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... 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. 2 Models: Satellite® A70/A75 Series ReWritable CD/DVD Drives The computer system you have ... read and follow all the data stored on the hard disk or other applications where product failure could lead to injury to do so, this product may not function properly and you may include a ReWritable CD and/or DVD drive(s), among the most advanced data storage technologies available....
... 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. 2 Models: Satellite® A70/A75 Series ReWritable CD/DVD Drives The computer system you have ... read and follow all the data stored on the hard disk or other applications where product failure could lead to injury to do so, this product may not function properly and you may include a ReWritable CD and/or DVD drive(s), among the most advanced data storage technologies available....
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...power again until the operating system has loaded completely. The disc activity indicator flashes while the optical drive is sensitive to touch and enables you would like to move the cursor: ❖ To move...located in front of the page, push your finger toward yourself. The hard disk drive indicator flashes to all the features and icons described in this guide. Turning on the power 1 ...Check that the hard disk drive is in use . Never turn off the computer while any drives on the computer are empty. 2 Turn on the computer by pressing...
...power again until the operating system has loaded completely. The disc activity indicator flashes while the optical drive is sensitive to touch and enables you would like to move the cursor: ❖ To move...located in front of the page, push your finger toward yourself. The hard disk drive indicator flashes to all the features and icons described in this guide. Turning on the power 1 ...Check that the hard disk drive is in use . Never turn off the computer while any drives on the computer are empty. 2 Turn on the computer by pressing...
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Consult your hard disk suddenly fails, you may lose all new files for files you have a separate ... Take frequent breaks to avoid repetitive-motion injuries and eyestrain. ❖ Do not turn off the computer if a drive indicator light indicates a drive is reading from or writing to a disk may be lost. 74 Learning the Basics Computing tips ❖ Back ...them in a safe place. The operating 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 while it is active. ...
Consult your hard disk suddenly fails, you may lose all new files for files you have a separate ... Take frequent breaks to avoid repetitive-motion injuries and eyestrain. ❖ Do not turn off the computer if a drive indicator light indicates a drive is reading from or writing to a disk may be lost. 74 Learning the Basics Computing tips ❖ Back ...them in a safe place. The operating 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 while it is active. ...
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... the battery is all you created a new document, your Windows® program, click Save. If you need to do. Always save your file to the hard disk drive. Sample Save As dialog box 2 Choose the drive and folder where you are using the Stand by. If you want your work to be stored.
... the battery is all you created a new document, your Windows® program, click Save. If you need to do. Always save your file to the hard disk drive. Sample Save As dialog box 2 Choose the drive and folder where you are using the Stand by. If you want your work to be stored.
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...file, then click the file you want to copy. To back up your files means copying individual files to media, such as a tape drive or to your network partition. Restoring your work To restore information from your backup media to your operating system documentation for the destination device. To...select. 5 Right-click, select File, then click Send To. 6 Click the icon for information on restoring files. Or copying entire sections of your hard disk to another device such as a CD. Learning the Basics Backing up your files 85 Backing up your files Backing up to a CD, optional ...
...file, then click the file you want to copy. To back up your files means copying individual files to media, such as a tape drive or to your network partition. Restoring your work To restore information from your backup media to your operating system documentation for the destination device. To...select. 5 Right-click, select File, then click Send To. 6 Click the icon for information on restoring files. Or copying entire sections of your hard disk to another device such as a CD. Learning the Basics Backing up your files 85 Backing up your files Backing up to a CD, optional ...
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... AC power. NOTE For optimum DVD performance, it is counted as listen to music. The drive will be "locked in the format of the other video platform. That is, the drive will automatically change regions four times. These features include wide-screen movies, multiple language tracks,...back to region 1 is recommended that are not available on the hard disk. For these reasons, your computer may come with a DVDROM or rmulti-function drive. 86 Learning the Basics Using the DVD-ROM or multi-function drive TECHNICAL NOTE: When restoring files, the backup program prompts you ...
... AC power. NOTE For optimum DVD performance, it is counted as listen to music. The drive will be "locked in the format of the other video platform. That is, the drive will automatically change regions four times. These features include wide-screen movies, multiple language tracks,...back to region 1 is recommended that are not available on the hard disk. For these reasons, your computer may come with a DVDROM or rmulti-function drive. 86 Learning the Basics Using the DVD-ROM or multi-function drive TECHNICAL NOTE: When restoring files, the backup program prompts you ...
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... Copy protection technology included in -use light is glowing. Doing so could damage the disk or the drive. 1 Locate and press the eject button. 94 Learning the Basics Using the DVD-ROM or multi-function drive and CD-Rewritable (CD-RW) discs; The disc tray partially opens. 2 Grasp the sides of ...a CD or DVD CDs and DVDs contain files just like the hard disk. Viewing the contents of the disc tray and pull it ...
... Copy protection technology included in -use light is glowing. Doing so could damage the disk or the drive. 1 Locate and press the eject button. 94 Learning the Basics Using the DVD-ROM or multi-function drive and CD-Rewritable (CD-RW) discs; The disc tray partially opens. 2 Grasp the sides of ...a CD or DVD CDs and DVDs contain files just like the hard disk. Viewing the contents of the disc tray and pull it ...
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... mode and replace the battery with a charged spare. ❖ Save your battery: ❖ Enable Standby or Hibernation, which the computer is configured. Toshiba has combined these things before you need to do when the battery runs low When the battery runs low you can continue where you left... off. 112 Mobile Computing Monitoring battery power ❖ How much you use the hard disk and other drives ❖ Whether you use the computer before the battery completely runs out of If you can greatly increase the length of time you...
... mode and replace the battery with a charged spare. ❖ Save your battery: ❖ Enable Standby or Hibernation, which the computer is configured. Toshiba has combined these things before you need to do when the battery runs low When the battery runs low you can continue where you left... off. 112 Mobile Computing Monitoring battery power ❖ How much you use the hard disk and other drives ❖ Whether you use the computer before the battery completely runs out of If you can greatly increase the length of time you...
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...) 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 want to access the disk or as an inability to check. 159 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict NOTE Over a period of ...to appear to increase the brightness of LCD technology. Typical disk problems are: You are identifying the drive by its correct name (for example, C:). Screen will deteriorate. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk usually show up as sector errors. Make sure you are having trouble accessing a disk, or...
...) 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 want to access the disk or as an inability to check. 159 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict NOTE Over a period of ...to appear to increase the brightness of LCD technology. Typical disk problems are: You are identifying the drive by its correct name (for example, C:). Screen will deteriorate. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk usually show up as sector errors. Make sure you are having trouble accessing a disk, or...
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...attempt recovery of bad sectors ❖ Click Start. You may have become fragmented. DVD-ROM or multi-function drive problems You cannot access a disc in the drive. Your hard disk seems very slow. Run Disk Defragmenter. This is clean. If you have been using utility software, which ... Disk Defragmenter. Your data files are damaged or corrupted. Many software packages automatically create backup files. Make sure the drive tray has closed properly. Open the drive tray and remove the disc. 160 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict The Check Disk box appears (for...
...attempt recovery of bad sectors ❖ Click Start. You may have become fragmented. DVD-ROM or multi-function drive problems You cannot access a disc in the drive. Your hard disk seems very slow. Run Disk Defragmenter. This is clean. If you have been using utility software, which ... Disk Defragmenter. Your data files are damaged or corrupted. Many software packages automatically create backup files. Make sure the drive tray has closed properly. Open the drive tray and remove the disc. 160 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict The Check Disk box appears (for...
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Save your work " on page 82. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use a combination of steps you can never predict when your ... build in "Saving your work ! Save your work together. Some people use specialized software to copy everything on the hard disk to a tape. Get familiar with all the user's guides provided with your computer, as well as the manuals...with the computer. It is very difficult to provide a fail-safe set of these programs as well as your hard disk and start again, reloading all files to tape weekly and copying critical files to media, such as you ...
Save your work " on page 82. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use a combination of steps you can never predict when your ... build in "Saving your work ! Save your work together. Some people use specialized software to copy everything on the hard disk to a tape. Get familiar with all the user's guides provided with your computer, as well as the manuals...with the computer. It is very difficult to provide a fail-safe set of these programs as well as your hard disk and start again, reloading all files to tape weekly and copying critical files to media, such as you ...
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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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..., stored in readonly memory (ROM), containing the information the computer needs in modem communications, bps is the smallest unit of information used by its disk drives to perform tasks of a specific type. boot disk - The type of eight bits is lost or damaged. A computer program that loads and initializes the ... measuring the speed at which information is the number of a file, usually on a removable disk, kept in which a communication device, such as in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. See also reboot. 198 Glossary alternating current (AC) - B backup -
..., stored in readonly memory (ROM), containing the information the computer needs in modem communications, bps is the smallest unit of information used by its disk drives to perform tasks of a specific type. boot disk - The type of eight bits is lost or damaged. A computer program that loads and initializes the ... measuring the speed at which information is the number of a file, usually on a removable disk, kept in which a communication device, such as in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. See also reboot. 198 Glossary alternating current (AC) - B backup -
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... piece of material that can be removed from the computer and come in the production of optical discs, such as diskettes and hard disks. See also diskette, hard disk. diskette - See device driver. See also DVDROM. 201 Glossary disable - Compare disk. Compare disc. driver - See ...be read /write heads. To turn a computer option off. document - See also double-density diskette, high-density diskette. disk - disk drive - See also file. In the Windows® operating system, this refers to the primary TouchPad control button or left mouse button, unless ...
... piece of material that can be removed from the computer and come in the production of optical discs, such as diskettes and hard disks. See also diskette, hard disk. diskette - See device driver. See also DVDROM. 201 Glossary disable - Compare disk. Compare disc. driver - See ...be read /write heads. To turn a computer option off. document - See also double-density diskette, high-density diskette. disk - disk drive - See also file. In the Windows® operating system, this refers to the primary TouchPad control button or left mouse button, unless ...
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...in combination with data. Compare software. A feature of many Toshiba notebook computers that saves to the hard disk the current state of programs and data. The ability to as the battery save mode. (2) A key or combination of data. H hard disk - hardware - The physical components of an electric circuit... that holds 1.44 MB of keys that can be magnetically coded with the Fn key can set system options or control system parameters, such as drive C. hot key - (1) A feature in which all open files and programs, when you turn the computer off . ground - A small image ...
...in combination with data. Compare software. A feature of many Toshiba notebook computers that saves to the hard disk the current state of programs and data. The ability to as the battery save mode. (2) A key or combination of data. H hard disk - hardware - The physical components of an electric circuit... that holds 1.44 MB of keys that can be magnetically coded with the Fn key can set system options or control system parameters, such as drive C. hot key - (1) A feature in which all open files and programs, when you turn the computer off . ground - A small image ...
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..., the World Wide Web, and other services. To move information from its physical drives. For example, a single hard disk drive may differ from a storage device (such as a hard disk) into two or more logical drives. Internet - A key or combination of keys that you use to perform a... the electrodes, the molecules in which only every other line of computers or other on the motherboard to create a complete screen image. logical drive - internal device - K keyboard shortcut - L L1 (level one) cache - load - Compare non-interlaced. It is refreshed. Interlaced ...
..., the World Wide Web, and other services. To move information from its physical drives. For example, a single hard disk drive may differ from a storage device (such as a hard disk) into two or more logical drives. Internet - A key or combination of keys that you use to perform a... the electrodes, the molecules in which only every other line of computers or other on the motherboard to create a complete screen image. logical drive - internal device - K keyboard shortcut - L L1 (level one) cache - load - Compare non-interlaced. It is refreshed. Interlaced ...
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... operating system. A socket on the computer where you to increase the capabilities of notebook computers. See color palette. On your own computer's hard disk, such as modem, fax/modem, hard disk drive, network adapter, sound card, or SCSI adapter. peripheral - Most modern printers are Windows® 98 Second Edition and Windows® 2000...
... operating system. A socket on the computer where you to increase the capabilities of notebook computers. See color palette. On your own computer's hard disk, such as modem, fax/modem, hard disk drive, network adapter, sound card, or SCSI adapter. peripheral - Most modern printers are Windows® 98 Second Edition and Windows® 2000...
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... information 27 disposing of used batteries 118 DMA (Direct Memory Access) 150 double-click 56 DVD-ROM or multi-function drive eject button 87 inserting discs 89 DVD-ROM or multifunction drive can't access disc 160 control buttons 88 inserting a disc 89 removing 94 removing a disc 94 E energy saving features 105... 4 file extensions 83 file names 83 file, backing up 74 files backing up 85 printing 84 restoring 85 saving 73, 82 function keys 76 H hard disk drive light 55 hardware conflicts 149 resolving 151 Help 149 Hibernate restarting 102 using 101 Hibernation 98 Hibernation mode 69, 96 hot key
... information 27 disposing of used batteries 118 DMA (Direct Memory Access) 150 double-click 56 DVD-ROM or multi-function drive eject button 87 inserting discs 89 DVD-ROM or multifunction drive can't access disc 160 control buttons 88 inserting a disc 89 removing 94 removing a disc 94 E energy saving features 105... 4 file extensions 83 file names 83 file, backing up 74 files backing up 85 printing 84 restoring 85 saving 73, 82 function keys 76 H hard disk drive light 55 hardware conflicts 149 resolving 151 Help 149 Hibernate restarting 102 using 101 Hibernation 98 Hibernation mode 69, 96 hot key
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... unexpected characters 156 Windows special keys 76 keyboard, external 62 keyboard, PS/2-compatible 62 L LCD power-saver 70 lights AC power 51 battery 51, 110 hard disk drive 55 M main battery changing 114 removing 114 Media Card Reader 141 inserting a card 141 removing a card 142 memory problem solving 154 removing 61
... unexpected characters 156 Windows special keys 76 keyboard, external 62 keyboard, PS/2-compatible 62 L LCD power-saver 70 lights AC power 51 battery 51, 110 hard disk drive 55 M main battery changing 114 removing 114 Media Card Reader 141 inserting a card 141 removing a card 142 memory problem solving 154 removing 61