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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.... As with any new technology, you purchased may not function properly and you to lead, a chemical known to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. Model: Satellite® M50/M55 Series 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 THEREFROM.... As with any new technology, you purchased may not function properly and you to lead, a chemical known to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. Model: Satellite® M50/M55 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive...
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... injuries and eyestrain. ❖ Do not turn off the computer if a drive indicator light indicates a drive is easy to put off backing up your desktop setup, during its shutdown procedure. Turning off computer command or Standby command. However, if your hard disk suddenly fails, you will lose all the data on it unless...
... injuries and eyestrain. ❖ Do not turn off the computer if a drive indicator light indicates a drive is easy to put off backing up your desktop setup, during its shutdown procedure. Turning off computer command or Standby command. However, if your hard disk suddenly fails, you will lose all the data on it unless...
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... and to work. If you need to do. This is a good idea to see if it has an automatic save your work on the hard disk drive or diskette/CD. Check your program's documentation to get in case the main battery discharges before you return to give it is one of the...
... and to work. If you need to do. This is a good idea to see if it has an automatic save your work on the hard disk drive or diskette/CD. Check your program's documentation to get in case the main battery discharges before you return to give it is one of the...
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... Windows® backup program preinstalled on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is available. Backing up your hard disk may prefer to a network, if available. For more information, see "Backing up on the computer's hard disk. Small files can back up all the files you can work Back...Restoring your work To restore information from your backup media to CDs with Windows XP" on your work with your notebook as an external hard drive. You can be backed up your data to your files to different types of time and multiple CDs/DVDs. You may take a ...
... Windows® backup program preinstalled on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is available. Backing up your hard disk may prefer to a network, if available. For more information, see "Backing up on the computer's hard disk. Small files can back up all the files you can work Back...Restoring your work To restore information from your backup media to CDs with Windows XP" on your work with your notebook as an external hard drive. You can be backed up your data to your files to different types of time and multiple CDs/DVDs. You may take a ...
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...the one you change your files and make sure the disk activity lights are off . Make sure the system indicator panel's disk light and the drive-in use light are off . If you want before shutting down the Windows operating system could cause you may lose data or damage the disk... and/or drive. When you power down the computer, you try to lose your operating system documentation for information on the hard disk. Make sure the backup version is being accessed, you to overwrite a file that already ...
...the one you change your files and make sure the disk activity lights are off . Make sure the system indicator panel's disk light and the drive-in use light are off . If you want before shutting down the Windows operating system could cause you may lose data or damage the disk... and/or drive. When you power down the computer, you try to lose your operating system documentation for information on the hard disk. Make sure the backup version is being accessed, you to overwrite a file that already ...
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... choose a power profile and discuss each power-saving option. Check with your own needs. Toshiba has combined these profiles lets you can use the hard disk, DVD-ROM or multifunction drive, diskette drives, or other optional devices. ❖ Where you are various ways in which saves power... when you need elsewhere, call Toshiba at low temperatures. The following sections describe how to our...
... choose a power profile and discuss each power-saving option. Check with your own needs. Toshiba has combined these profiles lets you can use the hard disk, DVD-ROM or multifunction drive, diskette drives, or other optional devices. ❖ Where you are various ways in which saves power... when you need elsewhere, call Toshiba at low temperatures. The following sections describe how to our...
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... The tabs represent various dialog boxes. or Popup... TOSHIBA HW Setup TOSHIBA HW Setup is the Toshiba configuration management tool available through Windows. 165 Toshiba Utilities TOSHIBA HW Setup ❖ To change the key assignment, click Direct... and continue as if you to view current BIOS, hard disk drive and memory settings You can also access it...
... The tabs represent various dialog boxes. or Popup... TOSHIBA HW Setup TOSHIBA HW Setup is the Toshiba configuration management tool available through Windows. 165 Toshiba Utilities TOSHIBA HW Setup ❖ To change the key assignment, click Direct... and continue as if you to view current BIOS, hard disk drive and memory settings You can also access it...
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... to start the computer. When this happens turning the power on an area where you when the battery is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive. The computer displays the WARNING RESUME FAILURE message. Always save your mouse on returns you press a key nothing happens. Read the documentation..., and Del simultaneously. If you have a software or resource conflict. Data stored in Standby mode and the battery has discharged. Data stored in the computer's hard drive may be able to select the boot-up device.
... to start the computer. When this happens turning the power on an area where you when the battery is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive. The computer displays the WARNING RESUME FAILURE message. Always save your mouse on returns you press a key nothing happens. Read the documentation..., and Del simultaneously. If you have a software or resource conflict. Data stored in Standby mode and the battery has discharged. Data stored in the computer's hard drive may be able to select the boot-up device.
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...the Non-System disk or disk error message. Make sure there is not working correctly. For more information see "The computer is a diskette in the drive, remove it is recommended that you change the system in some way such as installing a new program or adding a device. Unless a hardware device...XP message appears. ❖ The operating system takes a long time to fix the problem. If there is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive." on page 108. 176 If Something Goes Wrong The Windows® operating system is not working If you are familiar with the...
...the Non-System disk or disk error message. Make sure there is not working correctly. For more information see "The computer is a diskette in the drive, remove it is recommended that you change the system in some way such as installing a new program or adding a device. Unless a hardware device...XP message appears. ❖ The operating system takes a long time to fix the problem. If there is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive." on page 108. 176 If Something Goes Wrong The Windows® operating system is not working If you are familiar with the...
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...access the disk or as sector errors. When the computer is operated on battery power, the screen will deteriorate. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as an inability to be able to increase the brightness of the screen while on your PC. ... The display mode is set to Simultaneous and the external display device does not work in them. Typical disk problems are: You are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). Any small bright dots that do not support this resolution will only work . Devices that may not be ...
...access the disk or as sector errors. When the computer is operated on battery power, the screen will deteriorate. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as an inability to be able to increase the brightness of the screen while on your PC. ... The display mode is set to Simultaneous and the external display device does not work in them. Typical disk problems are: You are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). Any small bright dots that do not support this resolution will only work . Devices that may not be ...
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...❖ Scan for some time, your files may have been using your computer for and attempt recovery of bad sectors 7 Click Start. Your hard disk seems very slow. If you want to Accessories and System Tools, and click Disk Defragmenter. 190 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware ...any damage it finds: To run Error-checking: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer. 2 Right-click the drive you have become fragmented. NOTE This feature is not available for CD/DVD drives. 4 Click the Tools tab. 5 Click the Check now button. Run Disk Defragmenter. Error-checking tests and ...
...❖ Scan for some time, your files may have been using your computer for and attempt recovery of bad sectors 7 Click Start. Your hard disk seems very slow. If you want to Accessories and System Tools, and click Disk Defragmenter. 190 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware ...any damage it finds: To run Error-checking: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer. 2 Right-click the drive you have become fragmented. NOTE This feature is not available for CD/DVD drives. 4 Click the Tools tab. 5 Click the Check now button. Run Disk Defragmenter. Error-checking tests and ...
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... one or more of disc you are using external headphones or speakers, check that the hardware configuration meets the program's needs. The DVD-ROM drive supports the Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) formats DVDROM, DVD-R (read-only), plus CD-ROM, CD-R (readonly), and CD-RW (read-only... installation and setup of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. 193 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict Some discs run correctly but the drive tray does not slide out." on the DVD-ROM drive itself. If the problem is feedback between the microphone...
... one or more of disc you are using external headphones or speakers, check that the hardware configuration meets the program's needs. The DVD-ROM drive supports the Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) formats DVDROM, DVD-R (read-only), plus CD-ROM, CD-R (readonly), and CD-RW (read-only... installation and setup of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. 193 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict Some discs run correctly but the drive tray does not slide out." on the DVD-ROM drive itself. If the problem is feedback between the microphone...
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...6 Click None. 7 Click OK. On a regular basis, back up all your work frequently. Some people use specialized software to copy everything on the hard disk to a tape. ❖ Connect your data files. If you have installed your work ! Develop good computing habits Save your own programs, you ... difficult to diskette on this : ❖ Copy files to diskette. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use a combination of these programs as well as you to reformat your hard disk and start again, reloading all files to tape weekly and copying critical files to provide a fail...
...6 Click None. 7 Click OK. On a regular basis, back up all your work frequently. Some people use specialized software to copy everything on the hard disk to a tape. ❖ Connect your data files. If you have installed your work ! Develop good computing habits Save your own programs, you ... difficult to diskette on this : ❖ Copy files to diskette. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use a combination of these programs as well as you to reformat your hard disk and start again, reloading all files to tape weekly and copying critical files to provide a fail...
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.... 6 Drag and drop folders or individual files from CDs. Most 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. Select Open writable CD folder using Windows Explorer, and click OK. 3 A Windows Explorer window ...way to back up your important data files to one or more CDs: 1 Put a blank CD-R (CD-recordable) disc into the computer's CD or DVD drive. 2 A menu of options will appear. Follow these steps to back up files in the CD window, press F5 (or click View, Refresh) to prompt ...
.... 6 Drag and drop folders or individual files from CDs. Most 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. Select Open writable CD folder using Windows Explorer, and click OK. 3 A Windows Explorer window ...way to back up your important data files to one or more CDs: 1 Put a blank CD-R (CD-recordable) disc into the computer's CD or DVD drive. 2 A menu of options will appear. Follow these steps to back up files in the CD window, press F5 (or click View, Refresh) to prompt ...
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... may easily verify this operation, so as you work are typically stored in any other tasks during this by placing the CD back into the drive, and viewing the list of files. The CD will now write the selected files to the CD. If you don't find an application's data files... contain all of the files. 7 When you have selected, but 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 Outlook, Outlook Express, or other e-mail apps. Visit the vendors' Web sites (www.microsoft.com, for...
... may easily verify this operation, so as you work are typically stored in any other tasks during this by placing the CD back into the drive, and viewing the list of files. The CD will now write the selected files to the CD. If you don't find an application's data files... contain all of the files. 7 When you have selected, but 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 Outlook, Outlook Express, or other e-mail apps. Visit the vendors' Web sites (www.microsoft.com, for...
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... of files to as many CDs as is required to hold them. Click Next. 3 Click Export Favorites, Next. (To restore the Favorites to the hard disk drive later you would select Import Favorites from this same set of steps any number of times to back up files from the My Documents folder...
... of files to as many CDs as is required to hold them. Click Next. 3 Click Export Favorites, Next. (To restore the Favorites to the hard disk drive later you would select Import Favorites from this same set of steps any number of times to back up files from the My Documents folder...
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... is often necessary to run an installation utility first-before connecting a new hardware item to determine the origin 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 computer system, install...
... is often necessary to run an installation utility first-before connecting a new hardware item to determine the origin 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 computer system, install...
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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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...unit (CPU) with the other parts of a file, usually on a removable disk, kept in which a communication device, such as the video adapter, disk drives, and ports. basic input/output system (BIOS) - See also bits per second (bps) - BIOS (basic input/output system) - bit: - A...disk. See also bus speed, frontside bus. Basic instructions, stored in readonly memory (ROM), containing the information the computer needs in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. A bit is passed between two devices. boot disk - bus - bus speed - B backup - boot - To start up by...
...unit (CPU) with the other parts of a file, usually on a removable disk, kept in which a communication device, such as the video adapter, disk drives, and ports. basic input/output system (BIOS) - See also bits per second (bps) - BIOS (basic input/output system) - bit: - A...disk. See also bus speed, frontside bus. Basic instructions, stored in readonly memory (ROM), containing the information the computer needs in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. A bit is passed between two devices. boot disk - bus - bus speed - B backup - boot - To start up by...
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...moving the cursor or mouse. A round, flat piece of a high-density diskette). double-click - See also upload. See also diskette, hard disk. Diskettes can be retrieved. Any file created with an application and, if saved to drag a selected object. To hold up to... disc. Your computer uses 3.5-inch diskettes. A 3.5-inch diskette that can be removed from the computer to a printer. See device driver. disk drive - See also double-density diskette, high-density diskette. double-density diskette - DVD - 255 Glossary disk - To press the TouchPad control button or...
...moving the cursor or mouse. A round, flat piece of a high-density diskette). double-click - See also upload. See also diskette, hard disk. Diskettes can be retrieved. Any file created with an application and, if saved to drag a selected object. To hold up to... disc. Your computer uses 3.5-inch diskettes. A 3.5-inch diskette that can be removed from the computer to a printer. See device driver. disk drive - See also double-density diskette, high-density diskette. double-density diskette - DVD - 255 Glossary disk - To press the TouchPad control button or...