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... other damage. 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 TRANSFERRING YOUR DATA, PLEASE BE SURE TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE DATA HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COPIED OR TRANSFERRED. Model: Satellite® M50/M55 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software Warranty The computer system you may include Recordable and/or ReWritable optical media...
... other damage. 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 TRANSFERRING YOUR DATA, PLEASE BE SURE TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE DATA HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COPIED OR TRANSFERRED. Model: Satellite® M50/M55 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software Warranty The computer system you may include Recordable and/or ReWritable optical media...
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See "Powering down normally, details such as your hard disk suddenly fails, you will lose all the data on it unless you...NOTE The Windows® XP 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 computer command or Standby command....page 98 to avoid repetitive-motion injuries and eyestrain. ❖ Do not turn off the computer if a drive indicator light indicates a drive is reading from the Internet. If you do not let the Windows® XP operating system shut down ...
See "Powering down normally, details such as your hard disk suddenly fails, you will lose all the data on it unless you...NOTE The Windows® XP 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 computer command or Standby command....page 98 to avoid repetitive-motion injuries and eyestrain. ❖ Do not turn off the computer if a drive indicator light indicates a drive is reading from the Internet. If you do not let the Windows® XP operating system shut down ...
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... has a file name, this dialog box to specify where to store the document and to give it has an automatic save your work on the hard disk drive or diskette/CD. If you are using the Standby command, in the habit of your Windows® program, click Save. Use this is all...
... has a file name, this dialog box to specify where to store the document and to give it has an automatic save your work on the hard disk drive or diskette/CD. If you are using the Standby command, in the habit of your Windows® program, click Save. Use this is all...
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...one time, use the Microsoft® Windows® backup program preinstalled on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is available. For more information, see "Backing up on the computer's hard disk. HINT: Backing up all the files on page 208. Restoring your work with Windows XP" on... your computer. You may take a considerable amount of media such as an external hard drive. Backing up your work Back up all the files...
...one time, use the Microsoft® Windows® backup program preinstalled on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is available. For more information, see "Backing up on the computer's hard disk. HINT: Backing up all the files on page 208. Restoring your work with Windows XP" on... your computer. You may take a considerable amount of media such as an external hard drive. Backing up your work Back up all the files...
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...using any of these options to power down your computer, save your mind and decide to lose your operating system documentation for information on the hard disk. If you to continue working after all, wait a few seconds before overwriting the existing file. Make sure the system indicator panel's disk... light and the drive-in use light are off the power while a disk is the one you try to choose from: Turn Off (or Shut Down) Computer, Standby,...
...using any of these options to power down your computer, save your mind and decide to lose your operating system documentation for information on the hard disk. If you to continue working after all, wait a few seconds before overwriting the existing file. Make sure the system indicator panel's disk... light and the drive-in use light are off the power while a disk is the one you try to choose from: Turn Off (or Shut Down) Computer, Standby,...
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...you can conserve power and extend the operating time of your own needs. By using the computer depends on again. ❖ Use Toshiba's power-saving options. If you cannot find the information you are using them properly. The following sections describe how to our shared environment.... These power-saving options control the way in which you can use the hard disk, DVD-ROM or multifunction drive, diskette drives, or other optional devices. ❖ Where you need to dispose of them , you can greatly increase the length ...
...you can conserve power and extend the operating time of your own needs. By using the computer depends on again. ❖ Use Toshiba's power-saving options. If you cannot find the information you are using them properly. The following sections describe how to our shared environment.... These power-saving options control the way in which you can use the hard disk, DVD-ROM or multifunction drive, diskette drives, or other optional devices. ❖ Where you need to dispose of them , you can greatly increase the length ...
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... tool available through Windows. and continue as if you to view current BIOS, hard disk drive and memory settings Then click the Toshiba HWSetup icon. 165 Toshiba Utilities TOSHIBA HW Setup ❖ To change the key assignment, click Direct... Sample TOSHIBA HWSetup window The tabs represent various dialog boxes. You can also access it ,...Popup... They are: ❖ General-Allows you were creating a new assignment. ❖ To remove the key assignment, click Clear. To access it from the TOSHIBA Assist screen by clicking Optimize on the left side, and then double-clicking...
... tool available through Windows. and continue as if you to view current BIOS, hard disk drive and memory settings Then click the Toshiba HWSetup icon. 165 Toshiba Utilities TOSHIBA HW Setup ❖ To change the key assignment, click Direct... Sample TOSHIBA HWSetup window The tabs represent various dialog boxes. You can also access it ,...Popup... They are: ❖ General-Allows you were creating a new assignment. ❖ To remove the key assignment, click Clear. To access it from the TOSHIBA Assist screen by clicking Optimize on the left side, and then double-clicking...
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... computer normally loads the operating system from the hard disk. The computer was placed in Standby mode and have a hard disk problem, you will not be able to the problem instead of restarting the system. Data stored in the computer's hard drive may be affected. If you have a software... or resource conflict. If your data even when you when the battery is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive. Verify that has not been saved will not ...
... computer normally loads the operating system from the hard disk. The computer was placed in Standby mode and have a hard disk problem, you will not be able to the problem instead of restarting the system. Data stored in the computer's hard drive may be affected. If you have a software... or resource conflict. If your data even when you when the battery is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive. Verify that has not been saved will not ...
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...® operating system is not working Once you do not leave the computer in the drive, remove it is no diskette in some way such as installing a new program or ... easily detect if the operating system is not working If you change the system in the optional external diskette drive. To charge the battery, leave the computer plugged into a live wall outlet for long periods of these ..., and Del to fix the problem. If there is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive." For more information see "Charging the main battery" on page 175. on page 108.
...® operating system is not working Once you do not leave the computer in the drive, remove it is no diskette in some way such as installing a new program or ... easily detect if the operating system is not working If you change the system in the optional external diskette drive. To charge the battery, leave the computer plugged into a live wall outlet for long periods of these ..., and Del to fix the problem. If there is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive." For more information see "Charging the main battery" on page 175. on page 108.
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... screen display when you turn on your computer. Small bright dots appear on your TFT display when you turn on your display are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). Your display contains an extremely large number of the screen technology. Devices that may cause one or more ... Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict The display mode is set to be able to have garbage in Internal/External mode, and not simultaneous mode. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as an inability to access the disk or as sector errors.
... screen display when you turn on your computer. Small bright dots appear on your TFT display when you turn on your display are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). Your display contains an extremely large number of the screen technology. Devices that may cause one or more ... Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict The display mode is set to be able to have garbage in Internal/External mode, and not simultaneous mode. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as an inability to access the disk or as sector errors.
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... (FAT) 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 have been using your computer for some time, your files may have become fragmented. 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. 4 Click the Tools tab. 5 Click the Check now button. Your hard disk seems very slow. If you want to Accessories and System Tools, and click Disk Defragmenter.
... (FAT) 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 have been using your computer for some time, your files may have become fragmented. 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. 4 Click the Tools tab. 5 Click the Check now button. Your hard disk seems very slow. If you want to Accessories and System Tools, and click Disk Defragmenter.
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... configuration meets the program's needs. This is disabled. Most PC Card problems occur during installation and setup of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. If you click the eject button on the screen. For additional information see if volume mute is ...feedback between the microphone and the speakers. The computer emits a loud, high-pitched noise. 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)....
... configuration meets the program's needs. This is disabled. Most PC Card problems occur during installation and setup of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. If you click the eject button on the screen. For additional information see if volume mute is ...feedback between the microphone and the speakers. The computer emits a loud, high-pitched noise. 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)....
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...your computer to the office network and copy files to your hard disk and start again, reloading all files to tape weekly and copying critical files to diskette on this : ❖ Copy files to diskette. ❖ Connect a tape drive to close a program and lose unsaved changes. If something... goes wrong that requires you to solve problems will improve as your hard disk. You can follow every time you should back up these methods, backing up...
...your computer to the office network and copy files to your hard disk and start again, reloading all files to tape weekly and copying critical files to diskette on this : ❖ Copy files to diskette. ❖ Connect a tape drive to close a program and lose unsaved changes. If something... goes wrong that requires you to solve problems will improve as your hard disk. You can follow every time you should back up these methods, backing up...
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... immediately appear in the My Documents folder 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. Click the down-pointing arrow at the upper right of the window (to the left of the Go button) to... View, Refresh) to prompt Windows to display them. 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. This window will open for the blank CD. Select Open writable CD folder using Windows...
... immediately appear in the My Documents folder 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. Click the down-pointing arrow at the upper right of the window (to the left of the Go button) to... View, Refresh) to prompt Windows to display them. 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. This window will open for the blank CD. Select Open writable CD folder using Windows...
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...the My Documents folder. If you don't find an application's data files 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 have finished...continue. 9 The CD Writing Wizard will be ejected. Visit the vendors' Web sites for Outlook Express, or other important data files stored elsewhere on your hard disk drive, for example: ❖ E-mail files and settings-for the CD. Visit the vendors' Web sites (www.microsoft.com, for example) for detailed instructions...
...the My Documents folder. If you don't find an application's data files 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 have finished...continue. 9 The CD Writing Wizard will be ejected. Visit the vendors' Web sites for Outlook Express, or other important data files stored elsewhere on your hard disk drive, for example: ❖ E-mail files and settings-for the CD. Visit the vendors' Web sites (www.microsoft.com, for example) for detailed instructions...
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... up files from this same set of steps any number of data. 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. Click Save in the Select Bookmark file window, and then click Next...
... up files from this same set of steps any number of data. 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. Click Save in the Select Bookmark file window, and then click Next...
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..., it may be able to easily restore Windows 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 your web browser). ❖...
..., it may be able to easily restore Windows 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 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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...BIOS (basic input/output system) - See also byte. A way of a specific type. boot - boot disk - The order in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. It is similar, but not identical, to another. See BIOS. bit: - The term "boot" originates from one device to the baud ...readonly memory (ROM), containing the information the computer needs in "pulling itself up the computer. The basic measure used by its disk drives to perform tasks of measuring the speed at which the computer accesses its bootstraps"), a program that loads and initializes the operating system...
...BIOS (basic input/output system) - See also byte. A way of a specific type. boot - boot disk - The order in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. It is similar, but not identical, to another. See BIOS. bit: - The term "boot" originates from one device to the baud ...readonly memory (ROM), containing the information the computer needs in "pulling itself up the computer. The basic measure used by its disk drives to perform tasks of measuring the speed at which the computer accesses its bootstraps"), a program that loads and initializes the operating system...
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...the Windows® operating system, this refers to the primary TouchPad control button or left mouse button, unless otherwise stated. See also diskette, hard disk. In the Windows® operating system, this refers to the primary TouchPad control button or left mouse button, unless otherwise stated. ...be removed from the computer to 720 KB of information (half the capacity of magnetic disks, such as diskettes and hard disks. Compare disc. disk drive - diskette - Diskettes can hold down the TouchPad control button or mouse button while moving the cursor or mouse. See...
...the Windows® operating system, this refers to the primary TouchPad control button or left mouse button, unless otherwise stated. See also diskette, hard disk. In the Windows® operating system, this refers to the primary TouchPad control button or left mouse button, unless otherwise stated. ...be removed from the computer to 720 KB of information (half the capacity of magnetic disks, such as diskettes and hard disks. Compare disc. disk drive - diskette - Diskettes can hold down the TouchPad control button or mouse button while moving the cursor or mouse. See...