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...commercial transportation, nuclear facilities or systems or any new technology, you must read and follow all the data stored on the hard disk or other damage. WHEN COPYING OR TRANSFERRING YOUR DATA, PLEASE BE SURE TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE DATA HAS BEEN ...catastrophic property damage. 2 Models: Satellite® A55 Series ReWritable CD/DVD Drives The computer system you purchased may lose data or suffer other storage devices as a precaution against possible failures, alteration, or loss of the data. TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS ("TOSHIBA"), ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS DO...
...commercial transportation, nuclear facilities or systems or any new technology, you must read and follow all the data stored on the hard disk or other damage. WHEN COPYING OR TRANSFERRING YOUR DATA, PLEASE BE SURE TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE DATA HAS BEEN ...catastrophic property damage. 2 Models: Satellite® A55 Series ReWritable CD/DVD Drives The computer system you purchased may lose data or suffer other storage devices as a precaution against possible failures, alteration, or loss of the data. TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS ("TOSHIBA"), ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS DO...
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...138 Exploring audio features 138 Recording sounds 139 Using external speakers or headphones......... 140 Using the i.LINK® port 141 Inserting and removing hard drives 142 Inserting and Removing PC Cards 144 PC Card supporting software 144 Inserting a PC Card 145 Removing a PC Card 146 Setting up a... PC Card for your computer ........ 146 Hot swapping 147 Chapter 5: Toshiba Utilities 148 Fn-esse 149 Starting Fn-esse 149 Using the keyboard or pointing device to assign keys 151 Viewing existing key assignments 152 ...
...138 Exploring audio features 138 Recording sounds 139 Using external speakers or headphones......... 140 Using the i.LINK® port 141 Inserting and removing hard drives 142 Inserting and Removing PC Cards 144 PC Card supporting software 144 Inserting a PC Card 145 Removing a PC Card 146 Setting up a... PC Card for your computer ........ 146 Hot swapping 147 Chapter 5: Toshiba Utilities 148 Fn-esse 149 Starting Fn-esse 149 Using the keyboard or pointing device to assign keys 151 Viewing existing key assignments 152 ...
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... system records information, such as new icon positions may damage the disk, the drive, or both. ❖ Before turning off the computer, use the Turn off the computer if a drive indicator light indicates a drive is especially important for viruses. If your hard disk suddenly fails, you have a separate backup copy. ❖ Use Error-checking...
... system records information, such as new icon positions may damage the disk, the drive, or both. ❖ Before turning off the computer, use the Turn off the computer if a drive indicator light indicates a drive is especially important for viruses. If your hard disk suddenly fails, you have a separate backup copy. ❖ Use Error-checking...
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... offer a feature that already has a file name, this dialog box to specify where to store the document and to see "Setting battery alarms" on the hard disk drive or a diskette. Saving files 1 On the File menu of your data even when you turn off the computer, save feature. Check your program's documentation...
... offer a feature that already has a file name, this dialog box to specify where to store the document and to see "Setting battery alarms" on the hard disk drive or a diskette. Saving files 1 On the File menu of your data even when you turn off the computer, save feature. Check your program's documentation...
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... files to media, such as CDs, or copying entire sections of time and many diskettes. For those systems with a writable CD-ROM drive or DVDROM multi-function drive, you want to copy. 4 Double-click the folder that contains the file, then click the file you may prefer to use the ... a high-capacity backup system, such as a tape drive. HINT: Backing up all the files on the backup program is in the online Help and your hard disk takes a considerable amount of your hard disk to select more than one file. 5 Click File, then click Send To and select the drive from the list.
... files to media, such as CDs, or copying entire sections of time and many diskettes. For those systems with a writable CD-ROM drive or DVDROM multi-function drive, you want to copy. 4 Double-click the folder that contains the file, then click the file you may prefer to use the ... a high-capacity backup system, such as a tape drive. HINT: Backing up all the files on the backup program is in the online Help and your hard disk takes a considerable amount of your hard disk to select more than one file. 5 Click File, then click Send To and select the drive from the list.
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... Using the DVD-ROM or multi-function drive Optical storage has become the preferred medium for information on the hard disk. TECHNICAL NOTE: Your DVD-ROM or multi-function drive is the one you to change regions four times. The drive will allow you want before overwriting the ...restoring files. Digital versatile discs (DVDs) provide a significant increase in the online Help or your computer may come with a DVDROM drive or multi-function drive. Note that are not available on any other region. Look in data storage and support features that changing from region 1 to region...
... Using the DVD-ROM or multi-function drive Optical storage has become the preferred medium for information on the hard disk. TECHNICAL NOTE: Your DVD-ROM or multi-function drive is the one you to change regions four times. The drive will allow you want before overwriting the ...restoring files. Digital versatile discs (DVDs) provide a significant increase in the online Help or your computer may come with a DVDROM drive or multi-function drive. Note that are not available on any other region. Look in data storage and support features that changing from region 1 to region...
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... CD, open the files on the disk. CDs are often used to open Windows® Media Player and point it is associated with a multi-function drive that allows you to play the CD. You can use Explorer or My Computer to CD-Recordable (CD-R) and CD-Rewritable (CD-RW) discs; If... Your computer may prevent or limit recording or viewing of a CD or DVD CDs and DVDs contain files just like the hard disk. Viewing the contents of the media. The disk drive will run using this method, try using an application that require lots of any CD or DVD. Learning the Basics...
... CD, open the files on the disk. CDs are often used to open Windows® Media Player and point it is associated with a multi-function drive that allows you to play the CD. You can use Explorer or My Computer to CD-Recordable (CD-R) and CD-Rewritable (CD-RW) discs; If... Your computer may prevent or limit recording or viewing of a CD or DVD CDs and DVDs contain files just like the hard disk. Viewing the contents of the media. The disk drive will run using this method, try using an application that require lots of any CD or DVD. Learning the Basics...
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... decreases at low temperatures To change the default alarm settings: 1 Open the Start menu, click Control Panel, then Performance and Maintenance. 2 Click the Toshiba Power Saver icon. 3 Click the Setup Action tab. 4 Select the Alarm settings in the Setup Alarm section. Conserving battery power How long a fully... computer is configured ❖ How much you use the display panel instead of an external monitor ❖ How much you use the hard disk and other drives ❖ Whether you can be configured to warn you of a low battery charge condition, so you use any optional devices to an...
... decreases at low temperatures To change the default alarm settings: 1 Open the Start menu, click Control Panel, then Performance and Maintenance. 2 Click the Toshiba Power Saver icon. 3 Click the Setup Action tab. 4 Select the Alarm settings in the Setup Alarm section. Conserving battery power How long a fully... computer is configured ❖ How much you use the display panel instead of an external monitor ❖ How much you use the hard disk and other drives ❖ Whether you can be configured to warn you of a low battery charge condition, so you use any optional devices to an...
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... your computer, you may have connected. 4 Turn the computer upside down the computer" on the hard drive cover. 142 Exploring Your Options Inserting and removing hard drives Inserting and removing hard drives Your Satellite® A55 can use various hard drive capacities. Depending upon the original hard drive installed in your computer completely using the Shut Down command. See "Powering down . 5 Remove...
... your computer, you may have connected. 4 Turn the computer upside down the computer" on the hard drive cover. 142 Exploring Your Options Inserting and removing hard drives Inserting and removing hard drives Your Satellite® A55 can use various hard drive capacities. Depending upon the original hard drive installed in your computer completely using the Shut Down command. See "Powering down . 5 Remove...
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Sample inserting the new hard disk drive 9 Replace the hard drive cover and tighten the screw removed as previously mentioned in step 5. Sample removing the hard drive from the computer 8 Install the new hard drive by setting it into the computer. 143 Exploring Your Options Inserting and removing hard drives 7 Grasp the edge of the hard drive and pull it toward the center of the computer, then lift it straight up to remove it locks. Do not force the drive into the hard drive slot and sliding back toward the edge of the computer until it .
Sample inserting the new hard disk drive 9 Replace the hard drive cover and tighten the screw removed as previously mentioned in step 5. Sample removing the hard drive from the computer 8 Install the new hard drive by setting it into the computer. 143 Exploring Your Options Inserting and removing hard drives 7 Grasp the edge of the hard drive and pull it toward the center of the computer, then lift it straight up to remove it locks. Do not force the drive into the hard drive slot and sliding back toward the edge of the computer until it .
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...They are: ❖ General-Allows you to view current BIOS, hard disk drive and memory settings ❖ Password-Allows you to change various default settings for the built-in LCD display Then click the Toshiba HWSetup icon. To access it, open the Start menu, click ...Allows you to configure the parallel port default settings (if applicable to your system) ❖ Display - 158 Toshiba Utilities TOSHIBA Console TOSHIBA HW Setup TOSHIBA HW Setup is the Toshiba configuration management tool available through Windows. Allows you to set the user password and an owner string ❖ ...
...They are: ❖ General-Allows you to view current BIOS, hard disk drive and memory settings ❖ Password-Allows you to change various default settings for the built-in LCD display Then click the Toshiba HWSetup icon. To access it, open the Start menu, click ...Allows you to configure the parallel port default settings (if applicable to your system) ❖ Display - 158 Toshiba Utilities TOSHIBA Console TOSHIBA HW Setup TOSHIBA HW Setup is the Toshiba configuration management tool available through Windows. Allows you to set the user password and an owner string ❖ ...
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... password before you can work on your open programs and files, to the hard disk, and then powers down the Shift key, then select Hibernate. Secures your computer. Toshiba supports the several types of passwords on password - Hold down completely. Hibernation ... leaving the computer temporarily ❖ A power-on your battery discharges, you will lose data. 160 Toshiba Utilities Enabling Hibernation Enabling Hibernation Your computer includes a Toshiba Power Saver utility that you always have in shortterm memory to the hard disk drive should your battery fail.
... password before you can work on your open programs and files, to the hard disk, and then powers down the Shift key, then select Hibernate. Secures your computer. Toshiba supports the several types of passwords on password - Hold down completely. Hibernation ... leaving the computer temporarily ❖ A power-on your battery discharges, you will lose data. 160 Toshiba Utilities Enabling Hibernation Enabling Hibernation Your computer includes a Toshiba Power Saver utility that you always have in shortterm memory to the hard disk drive should your battery fail.
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...power button for a few seconds. To clear the condition, press Ctrl, Alt, and Del simultaneously. Insert a system diskette into the external diskette drive and press F12 when the machine starts, and then use the arrow keys to it will not solve a resource conflict. The computer will not be..., you are probably in another device, such as a lamp. Read the documentation that the wall outlet is not accessing the hard disk or the external diskette drive. If you will not start the computer. Clearing the condition may occur when you turn on the power. 172 If Something ...
...power button for a few seconds. To clear the condition, press Ctrl, Alt, and Del simultaneously. Insert a system diskette into the external diskette drive and press F12 when the machine starts, and then use the arrow keys to it will not solve a resource conflict. The computer will not be..., you are probably in another device, such as a lamp. Read the documentation that the wall outlet is not accessing the hard disk or the external diskette drive. If you will not start the computer. Clearing the condition may occur when you turn on the power. 172 If Something ...
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... of the computer, the brightness of the LCD Screen will only work . NOTE Over a period of the TFT manufacturing technology. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as sector errors. Screen will dim when the computer is operated on battery power and you turn on...
... of the computer, the brightness of the LCD Screen will only work . NOTE Over a period of the TFT manufacturing technology. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as sector errors. Screen will dim when the computer is operated on battery power and you turn on...
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...; Scan for some time, your computer for and attempt recovery of bad sectors 6 Click Start. The drive's properties box appears. 3 Click the Tools tab. 4 Click the Check now button. Your hard disk seems very slow. 186 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict You are identifying the... drive by its correct name (A: or C:). If you have been using your files may have become fragmented. To ...
...; Scan for some time, your computer for and attempt recovery of bad sectors 6 Click Start. The drive's properties box appears. 3 Click the Tools tab. 4 Click the Check now button. Your hard disk seems very slow. 186 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict You are identifying the... drive by its correct name (A: or C:). If you have been using your files may have become fragmented. To ...
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... sure the hardware and software are some ways you to close a program and lose unsaved changes. Refer to a tape. The modem is on the hard disk to the program's documentation and the modem manual for instructions. Connect a telephone handset to the line to change these settings. Try making a test... this: ❖ Copy files to diskette or writable optical media, following the steps in "Saving your work" on page 86. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use specialized software to copy everything on , set up the information stored on how to check this feature. Save your work...
... sure the hardware and software are some ways you to close a program and lose unsaved changes. Refer to a tape. The modem is on the hard disk to the program's documentation and the modem manual for instructions. Connect a telephone handset to the line to change these settings. Try making a test... this: ❖ Copy files to diskette or writable optical media, following the steps in "Saving your work" on page 86. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use specialized software to copy everything on , set up the information stored on how to check this feature. Save your work...
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... memory ECP enhanced capabilities port EPROM erasable programmable read-only memory FAT file allocation table FCC Federal Communications Commission FIR fast infrared 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...
... memory ECP enhanced capabilities port EPROM erasable programmable read-only memory FAT file allocation table FCC Federal Communications Commission FIR fast infrared 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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...system) - A group of measuring the speed at which a communication device, such as a printer or modem, transmits information. boot - AC reverses its disk drives to perform tasks of a file, usually on a removable disk, kept in case the original file is a byte. B backup - baud rate - bits ... The term "boot" originates from bootstrap program (as bits per second (not necessarily the same as in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. Compare direct current (DC). Basic instructions, stored in readonly memory (ROM), containing the information the computer needs in...
...system) - A group of measuring the speed at which a communication device, such as a printer or modem, transmits information. boot - AC reverses its disk drives to perform tasks of a file, usually on a removable disk, kept in case the original file is a byte. B backup - baud rate - bits ... The term "boot" originates from bootstrap program (as bits per second (not necessarily the same as in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. Compare direct current (DC). Basic instructions, stored in readonly memory (ROM), containing the information the computer needs in...
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...disk, given a name by optical (laser) technology, and used in a protective jacket that reads and writes information and programs on a diskette or hard disk. See device driver. diskette - Diskettes can be read /write heads. drag - See also double-density diskette, high-density diskette. See ...also diskette, high-density diskette. See also diskette, hard disk. disk drive - It rotates the disk at high speed past one or more read from the computer and come in the production of material that...
...disk, given a name by optical (laser) technology, and used in a protective jacket that reads and writes information and programs on a diskette or hard disk. See device driver. diskette - Diskettes can be read /write heads. drag - See also double-density diskette, high-density diskette. See ...also diskette, high-density diskette. See also diskette, hard disk. disk drive - It rotates the disk at high speed past one or more read from the computer and come in the production of material that...
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function keys - hardware - A feature of many Toshiba notebook computers that saves to the hard disk the current state of your work , including all components of data. high-density diskette - See also diskette. Formatting creates a structure on the keyboard. ... - By default, the hard disk is determined by the operating system and/or individual programs. G gigabyte (GB) - 228 Glossary format - (verb) To prepare a blank disk for use with the Fn key can set system options or control system parameters, such as drive C. frontside bus - Also called "system bus." The keys ...
function keys - hardware - A feature of many Toshiba notebook computers that saves to the hard disk the current state of your work , including all components of data. high-density diskette - See also diskette. Formatting creates a structure on the keyboard. ... - By default, the hard disk is determined by the operating system and/or individual programs. G gigabyte (GB) - 228 Glossary format - (verb) To prepare a blank disk for use with the Fn key can set system options or control system parameters, such as drive C. frontside bus - Also called "system bus." The keys ...