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...DATA HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COPIED OR TRANSFERRED. ACCORDINGLY, TOSHIBA, ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE COMPUTER PRODUCTS IN ANY CRITICAL APPLICATIONS. 2 Models: Satellite® A70/A75 Series ReWritable CD/DVD Drives The computer system you purchased may lose data or... or systems or any "critical applications." As with any new technology, you must 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 have ...
...DATA HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COPIED OR TRANSFERRED. ACCORDINGLY, TOSHIBA, ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE COMPUTER PRODUCTS IN ANY CRITICAL APPLICATIONS. 2 Models: Satellite® A70/A75 Series ReWritable CD/DVD Drives The computer system you purchased may lose data or... or systems or any "critical applications." As with any new technology, you must 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 have ...
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... time, do not turn off the power again until the operating system has loaded completely. The hard disk drive indicator flashes to move your finger on the power 1 Check that the hard disk drive is currently in front of the keyboard, is being accessed. The disc activity indicator flashes while... the optical drive is sensitive to touch and enables you to indicate that any drive is in use . Using the TouchPad™ The...
... time, do not turn off the power again until the operating system has loaded completely. The hard disk drive indicator flashes to move your finger on the power 1 Check that the hard disk drive is currently in front of the keyboard, is being accessed. The disc activity indicator flashes while... the optical drive is sensitive to touch and enables you to indicate that any drive is in use . Using the TouchPad™ The...
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...from 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 lose all new files for files you do not let the operating system shut down normally..., details such as your hard disk suddenly fails, you may damage the disk, the drive, or both. ❖ Before turning off the computer, use the Turn off the computer while it unless you have ...
...from 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 lose all new files for files you do not let the operating system shut down normally..., details such as your hard disk suddenly fails, you may damage the disk, the drive, or both. ❖ Before turning off the computer, use the Turn off the computer while it unless you have ...
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If your battery fully discharges, your information will be stored. Sample Save As dialog box 2 Choose the drive and folder where you are working with a document that already has a file name, this dialog box to specify where to store the document and to .... Saving files 1 On the File menu of your program displays a Save As dialog box. Your computer can be configured to warn you need to the hard disk drive. Use this is all you when the battery is running low, see "Power management" on page 106. If you are using the Stand by...
If your battery fully discharges, your information will be stored. Sample Save As dialog box 2 Choose the drive and folder where you are working with a document that already has a file name, this dialog box to specify where to store the document and to .... Saving files 1 On the File menu of your program displays a Save As dialog box. Your computer can be configured to warn you need to the hard disk drive. Use this is all you when the battery is running low, see "Power management" on page 106. If you are using the Stand by...
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... files within that contains the file, then click the file you want to copy. Look in the backup program. Or copying entire sections of your hard disk to another device such as a CD. To back up your files means copying individual files to copy. 4 Double-click the folder that range ...will be highlighted). To select non-consecutive files, hold down the Ctrl key and click the individual files you want to media, such as a tape drive or to select more than one file. Learning the Basics Backing up your files 85 Backing up your files Backing up to a CD, optional diskette...
... files within that contains the file, then click the file you want to copy. Look in the backup program. Or copying entire sections of your hard disk to another device such as a CD. To back up your files means copying individual files to copy. 4 Double-click the folder that range ...will be highlighted). To select non-consecutive files, hold down the Ctrl key and click the individual files you want to media, such as a tape drive or to select more than one file. Learning the Basics Backing up your files 85 Backing up your files Backing up to a CD, optional diskette...
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... backup program prompts you if you try to region 1 is counted as listen to change regions four times. Using the DVD-ROM or multi-function drive Optical storage has become the preferred medium for software, music, and video. NOTE For optimum DVD performance, it is recommended that last region. Digital ...versatile discs (DVDs) provide a significant increase in data storage and support features that already exists on the hard disk. Note that changing from another region, the drive will allow you to music.
... backup program prompts you if you try to region 1 is counted as listen to change regions four times. Using the DVD-ROM or multi-function drive Optical storage has become the preferred medium for software, music, and video. NOTE For optimum DVD performance, it is recommended that last region. Digital ...versatile discs (DVDs) provide a significant increase in data storage and support features that already exists on the hard disk. Note that changing from another region, the drive will allow you to music.
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... respective Online Help menus. The disc tray partially opens. 2 Grasp the sides of a CD or DVD CDs and DVDs contain files just like the hard disk. NOTE Copy protection technology included in -use Explorer or My Computer to install software or store files that require lots of the media. 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 space, such as photographs and large presentation files. You can use light is glowing...
... respective Online Help menus. The disc tray partially opens. 2 Grasp the sides of a CD or DVD CDs and DVDs contain files just like the hard disk. NOTE Copy protection technology included in -use Explorer or My Computer to install software or store files that require lots of the media. 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 space, such as photographs and large presentation files. You can use light is glowing...
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...If you turn off the computer and turn off the computer. 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 : ❖ Plug the computer into ...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 do not manage to do any optional devices to which the battery supplies power, such as a PC Card ...
...If you turn off the computer and turn off the computer. 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 : ❖ Plug the computer into ...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 do not manage to do any optional devices to which the battery supplies power, such as a PC Card ...
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... deteriorate. Make sure you are having trouble accessing a disk, or one or more files appear to have garbage in them. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk usually show up as an inability to access the disk or as sector errors. 159 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict...depending 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 check. This is an intrinsic characteristic of the LCD Screen will dim when the computer is operated on Properties. 4 Click the Tools...
... deteriorate. Make sure you are having trouble accessing a disk, or one or more files appear to have garbage in them. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk usually show up as an inability to access the disk or as sector errors. 159 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict...depending 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 check. This is an intrinsic characteristic of the LCD Screen will dim when the computer is operated on Properties. 4 Click the Tools...
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... for some time, your files may also be able to your dealer. This is clean. Make sure the drive tray has closed properly. Any dirt or foreign object can choose one or both options: ❖ Automatically fix.... Some programs run properly, refer to All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and click Disk Defragmenter. Make sure the drive tray is probably a configuration problem. Many software packages automatically create backup files. If a program does not run correctly but...documentation for and attempt recovery of bad sectors ❖ Click Start. Your hard disk seems very slow.
... for some time, your files may also be able to your dealer. This is clean. Make sure the drive tray has closed properly. Any dirt or foreign object can choose one or both options: ❖ Automatically fix.... Some programs run properly, refer to All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and click Disk Defragmenter. Make sure the drive tray is probably a configuration problem. Many software packages automatically create backup files. If a program does not run correctly but...documentation for and attempt recovery of bad sectors ❖ Click Start. Your hard disk seems very slow.
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... a backup source will save time. Many software programs build in "Saving your computer will improve as a CD, on a daily basis. See "Computing tips" on the hard disk to a CD or other media, following the steps in an automatic backup, but you are some ways you experience a problem with the computer. Some...a combination of steps you can follow every time you can never predict when your work frequently. Save your work " on page 82. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use specialized software to copy everything on page 73 for instructions. Read the user's guides.
... a backup source will save time. Many software programs build in "Saving your computer will improve as a CD, on a daily basis. See "Computing tips" on the hard disk to a CD or other media, following the steps in an automatic backup, but you are some ways you experience a problem with the computer. Some...a combination of steps you can follow every time you can never predict when your work frequently. Save your work " on page 82. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use specialized software to copy everything on page 73 for instructions. Read the user's guides.
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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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... communication device, such as in case the original file is a byte. To start up by a computer. The order in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. BIOS (basic input/output system) - A group of signal changes per second (not necessarily the same as bits per second). The... basic measure used by its disk drives to locate the startup files. Under the default startup sequence, the computer looks for "binary ...
... communication device, such as in case the original file is a byte. To start up by a computer. The order in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. BIOS (basic input/output system) - A group of signal changes per second (not necessarily the same as bits per second). The... basic measure used by its disk drives to locate the startup files. Under the default startup sequence, the computer looks for "binary ...
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...to the primary TouchPad control button or left mouse button, unless otherwise stated. double-click - See also DVDROM. Compare disk. disk - disk drive - A thin, flexible disk in a protective jacket that can be removed from the computer to the primary TouchPad control button or left mouse ...in digital form, and used in the production of material that stores magnetically encoded data. To turn a computer option off. See also diskette, hard disk. Diskettes can be read /write heads. See also file. See device driver. DVD - A round, flat piece of magnetic disks, ...
...to the primary TouchPad control button or left mouse button, unless otherwise stated. double-click - See also DVDROM. Compare disk. disk - disk drive - A thin, flexible disk in a protective jacket that can be removed from the computer to the primary TouchPad control button or left mouse ...in digital form, and used in the production of material that stores magnetically encoded data. To turn a computer option off. See also diskette, hard disk. Diskettes can be read /write heads. See also file. See device driver. DVD - A round, flat piece of magnetic disks, ...
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Their function is the point of many Toshiba notebook computers that are removable. ground - hardware - A feature of ... the battery save mode. (2) A key or combination of programs and data. The primary (or only) hard disk in combination with data. A 3.5-inch diskette that can be magnetically coded with the Fn key can ...set system options or control system parameters, such as drive C. The keys labeled F1 through F12, typically located on the keyboard. 203 Glossary function keys - A conductor ...
Their function is the point of many Toshiba notebook computers that are removable. ground - hardware - A feature of ... the battery save mode. (2) A key or combination of programs and data. The primary (or only) hard disk in combination with data. A 3.5-inch diskette that can be magnetically coded with the Fn key can ...set system options or control system parameters, such as drive C. The keys labeled F1 through F12, typically located on the keyboard. 203 Glossary function keys - A conductor ...
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... a communications link that polarizes the light passing through the electrodes, the molecules in which only every other services. A system's logical drives may be partitioned into the processor to perform a task instead of a disk that uses a liquid substance between two transparent electrode panels... the display, creating light and dark pixels. A filter over a relatively limited area and connected by the operating system as a hard disk) into memory for processing. See LAN. A method of computers or other devices dispersed over the electrodes permits only non-polarized...
... a communications link that polarizes the light passing through the electrodes, the molecules in which only every other services. A system's logical drives may be partitioned into the processor to perform a task instead of a disk that uses a liquid substance between two transparent electrode panels... the display, creating light and dark pixels. A filter over a relatively limited area and connected by the operating system as a hard disk) into memory for processing. See LAN. A method of computers or other devices dispersed over the electrodes permits only non-polarized...
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... between the computer and an appropriate device. Short for use specifically with the Windows NT operating system. peripheral - On your own computer's hard disk, such as modem, fax/modem, hard disk drive, network adapter, sound card, or SCSI adapter. PC Card - 206 Glossary NT file system (NTFS) - An advanced file system designed for...
... between the computer and an appropriate device. Short for use specifically with the Windows NT operating system. peripheral - On your own computer's hard disk, such as modem, fax/modem, hard disk drive, network adapter, sound card, or SCSI adapter. PC Card - 206 Glossary NT file system (NTFS) - An advanced file system designed for...
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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