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...51 Installing a memory module 52 Removing a memory module 57 Checking total memory 59 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities 60 Creating Recovery DVDs 60 Hard Disk Drive Recovery options 61 Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media 67 Checking the HDD operating status 69 Installing drivers and applications... an external keyboard 73 Using a mouse 73 Connecting a printer 73 Setting up a printer 74 Connecting an optional external diskette drive........75 Turning off the computer 75 Options for turning off the computer 76 Using the Shut Down command 78 Using and configuring Hibernation...
...51 Installing a memory module 52 Removing a memory module 57 Checking total memory 59 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities 60 Creating Recovery DVDs 60 Hard Disk Drive Recovery options 61 Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media 67 Checking the HDD operating status 69 Installing drivers and applications... an external keyboard 73 Using a mouse 73 Connecting a printer 73 Setting up a printer 74 Connecting an optional external diskette drive........75 Turning off the computer 75 Options for turning off the computer 76 Using the Shut Down command 78 Using and configuring Hibernation...
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...Removing memory media 136 Using the i.LINK® port 136 Chapter 5: Utilities 137 TOSHIBA Assist 138 Connect 139 Secure 140 Protect & Fix 141 Optimize 142 TOSHIBA Application Installer 143 Setting passwords 144 Using an instant password 144 Using a supervisor ...a user password 147 Deleting a user password 148 TOSHIBA PC Diagnostic Tool Utility 148 TOSHIBA SD™ Memory Card Format Utility .........150 Mouse Utility 151 TOSHIBA Hardware Setup 152 TOSHIBA Zooming Utility 156 CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer 157 TOSHIBA Accessibility 158 Fingerprint Authentication Utility 159
...Removing memory media 136 Using the i.LINK® port 136 Chapter 5: Utilities 137 TOSHIBA Assist 138 Connect 139 Secure 140 Protect & Fix 141 Optimize 142 TOSHIBA Application Installer 143 Setting passwords 144 Using an instant password 144 Using a supervisor ...a user password 147 Deleting a user password 148 TOSHIBA PC Diagnostic Tool Utility 148 TOSHIBA SD™ Memory Card Format Utility .........150 Mouse Utility 151 TOSHIBA Hardware Setup 152 TOSHIBA Zooming Utility 156 CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer 157 TOSHIBA Accessibility 158 Fingerprint Authentication Utility 159
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... 172 Fixing a problem with Device Manager ...........173 Memory problems 174 Power and the batteries 175 Keyboard problems 176 Display problems 177 Disk or internal storage drive problems ..........179 Optical drive problems 181 Sound system problems 182 ExpressCard® problems 182 Printer problems 184 Modem problems 185 Wireless networking problems 186...
... 172 Fixing a problem with Device Manager ...........173 Memory problems 174 Power and the batteries 175 Keyboard problems 176 Display problems 177 Disk or internal storage drive problems ..........179 Optical drive problems 181 Sound system problems 182 ExpressCard® problems 182 Printer problems 184 Modem problems 185 Wireless networking problems 186...
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... not writable, contact Toshiba Customer Support to obtain the Recovery media for example, a D: drive. ❖ Recover your hard disk drive to the factory-set default without the HDD Recovery partition. ❖ Reinstall drivers and applications which gives you create recovery DVDs before using a writable drive. ❖ Recover your hard disk drive to the factory-set default...
... not writable, contact Toshiba Customer Support to obtain the Recovery media for example, a D: drive. ❖ Recover your hard disk drive to the factory-set default without the HDD Recovery partition. ❖ Reinstall drivers and applications which gives you create recovery DVDs before using a writable drive. ❖ Recover your hard disk drive to the factory-set default...
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... and applications. 4 Click Create. 5 Insert the first blank DVD into your writable optical drive when prompted. 6 Follow the on page 67. Hard Disk Drive Recovery options The following are the available hard disk drive recovery options: ❖ Recovering the original factory image (recommended...screen prompts for completing the copy process. Getting Started Hard Drive Recovery Utilities 61 To create recovery DVDs: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Recovery, and then Recovery Disc Creator. 2 Select DVD (to create Recovery media on DVDs). 3 Select the items you have created with a ...
... and applications. 4 Click Create. 5 Insert the first blank DVD into your writable optical drive when prompted. 6 Follow the on page 67. Hard Disk Drive Recovery options The following are the available hard disk drive recovery options: ❖ Recovering the original factory image (recommended...screen prompts for completing the copy process. Getting Started Hard Drive Recovery Utilities 61 To create recovery DVDs: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Recovery, and then Recovery Disc Creator. 2 Select DVD (to create Recovery media on DVDs). 3 Select the items you have created with a ...
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...will delete all data, then overwrites the entire HDD for security purposes. Be sure to create recovery DVD's and back up your work to external media before erasing the hard disk. A confirmation message ...HDD has been recovered. 4 Press any key on the size of your hard disk: 1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Erase the hard disk, and then click Next. 2 The next screen lists.... To delete the data and partitions from your HDD. 64 Getting Started Hard Drive Recovery Utilities 2 Select Recover to restart the computer. Erasing the hard disk Erasing the hard...
...will delete all data, then overwrites the entire HDD for security purposes. Be sure to create recovery DVD's and back up your work to external media before erasing the hard disk. A confirmation message ...HDD has been recovered. 4 Press any key on the size of your hard disk: 1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Erase the hard disk, and then click Next. 2 The next screen lists.... To delete the data and partitions from your HDD. 64 Getting Started Hard Drive Recovery Utilities 2 Select Recover to restart the computer. Erasing the hard disk Erasing the hard...
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... need to recover your computer to "Creating Recovery DVDs" on page 60): 1 Insert the first recovery DVD into your Hard Drive Recovery Utilities. The options are: ❖ Toshiba Recovery wizard ❖ System Recovery Options (Sample Image) Selecting a Process screen To recover your hard disk drive using your optical drive and power on the computer. 2 When the...
... need to recover your computer to "Creating Recovery DVDs" on page 60): 1 Insert the first recovery DVD into your Hard Drive Recovery Utilities. The options are: ❖ Toshiba Recovery wizard ❖ System Recovery Options (Sample Image) Selecting a Process screen To recover your hard disk drive using your optical drive and power on the computer. 2 When the...
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... computer with the Windows® operating system" on page 192. Using the optical drive Optical storage has become the preferred medium for information on restoring files. Digital versatile discs (DVDs) provide a significant increase in the backup program. These features include widescreen movies, ... Windows® backup program preinstalled on the computer's internal storage drive. Learning the Basics Backing up all the files on your internal storage drive may prefer to use a high-capacity backup system, such as CDs, DVDs, diskettes, or to a network, if available. Backing up...
... computer with the Windows® operating system" on page 192. Using the optical drive Optical storage has become the preferred medium for information on restoring files. Digital versatile discs (DVDs) provide a significant increase in the backup program. These features include widescreen movies, ... Windows® backup program preinstalled on the computer's internal storage drive. Learning the Basics Backing up all the files on your internal storage drive may prefer to use a high-capacity backup system, such as CDs, DVDs, diskettes, or to a network, if available. Backing up...
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... manual eject button located inside the hole. Note that changing from that came with your computer. NOTE For optimum DVD performance, it . Optical drive components The optical drive is located on AC power. Do not press the eject button or turn off . Doing so could damage the... light Eject button Manual eject hole (Sample Illustration) Optical drive Drive in-use indicator light-Indicates when the drive is in the format of the computer. Use a straightened paper clip or other region. That is, the drive will only play DVDs from region 1 to region 2 and back to region ...
... manual eject button located inside the hole. Note that changing from that came with your computer. NOTE For optimum DVD performance, it . Optical drive components The optical drive is located on AC power. Do not press the eject button or turn off . Doing so could damage the... light Eject button Manual eject hole (Sample Illustration) Optical drive Drive in-use indicator light-Indicates when the drive is in the format of the computer. Use a straightened paper clip or other region. That is, the drive will only play DVDs from region 1 to region 2 and back to region ...
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102 Learning the Basics Using the optical drive 6 Place the disc carefully in the disc tray, label side up. (Sample Illustration) ...If the computer is lying flat on the center of the disc. If this happens, contact Toshiba support for assistance. 9 Push the disc tray in the drive 7 Gently press the disc onto the center spindle until it clicks into place. If you... Do not touch the surface of the tray until it may jam the drive. Playing an audio CD Insert an audio CD and close the disc tray. Handle DVDs and CDs carefully, making contact only with the center hole and edge. ...
102 Learning the Basics Using the optical drive 6 Place the disc carefully in the disc tray, label side up. (Sample Illustration) ...If the computer is lying flat on the center of the disc. If this happens, contact Toshiba support for assistance. 9 Push the disc tray in the drive 7 Gently press the disc onto the center spindle until it clicks into place. If you... Do not touch the surface of the tray until it may jam the drive. Playing an audio CD Insert an audio CD and close the disc tray. Handle DVDs and CDs carefully, making contact only with the center hole and edge. ...
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...optical media recorded by other computers or optical media players. For details on the drive. 104 Learning the Basics Using the optical drive NOTE Due to manufacturing and quality variations in third party optical media (e.g., CD or DVD) or optical media players/recorders, in certain cases, your computer's product specification ...remove the disc, and place it in its protective cover. 3 Gently press the tray in to any defect in -use a pencil to your Toshiba optical drive may not record on certain optical media that bear the applicable logo, or play back or operate properly on your...
...optical media recorded by other computers or optical media players. For details on the drive. 104 Learning the Basics Using the optical drive NOTE Due to manufacturing and quality variations in third party optical media (e.g., CD or DVD) or optical media players/recorders, in certain cases, your computer's product specification ...remove the disc, and place it in its protective cover. 3 Gently press the tray in to any defect in -use a pencil to your Toshiba optical drive may not record on certain optical media that bear the applicable logo, or play back or operate properly on your...
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... computer includes several utilities designed to help you to best meet your system. ❖ TOSHIBA Assist ❖ TOSHIBA Application Installer ❖ Supervisor password ❖ User password ❖ TOSHIBA PC Diagnostic Tool Utility ❖ TOSHIBA SD™ Memory Card Format Utility ❖ Mouse Utility ❖ TOSHIBA Hardware Setup ❖ TOSHIBA Zooming Utility ❖ CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer 137
... computer includes several utilities designed to help you to best meet your system. ❖ TOSHIBA Assist ❖ TOSHIBA Application Installer ❖ Supervisor password ❖ User password ❖ TOSHIBA PC Diagnostic Tool Utility ❖ TOSHIBA SD™ Memory Card Format Utility ❖ Mouse Utility ❖ TOSHIBA Hardware Setup ❖ TOSHIBA Zooming Utility ❖ CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer 137
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Optimize tab 142 Utilities TOSHIBA Assist Optimize The features available in this category are: ❖ Mouse Utility ❖ TOSHIBA Hardware Setup ❖ TOSHIBA Zooming Utility ❖ CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer ❖ TOSHIBA Accessibility ❖ TOSHIBA SD™ Memory Card Format Utility (Sample Image) TOSHIBA Assist window -
Optimize tab 142 Utilities TOSHIBA Assist Optimize The features available in this category are: ❖ Mouse Utility ❖ TOSHIBA Hardware Setup ❖ TOSHIBA Zooming Utility ❖ CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer ❖ TOSHIBA Accessibility ❖ TOSHIBA SD™ Memory Card Format Utility (Sample Image) TOSHIBA Assist window -
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...setting will revert back to Normal speed. Utilities CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer 157 To zoom in the Optimize tab of your optical drive to make it run the drive at normal speed for transferring data. You can slow the speed of TOSHIBA Assist. For more information about how to use this...Fn key and press 1. The CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer screen appears. 2 Click Silence Mode to make listening to zoom out, hold down the Fn key and press 2; to music CDs more quietly. CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer This utility can use the TOSHIBA Zooming Utility, right-click the icon in...
...setting will revert back to Normal speed. Utilities CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer 157 To zoom in the Optimize tab of your optical drive to make it run the drive at normal speed for transferring data. You can slow the speed of TOSHIBA Assist. For more information about how to use this...Fn key and press 1. The CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer screen appears. 2 Click Silence Mode to make listening to zoom out, hold down the Fn key and press 2; to music CDs more quietly. CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer This utility can use the TOSHIBA Zooming Utility, right-click the icon in...
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... utility may be disabling the Windows® operating system wireless management facility, in the drive tray. 3 Use the DVD Player software that accompanies the adapter does not provide enough information to view the optical drive properties. 7 Check the Toshiba Web site for further advice. If the documentation that came with its own management utility...
... utility may be disabling the Windows® operating system wireless management facility, in the drive tray. 3 Use the DVD Player software that accompanies the adapter does not provide enough information to view the optical drive properties. 7 Check the Toshiba Web site for further advice. If the documentation that came with its own management utility...
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... easily restore the Windows® operating system to the state it much easier 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 installing hardware...
... easily restore the Windows® operating system to the state it much easier 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 installing hardware...
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215 Glossary DOS disk operating system DPI dots per inch DSTN dual supertwist nematic DVD digital versatile (or video) disc DVD-ROM digital versatile (or video) 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 ...
215 Glossary DOS disk operating system DPI dots per inch DSTN dual supertwist nematic DVD digital versatile (or video) disc DVD-ROM digital versatile (or video) 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 ...
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...also reboot. boot priority (startup sequence) - See also CPU cache, L1 cache, L2 cache. CD-ROM (compact disc read-only memory) - Compare DVD-ROM. BIOS (basic input/output system) - An electrical circuit that uses laser optics instead of the computer, such as bits per second. CD - ...See also CD-ROM. To start up by its internal storage drives to another. A form of highcapacity storage that connects the central processing unit (CPU) with the other parts of magnetic means for reading data...
...also reboot. boot priority (startup sequence) - See also CPU cache, L1 cache, L2 cache. CD-ROM (compact disc read-only memory) - Compare DVD-ROM. BIOS (basic input/output system) - An electrical circuit that uses laser optics instead of the computer, such as bits per second. CD - ...See also CD-ROM. To start up by its internal storage drives to another. A form of highcapacity storage that connects the central processing unit (CPU) with the other parts of magnetic means for reading data...
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... access (DMA) - diskette - Devices may be removed from the computer and come in two sizes: 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch. Printers, disk drives, and modems are examples of power usually supplied by batteries. An on a diskette or hard disk. See also enable. Compare disk. Compare disc. disk... computer. A component attached to by which it can be read /write heads. A round, flat piece of magnetic disks, such as CDs and DVDs. disk - It rotates the disk at high speed past one direction. Your computer uses 3.5-inch diskettes. document - DC flows in the production of...
... access (DMA) - diskette - Devices may be removed from the computer and come in two sizes: 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch. Printers, disk drives, and modems are examples of power usually supplied by batteries. An on a diskette or hard disk. See also enable. Compare disk. Compare disc. disk... computer. A component attached to by which it can be read /write heads. A round, flat piece of magnetic disks, such as CDs and DVDs. disk - It rotates the disk at high speed past one direction. Your computer uses 3.5-inch diskettes. document - DC flows in the production of...
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... crystal display (LCD) - A type of the display, creating light and dark pixels. load - M memory - See RAM, ROM. A DVD drive that polarizes the light passing through it can be partitioned into a form computers can use, and vice versa. See MIDI. MIDI (Musical Instrument...filter over the electrodes permits only non-polarized light to pass to CD and DVD media. See central processing unit (CPU). The MIDI standard provides a way of two or more logical drives. local area network - A system's logical drives may be nonvolatile and hold data temporarily, such as a hard disk) ...
... crystal display (LCD) - A type of the display, creating light and dark pixels. load - M memory - See RAM, ROM. A DVD drive that polarizes the light passing through it can be partitioned into a form computers can use, and vice versa. See MIDI. MIDI (Musical Instrument...filter over the electrodes permits only non-polarized light to pass to CD and DVD media. See central processing unit (CPU). The MIDI standard provides a way of two or more logical drives. local area network - A system's logical drives may be nonvolatile and hold data temporarily, such as a hard disk) ...
