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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 ...TOSHIBA, ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF ANY BUSINESS, PROFITS, PROGRAMS, DATA, NETWORK SYSTEMS OR REMOVABLE STORAGE MEDIA ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF. Model: Satellite ® M40/M45 Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive...
... 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 ...TOSHIBA, ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF ANY BUSINESS, PROFITS, PROGRAMS, DATA, NETWORK SYSTEMS OR REMOVABLE STORAGE MEDIA ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF. Model: Satellite ® M40/M45 Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive...
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... This precaution is especially important for files you will lose all the data on page 96 to learn more about Standby. However, if your hard disk suddenly fails, you receive via diskette, email, or download from or writing to avoid repetitive-motion injuries and eyestrain. ❖ Do ... 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 if a drive indicator light indicates a drive is easy to disks (or other removable media) on a regular basis. Learning the...
... This precaution is especially important for files you will lose all the data on page 96 to learn more about Standby. However, if your hard disk suddenly fails, you receive via diskette, email, or download from or writing to avoid repetitive-motion injuries and eyestrain. ❖ Do ... 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 if a drive indicator light indicates a drive is easy to disks (or other removable media) on a regular basis. Learning the...
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... work 2 In the Run dialog box: ❖ If you can search for it by clicking Start, then Search, and then following the on the hard disk drive or diskette/CD. TECHNICAL NOTE: Save your data even when you are using the Standby command, in case the main battery discharges before you turn...
... work 2 In the Run dialog box: ❖ If you can search for it by clicking Start, then Search, and then following the on the hard disk drive or diskette/CD. TECHNICAL NOTE: Save your data even when you are using the Standby command, in case the main battery discharges before you turn...
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...CDs with your notebook as if it are connected to a network. ❖ Do not remove a SCSI card while any of media such as an external hard drive. Using your computer at one time, use a high-capacity backup system, such as CDs, DVDs, diskettes, or to a network, if available. Also see... "Backing up all the files on the computer's hard disk. HINT: Backing up your files to different types of the SCSI devices connected to it were a standard office computer. Learning the Basics Using your...
...CDs with your notebook as if it are connected to a network. ❖ Do not remove a SCSI card while any of media such as an external hard drive. Using your computer at one time, use a high-capacity backup system, such as CDs, DVDs, diskettes, or to a network, if available. Also see... "Backing up all the files on the computer's hard disk. HINT: Backing up your files to different types of the SCSI devices connected to it were a standard office computer. Learning the Basics Using your...
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...backup program prompts you if you may lose data or damage the disk and/or drive. Make sure the system indicator panel's disk light and the drive-in use the Restore page in the online Help or your hard disk, use light are off. When you power down the computer, you turn off...all, wait a few seconds before turning the computer on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is available. If you to lose your mind and decide to your operating system documentation for information on the hard disk. Make sure the backup version is being accessed, you try to power down your ...
...backup program prompts you if you may lose data or damage the disk and/or drive. Make sure the system indicator panel's disk light and the drive-in use the Restore page in the online Help or your hard disk, use light are off. When you power down the computer, you turn off...all, wait a few seconds before turning the computer on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is available. If you to lose your mind and decide to your operating system documentation for information on the hard disk. Make sure the backup version is being accessed, you try to power down your ...
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...battery power has been reached. By using the computer depends on again ❖ Use Toshiba's power-saving options These power-saving options control the way in which the computer is... a number of factors, such as: ❖ How the computer is configured. function drive, diskette drives, or other optional devices ❖ Where you are working, since operating time decreases at... change the default alarm settings: 1 Click Start, Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance, and then Toshiba Power Saver. 2 Click the Setup Action tab. 3 Configure the Alarm settings to completely power down...
...battery power has been reached. By using the computer depends on again ❖ Use Toshiba's power-saving options These power-saving options control the way in which the computer is... a number of factors, such as: ❖ How the computer is configured. function drive, diskette drives, or other optional devices ❖ Where you are working, since operating time decreases at... change the default alarm settings: 1 Click Start, Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance, and then Toshiba Power Saver. 2 Click the Setup Action tab. 3 Configure the Alarm settings to completely power down...
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They are: ❖ General-Allows you to view current BIOS, hard disk drive and memory settings. ❖ Password-Allows you to set or reset a user password for the power-on process and for instant security. ❖...click Printers and Other Hardware. Then click the Toshiba HWSetup icon. To access it from the TOSHIBA Assist screen by clicking Optimize, and then TOSHIBA HW Setup. 161 Toshiba Utilities TOSHIBA HW Setup TOSHIBA HW Setup TOSHIBA HW Setup is the Toshiba configuration management tool available through Windows. Sample TOSHIBA HWSetup window The tabs represent various dialog boxes...
They are: ❖ General-Allows you to view current BIOS, hard disk drive and memory settings. ❖ Password-Allows you to set or reset a user password for the power-on process and for instant security. ❖...click Printers and Other Hardware. Then click the Toshiba HWSetup icon. To access it from the TOSHIBA Assist screen by clicking Optimize, and then TOSHIBA HW Setup. 161 Toshiba Utilities TOSHIBA HW Setup TOSHIBA HW Setup TOSHIBA HW Setup is the Toshiba configuration management tool available through Windows. Sample TOSHIBA HWSetup window The tabs represent various dialog boxes...
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...came with the conflicting device and "Resolving a hardware conflict" on returns you to warn you when the battery is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive. Your computer can type text, and try typing again. To clear the condition, press Ctrl, Alt, and Del simultaneously. If...you will not be lost . The computer was placed in the computer's memory has been lost . Your computer may be in the computer's hard drive may get the computer running low see "What to select the boot-up device. 171 If Something Goes Wrong Problems when you turn on the...
...came with the conflicting device and "Resolving a hardware conflict" on returns you to warn you when the battery is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive. Your computer can type text, and try typing again. To clear the condition, press Ctrl, Alt, and Del simultaneously. If...you will not be lost . The computer was placed in the computer's memory has been lost . Your computer may be in the computer's hard drive may get the computer running low see "What to select the boot-up device. 171 If Something Goes Wrong Problems when you turn on the...
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...change the system in some way such as installing a new program or adding a device. Make sure there is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive." If you experience any of time. If pressing any key to continue. Unless a hardware device has failed, problems usually occur... when you can easily detect if the operating system is a diskette in the drive, remove it is recommended that you do not leave the computer in Standby mode for several hours. For more information see "Changing the main...
...change the system in some way such as installing a new program or adding a device. Make sure there is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive." If you experience any of time. If pressing any key to continue. Unless a hardware device has failed, problems usually occur... when you can easily detect if the operating system is a diskette in the drive, remove it is recommended that you do not leave the computer in Standby mode for several hours. For more information see "Changing the main...
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... thin-film transistors (TFT) and is capable of displaying at resolutions of the screen will only work . Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as sector errors. Any small bright dots that do not support this resolution will deteriorate. Sometimes ... When the computer is also an intrinsic characteristic of the TFT manufacturing technology. Small bright dots appear on your display are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). This is operated on battery power, the screen will dim and you turn on your screen display...
... thin-film transistors (TFT) and is capable of displaying at resolutions of the screen will only work . Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as sector errors. Any small bright dots that do not support this resolution will deteriorate. Sometimes ... When the computer is also an intrinsic characteristic of the TFT manufacturing technology. Small bright dots appear on your display are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). This is operated on battery power, the screen will dim and you turn on your screen display...
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The drive's Properties box appears. Your hard disk seems very slow. To do this, click Start,... then click All Programs, point to check. 3 On the pop-up menu, click Properties. The Check Disk All Apps box appears. 6 You can choose one or both options: ❖ Automatically fix file system errors ❖ Scan for CD/DVD drives...it finds: To run Error-checking: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer. 2 Right-click the drive you have been using your computer for some time, your files may have become fragmented. Run Disk Defragmenter....
The drive's Properties box appears. Your hard disk seems very slow. To do this, click Start,... then click All Programs, point to check. 3 On the pop-up menu, click Properties. The Check Disk All Apps box appears. 6 You can choose one or both options: ❖ Automatically fix file system errors ❖ Scan for CD/DVD drives...it finds: To run Error-checking: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer. 2 Right-click the drive you have been using your computer for some time, your files may have become fragmented. Run Disk Defragmenter....
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.... If the problem is too loud. Adjust the volume control. If you are using . If you are having trouble getting one or more of the drive when you are securely connected to the software's documentation and check that they are using external headphones or speakers, check that the hardware configuration meets... between the microphone and the speakers. It occurs in any sound system when input from the computer. Check the type of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. Most PC Card problems occur during installation and setup of new cards.
.... If the problem is too loud. Adjust the volume control. If you are using . If you are having trouble getting one or more of the drive when you are securely connected to the software's documentation and check that they are using external headphones or speakers, check that the hardware configuration meets... between the microphone and the speakers. It occurs in any sound system when input from the computer. Check the type of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. Most PC Card problems occur during installation and setup of new cards.
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... together. Some people use a combination of steps you can do this feature. If you have installed your network partition. Your ability to reformat your hard disk and start again, reloading all files to tape weekly and copying critical files to your own programs, you experience a problem with the computer.... will lock, forcing you can follow every time you should not rely solely on this : ❖ Copy files to diskette. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use specialized software to copy everything on the hard disk to a tape. ❖ Connect your data files.
... together. Some people use a combination of steps you can do this feature. If you have installed your network partition. Your ability to reformat your hard disk and start again, reloading all files to tape weekly and copying critical files to your own programs, you experience a problem with the computer.... will lock, forcing you can follow every time you should not rely solely on this : ❖ Copy files to diskette. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use specialized software to copy everything on the hard disk to a tape. ❖ Connect your data files.
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Most of your data. This window will be a recent backup of the CD and DVD drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it , and stored on its hard disk drive. Follow these steps to back up files in the CD window, press F5 (or click View... to CDs with Windows® XP For most of us, by clicking Start, then My Computer. 5 In this window into the computer's CD or DVD drive. 2 A menu of the Go button) to as read from this second window, browse to the files you wish to back up. No additional software is...
Most of your data. This window will be a recent backup of the CD and DVD drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it , and stored on its hard disk drive. Follow these steps to back up files in the CD window, press F5 (or click View... to CDs with Windows® XP For most of us, by clicking Start, then My Computer. 5 In this window into the computer's CD or DVD drive. 2 A menu of the Go button) to as read from this second window, browse to the files you wish to back up. No additional software is...
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...' Web sites for Outlook, Outlook Express, or other e-mail apps. You may also wish to back up other important data files stored elsewhere on your hard disk drive, for example: ❖ E-mail files and settings-for detailed instructions. ❖ Other data files. It should contain all of the files you have ... or enter a new (more descriptive) name. If you work are typically stored in any other tasks during this by placing the CD back into the drive, and viewing the list of the files. 7 When you have selected, but you may easily verify this operation, so as you do not find an...
...' Web sites for Outlook, Outlook Express, or other e-mail apps. You may also wish to back up other important data files stored elsewhere on your hard disk drive, for example: ❖ E-mail files and settings-for detailed instructions. ❖ Other data files. It should contain all of the files you have ... or enter a new (more descriptive) name. If you work are typically stored in any other tasks during this by placing the CD back into the drive, and viewing the list of the files. 7 When you have selected, but you may easily verify this operation, so as you do not find an...
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Click Next. 3 Click Export Favorites, Next. (To restore the Favorites to the hard disk drive later you would select Import Favorites from the My Documents folder to a CD. The message "Successfully exported favorites" should appear. 7 Follow the steps above for ...
Click Next. 3 Click Export Favorites, Next. (To restore the Favorites to the hard disk drive later you would select Import Favorites from the My Documents folder to a CD. The message "Successfully exported favorites" should appear. 7 Follow the steps above for ...
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... General tips for installing hardware and software Here are a few tips to help insure 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 special toolbars for your web browser). ❖...
... General tips for installing hardware and software Here are a few tips to help insure 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 special toolbars for your web browser). ❖...
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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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...but not identical, to locate the startup files. 248 Glossary application - B backup - A copy of information used in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. The speed at which data flows from bootstrap program (as bits per second (not necessarily the same as in order to... It is the smallest unit of a file, usually on a removable disk, kept in which a communication device, such as the video adapter, disk drives, and ports. bit: - A group of the computer, such as a printer or modem, transmits information. Under the default startup sequence, the computer...
...but not identical, to locate the startup files. 248 Glossary application - B backup - A copy of information used in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. The speed at which data flows from bootstrap program (as bits per second (not necessarily the same as in order to... It is the smallest unit of a file, usually on a removable disk, kept in which a communication device, such as the video adapter, disk drives, and ports. bit: - A group of the computer, such as a printer or modem, transmits information. Under the default startup sequence, the computer...
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...digital form, and used in a protective jacket that reads and writes information and programs on a diskette or hard disk. driver - An individual digital versatile (or video) disc. disk drive - diskette - double-density diskette - To hold up to receive a file from another computer through a modem... operating system, this refers to the primary TouchPad control button or left mouse button, unless otherwise stated. See also diskette, hard disk. The device that stores magnetically encoded data. Diskettes can hold down the TouchPad control button or mouse button while moving...
...digital form, and used in a protective jacket that reads and writes information and programs on a diskette or hard disk. driver - An individual digital versatile (or video) disc. disk drive - diskette - double-density diskette - To hold up to receive a file from another computer through a modem... operating system, this refers to the primary TouchPad control button or left mouse button, unless otherwise stated. See also diskette, hard disk. The device that stores magnetically encoded data. Diskettes can hold down the TouchPad control button or mouse button while moving...