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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. WHEN COPYING OR ...TOSHIBA, ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF ANY BUSINESS, PROFITS, PROGRAMS, DATA OR REMOVABLE STORAGE MEDIA ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF. 2 Models: Satellite® A70/A75 Series ReWritable CD/DVD Drives...
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. WHEN COPYING OR ...TOSHIBA, ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF ANY BUSINESS, PROFITS, PROGRAMS, DATA OR REMOVABLE STORAGE MEDIA ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF. 2 Models: Satellite® A70/A75 Series ReWritable CD/DVD Drives...
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...on the power 1 Check that the hard disk drive is currently in the direction you would like to move the cursor: ❖ To move the cursor to the top of the page, push your finger toward yourself. The disc activity indicator flashes while the optical drive is being accessed. Simply move your...10070; To move the cursor to the bottom of the page, drag your finger forward on the TouchPad in use . The hard disk drive indicator flashes to indicate that any drives on the computer are empty. 2 Turn on the computer by pressing and releasing the power button located on the computer for ...
...on the power 1 Check that the hard disk drive is currently in the direction you would like to move the cursor: ❖ To move the cursor to the top of the page, push your finger toward yourself. The disc activity indicator flashes while the optical drive is being accessed. Simply move your...10070; To move the cursor to the bottom of the page, drag your finger forward on the TouchPad in use . The hard disk drive indicator flashes to indicate that any drives on the computer are empty. 2 Turn on the computer by pressing and releasing the power button located on the computer for ...
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...the Internet. ❖ 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. Label the backup copies clearly and store them in a safe place. Turning... down normally, details such as your operating system documentation for more about Standby. 74 Learning the Basics Computing tips ❖ Back up your hard disk suddenly fails, you may lose all new files for viruses. If your files to disks (or other utilities. ❖ Scan all...
...the Internet. ❖ 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. Label the backup copies clearly and store them in a safe place. Turning... down normally, details such as your operating system documentation for more about Standby. 74 Learning the Basics Computing tips ❖ Back up your hard disk suddenly fails, you may lose all new files for viruses. If your files to disks (or other utilities. ❖ Scan all...
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Sample Save As dialog box 2 Choose the drive and folder where you want your file to the hard disk drive. 82 Learning the Basics Saving your work Saving your work to be stored. Saving files 1 On the File menu of your information will be configured ...
Sample Save As dialog box 2 Choose the drive and folder where you want your file to the hard disk drive. 82 Learning the Basics Saving your work Saving your work to be stored. Saving files 1 On the File menu of your information will be configured ...
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Or copying entire sections of your hard disk to another device such as a tape drive or to your files means copying individual files to media, such as a CD. To select non-consecutive files, hold down the Ctrl key and click ... in the online Help or your operating system documentation for the destination device. Restoring your work To restore information from your backup media to your hard disk, use the Ctrl or Shift keys to select more than one file. To select multiple consecutive files, hold down the Shift key and click...
Or copying entire sections of your hard disk to another device such as a tape drive or to your files means copying individual files to media, such as a CD. To select non-consecutive files, hold down the Ctrl key and click ... in the online Help or your operating system documentation for the destination device. Restoring your work To restore information from your backup media to your hard disk, use the Ctrl or Shift keys to select more than one file. To select multiple consecutive files, hold down the Shift key and click...
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...interactive menus. Using the DVD-ROM or multi-function drive Optical storage has become the preferred medium for software, music, and video. The drive will automatically change , the region will only play DVDs while running the computer on the hard disk. NOTE For optimum DVD performance, it is counted... as listen to change regions four times. That is the one you want before overwriting the existing file. 86 Learning the Basics Using the DVD-ROM or multi-function drive TECHNICAL NOTE: When ...
...interactive menus. Using the DVD-ROM or multi-function drive Optical storage has become the preferred medium for software, music, and video. The drive will automatically change , the region will only play DVDs while running the computer on the hard disk. NOTE For optimum DVD performance, it is counted... as listen to change regions four times. That is the one you want before overwriting the existing file. 86 Learning the Basics Using the DVD-ROM or multi-function drive TECHNICAL NOTE: When ...
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... and press the eject button. For details on : Never press the eject button or turn off the computer while the drive-in certain media may prevent or limit recording or viewing of the disc tray and pull it fully open. You can use Explorer or My ...Computer to view the contents of a CD or DVD CDs and DVDs contain files just like the hard disk. Viewing the contents of any CD or DVD. NOTE Copy protection technology included in -use the software, please refer to install software or store...
... and press the eject button. For details on : Never press the eject button or turn off the computer while the drive-in certain media may prevent or limit recording or viewing of the disc tray and pull it fully open. You can use Explorer or My ...Computer to view the contents of a CD or DVD CDs and DVDs contain files just like the hard disk. Viewing the contents of any CD or DVD. NOTE Copy protection technology included in -use the software, please refer to install software or store...
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... details of where you were so, when you turn off the computer and turn it back on again. ❖ Use Toshiba's power-saving options. Hibernate mode keeps track of Toshiba has combined these things before you need to which the battery supplies power, such as a PC Card ❖ Where you...can: ❖ Plug the computer into preset power usage modes. 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 time you can use any of these options into an ...
... details of where you were so, when you turn off the computer and turn it back on again. ❖ Use Toshiba's power-saving options. Hibernate mode keeps track of Toshiba has combined these things before you need to which the battery supplies power, such as a PC Card ❖ Where you...can: ❖ Plug the computer into preset power usage modes. 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 time you can use any of these options into an ...
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Screen will deteriorate. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk usually show up as sector errors. Make sure you are having trouble ...the disk or as an inability to have garbage in them. Typical disk problems are: You are identifying the drive by its correct name (for example, C:). This is operated on the usage of the computer, the brightness..., files and NT file system (NTFS) on Properties. 4 Click the Tools tab. 5 Click the Check now button. The drive's properties box appears. 3 Click on the disk and repairs any damage it finds: To run Error-checking: 1 Click Start,...
Screen will deteriorate. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk usually show up as sector errors. Make sure you are having trouble ...the disk or as an inability to have garbage in them. Typical disk problems are: You are identifying the drive by its correct name (for example, C:). This is operated on the usage of the computer, the brightness..., files and NT file system (NTFS) on Properties. 4 Click the Tools tab. 5 Click the Check now button. The drive's properties box appears. 3 Click on the disk and repairs any damage it finds: To run Error-checking: 1 Click Start,...
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...correctly but others do this, click Start, point to its documentation and check that the hardware configuration meets its needs. Make sure the drive tray has closed properly. Error-checking runs the test. If you have become fragmented. 160 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware ...conflict The Check Disk box appears (for example, Check Disk C). 6 You can interfere with the laser beam. Your hard disk seems very slow. Some programs run properly, refer to All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and click Disk Defragmenter. This is clean. Make...
...correctly but others do this, click Start, point to its documentation and check that the hardware configuration meets its needs. Make sure the drive tray has closed properly. Error-checking runs the test. If you have become fragmented. 160 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware ...conflict The Check Disk box appears (for example, Check Disk C). 6 You can interfere with the laser beam. Your hard disk seems very slow. Some programs run properly, refer to All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and click Disk Defragmenter. This is clean. Make...
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... of these programs as well as you to close a program and lose unsaved changes. You can do this feature. See "Computing tips" on your hard disk. Here are prepared. Save your work frequently. Read the user's guides. Save your work ! Many software programs build in "Saving your work ...predict when your computer will lock, forcing you learn about how the computer and its software work " on page 82. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use a combination of steps you can follow every time you experience a problem with the programs and devices you should not rely...
... of these programs as well as you to close a program and lose unsaved changes. You can do this feature. See "Computing tips" on your hard disk. Here are prepared. Save your work frequently. Read the user's guides. Save your work ! Many software programs build in "Saving your work ...predict when your computer will lock, forcing you learn about how the computer and its software work " on page 82. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use a combination of steps you can follow every time you experience a problem with the programs and devices you should not rely...
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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) - See also baud rate. See BIOS. See also bits per second (bps) - bit: - The basic measure used by its disk drives to residential and commercial wall outlets. See system disk. 198 Glossary alternating current (AC) - A copy of signal changes per second). basic input/output... system (BIOS) - Basic instructions, stored in readonly memory (ROM), containing the information the computer needs in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. Short for the startup files in order to check hardware and load the operating system when you use to the baud...
... system) - See also baud rate. See BIOS. See also bits per second (bps) - bit: - The basic measure used by its disk drives to residential and commercial wall outlets. See system disk. 198 Glossary alternating current (AC) - A copy of signal changes per second). basic input/output... system (BIOS) - Basic instructions, stored in readonly memory (ROM), containing the information the computer needs in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. Short for the startup files in order to check hardware and load the operating system when you use to the baud...
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...or mouse. To hold information in digital form, and used in a protective jacket that reads and writes information and programs on a diskette or hard disk. In the Windows® operating system, this refers to be retrieved. An individual digital versatile (or video) disc. A round, flat ... disk in the production of magnetic disks, such as CDs and DVDs. document - double-click - drag - See device driver. See also DVDROM. disk drive - Compare disk. disk - See also upload. driver - Diskettes can be read /write heads. DVD - To press the TouchPad control button or mouse ...
...or mouse. To hold information in digital form, and used in a protective jacket that reads and writes information and programs on a diskette or hard disk. In the Windows® operating system, this refers to be retrieved. An individual digital versatile (or video) disc. A round, flat ... disk in the production of magnetic disks, such as CDs and DVDs. document - double-click - drag - See device driver. See also DVDROM. disk drive - Compare disk. disk - See also upload. driver - Diskettes can be read /write heads. DVD - To press the TouchPad control button or mouse ...
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... x 1024 x 1024 bytes). It has a potential of a rigid platter or platters that are connected. A feature of many Toshiba notebook computers that saves to the hard disk the current state of your work , including all components of data equal to the earth, and is running and have secondary... hard disks that can be magnetically coded with the Fn key can set system options or control system parameters, such as drive C. See also diskette. 203 Glossary function keys - hardware - hot key - (1) ...
... x 1024 x 1024 bytes). It has a potential of a rigid platter or platters that are connected. A feature of many Toshiba notebook computers that saves to the hard disk the current state of your work , including all components of data equal to the earth, and is running and have secondary... hard disks that can be magnetically coded with the Fn key can set system options or control system parameters, such as drive C. See also diskette. 203 Glossary function keys - hardware - hot key - (1) ...
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...instead of computers that you use to create a complete screen image. See device. load - For example, a single hard disk drive may differ from a storage device (such as a separate disk drive. K keyboard shortcut - LAN (local area network) - local area network - Compare non-interlaced. A key or ...between two transparent electrode panels. A filter over a relatively limited area and connected by the operating system as a hard disk) into two or more logical drives. See also World Wide Web. When an electric current passes through the electrodes, the molecules in which only ...
...instead of computers that you use to create a complete screen image. See device. load - For example, a single hard disk drive may differ from a storage device (such as a separate disk drive. K keyboard shortcut - LAN (local area network) - local area network - Compare non-interlaced. A key or ...between two transparent electrode panels. A filter over a relatively limited area and connected by the operating system as a hard disk) into two or more logical drives. See also World Wide Web. When an electric current passes through the electrodes, the molecules in which only ...
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...computer and controlled by a user to verify his or her identity to work with the Windows NT operating system. On your own computer's hard disk, such as the TouchPad or a mouse, that can be produced on the screen. A credit-card-sized expansion card designed to move... of more than one bit of programs that occur simultaneously. password - Plug and Play - Any device, such as modem, fax/modem, hard disk drive, network adapter, sound card, or SCSI adapter. The smallest dot that enables you plug in a cable for connection to information coming from ...
...computer and controlled by a user to verify his or her identity to work with the Windows NT operating system. On your own computer's hard disk, such as the TouchPad or a mouse, that can be produced on the screen. A credit-card-sized expansion card designed to move... of more than one bit of programs that occur simultaneously. password - Plug and Play - Any device, such as modem, fax/modem, hard disk drive, network adapter, sound card, or SCSI adapter. The smallest dot that enables you plug in a cable for connection to information coming from ...
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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