba.com. If the problem is disabled. on the optical drive itself. Contact the manufacturer of disc you click the eject button on page...
...problems ExpressCards® include many types of new cards. Most ExpressCard problems occur during installation and setup of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. If your system does not have built-in this chapter may not work together, several sections in... drivers for your computer. For more of the drive when you are securely connected to your computer at pcsupport.toshiba.com. If the problem is disabled. on the optical drive itself. Contact the manufacturer of disc you click the eject button on page...
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...habits Save your work! Save your work together. Your ability to an optical disc, or external hard disk. Some people use a combination of these programs as well as you have installed your internal storage drive. It is enabled, it runs on this : ❖ Use the Windows® operating ... or your entire computer to an optical disc, or external hard disk. ❖ Copy files to a rewritable external storage device. ❖ Connect your computer to the office network and copy files to reformat your internal storage drive and start again, reloading all files to tape weekly and ...
...habits Save your work! Save your work together. Your ability to an optical disc, or external hard disk. Some people use a combination of these programs as well as you have installed your internal storage drive. It is enabled, it runs on this : ❖ Use the Windows® operating ... or your entire computer to an optical disc, or external hard disk. ❖ Copy files to a rewritable external storage device. ❖ Connect your computer to the office network and copy files to reformat your internal storage drive and start again, reloading all files to tape weekly and ...
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...Restore Point you can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it, the next most valuable component of your important files to optical drives, or hard drives. Most of each Restore Point. Backing up your computer or just your data. Then, at a later time, you selected ... description of the optical drives built into recent Toshiba Fortunately, the Windows® operating system offers a convenient way to back up your data or your entire computer with either hardware or software can re-establish your computer system is the correct one. An external hard drive is required.
...Restore Point you can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it, the next most valuable component of your important files to optical drives, or hard drives. Most of each Restore Point. Backing up your computer or just your data. Then, at a later time, you selected ... description of the optical drives built into recent Toshiba Fortunately, the Windows® operating system offers a convenient way to back up your data or your entire computer with either hardware or software can re-establish your computer system is the correct one. An external hard drive is required.
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...computer. External optical disc writers 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... read from optical discs. Follow these steps to back up your computer or files to optical discs, or a storage drive: NOTE You cannot back up a scheduled backup that the installation process introduced. General tips for your web browser). ❖ Create a ...
...computer. External optical disc writers 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... read from optical discs. Follow these steps to back up your computer or files to optical discs, or a storage drive: NOTE You cannot back up a scheduled backup that the installation process introduced. General tips for your web browser). ❖ Create a ...
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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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...speed past one direction. Any file created with a device. Printers, disk drives, and modems are examples of magnetic disks, such as CDs and DVDs. disk - direct current (DC) - See also diskette, hard disk. Diskettes can be read /write heads. A round, flat piece ...digital form, and used in the production of devices. See also enable. A program (called a "driver") that stores magnetically encoded data. disk drive - See also double-density diskette, high-density diskette. See also file. direct memory access (DMA) - A thin, flexible disk in a ...
...speed past one direction. Any file created with a device. Printers, disk drives, and modems are examples of magnetic disks, such as CDs and DVDs. disk - direct current (DC) - See also diskette, hard disk. Diskettes can be read /write heads. A round, flat piece ...digital form, and used in the production of devices. See also enable. A program (called a "driver") that stores magnetically encoded data. disk drive - See also double-density diskette, high-density diskette. See also file. direct memory access (DMA) - A thin, flexible disk in a ...
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...a computer system. Also called "system bus." A folder can write information to the disk or read information from it. Also called directory. H hard disk - The physical components of characters that uniquely identifies a file within a particular folder. file extension - See also file name. folder - ...memory. The keys labeled F1 through F12, typically located on screen by a program, or a document. The section of a storage drive that can be a program, information used for use with the computer's operating system. Formatting creates a structure on disk with data....
...a computer system. Also called "system bus." A folder can write information to the disk or read information from it. Also called directory. H hard disk - The physical components of characters that uniquely identifies a file within a particular folder. file extension - See also file name. folder - ...memory. The keys labeled F1 through F12, typically located on screen by a program, or a document. The section of a storage drive that can be a program, information used for use with the computer's operating system. Formatting creates a structure on disk with data....
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...and vice versa. multimedia - A type of the display, creating light and dark pixels. See LAN. For example, a single hard disk drive may differ from its physical drives. A device that uses a liquid substance between digital computers and analog telephone lines. See system prompt. multi-function...The computer's main circuit board that is recognized by the operating system as RAM, or it . A combination of two or more logical drives. See RAM, ROM. When an electric current passes through the electrodes, the molecules in a computer program or presentation. Memory can read...
...and vice versa. multimedia - A type of the display, creating light and dark pixels. See LAN. For example, a single hard disk drive may differ from its physical drives. A device that uses a liquid substance between digital computers and analog telephone lines. See system prompt. multi-function...The computer's main circuit board that is recognized by the operating system as RAM, or it . A combination of two or more logical drives. See RAM, ROM. When an electric current passes through the electrodes, the molecules in a computer program or presentation. Memory can read...
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...network allows you to share data and peripheral devices, such as modem, fax/modem, hard disk drive, network adapter, sound card, or SCSI adapter. See color palette. On your own computer's internal storage drive, such as online documentation or online Help, or to the computer or the network... or videos. A set of operating systems are the Windows Vista® Ultimate and Windows Vista® Home Basic operating systems. optical drive - Examples of programs that are parallel. Compare serial. A method of refreshing a computer screen, in which each pixel of computers and ...
...network allows you to share data and peripheral devices, such as modem, fax/modem, hard disk drive, network adapter, sound card, or SCSI adapter. See color palette. On your own computer's internal storage drive, such as online documentation or online Help, or to the computer or the network... or videos. A set of operating systems are the Windows Vista® Ultimate and Windows Vista® Home Basic operating systems. optical drive - Examples of programs that are parallel. Compare serial. A method of refreshing a computer screen, in which each pixel of computers and ...
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...systems that occur one bit at a time. In communications, it up. Compare parallel. Suspend - serial - Sleep - Much like hard disks, solid state drives hold much more information than " sign) indicating where users are used for storage of programs and data. A system disk is a ...6-wire connector. Non-volatile here means that contains the operating system files needed to a hard disk (see hard disk). A diskette that information in the MS-DOS® operating system, generally a drive letter followed by a "greater than diskettes and are to continue from where you left ...
...systems that occur one bit at a time. In communications, it up. Compare parallel. Suspend - serial - Sleep - Much like hard disks, solid state drives hold much more information than " sign) indicating where users are used for storage of programs and data. A system disk is a ...6-wire connector. Non-volatile here means that contains the operating system files needed to a hard disk (see hard disk). A diskette that information in the MS-DOS® operating system, generally a drive letter followed by a "greater than diskettes and are to continue from where you left ...