Laptop User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Tecra® R850 Series User’s Guide
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Getting Started
- Selecting a place to work
- Setting up your computer
- Connecting to a power source
- Charging the main battery
- Using the computer for the first time
- Registering your computer with Toshiba
- Adding optional external devices
- Adding memory (optional)
- Recovering the Internal Storage Drive
- Erasing the Internal Storage Drive
- Checking the internal storage drive operating status
- Using the Toshiba Dual Pointing Device
- Using external display devices
- Using an external keyboard
- Using a mouse
- Connecting a printer
- Turning off the computer
- Customizing your computer’s settings
- Caring for your computer
- Chapter 2: Learning the Basics
- Chapter 3: Mobile Computing
- Chapter 4: Exploring Your Computer’s Features
- Chapter 5: Utilities
- TOSHIBA Assist
- TOSHIBA Application Installer
- Setting passwords
- TOSHIBA Face Recognition Utility
- TOSHIBA Security Assist
- TOSHIBA PC Diagnostic Tool Utility
- TOSHIBA HDD Protection Utility
- Mouse Utility
- TOSHIBA Hardware Setup
- TOSHIBA Sleep Utility
- TOSHIBA Button Support
- TOSHIBA Accessibility
- Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
- Fingerprint Authentication Utility
- TOSHIBA eco Utility™
- TOSHIBA Service Station
- TOSHIBA PC Health Monitor
- ConfigFree®
- Chapter 6: If Something Goes Wrong
- Problems that are easy to fix
- Problems when you turn on the computer
- The Windows® operating system is not working
- Fixing a problem with Device Manager
- Memory problems
- Power and the batteries
- Keyboard problems
- Display problems
- Disk or storage drive problems
- Optical disc drive problems
- Sound system problems
- ExpressCard® problems
- Printer problems
- Wireless networking problems
- DVD operating problems
- Develop good computing habits
- If you need further assistance
- Other Toshiba Internet Web sites
- Toshiba’s worldwide offices
- Appendix A: Hot Keys/TOSHIBA Cards
- Appendix B: Power Cord/Cable Connectors
- Glossary
- Index
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If Something Goes Wrong
Develop good computing habits
Follow these steps to back up your computer or files to optical
discs, or a storage drive:
You cannot back up the computer while running on battery power.
Connect the AC adaptor before continuing.
1 Prepare your backup target by connecting it and/or inserting a
blank optical disc in the drive.
2 Click Start.
3 Click Control Panel.
4 Click Back up your computer under the System and
Security heading. Follow the on-screen instructions to back up
your files.
For more help, click Start, Help and Support, and search for
“back up files.”
General tips for installing hardware and software
Here are a few tips to help ensure safe and easy installation of new
hardware (printers, pointing devices, external hard drives, optical
disc drive writers, scanners, etc.) and software (applications like
Microsoft
®
Office and Adobe
®
Photoshop
®
, or utility software such
as special toolbars for your web browser).
❖ Create a restore point (refer to “Saving system configuration
with restore points” on page 202). Before installing anything,
use the System Restore utility to set a restore point (see the
section titled restore points). If anything goes wrong, you will
then be able to easily restore the Windows
®
operating system to
the state it was in prior to the installation, undoing any changes
that the installation process introduced.
❖ Back up your critical data (see “Backing up your data or your
entire computer with the Windows
®
operating system” on
page 203).
❖ Have your back up DVD(s) on hand in case you need any files
from them.
❖ Do not guess
- follow directions carefully! It is often necessary
to run an installation utility first
- before connecting a new
hardware item to the computer. If the device is connected first,
it may be very difficult to complete the installation
successfully. Always carefully follow the installation
instructions that accompany the hardware or software.
NOTE