User manual TOSHIBA SATELLITE P100 (PSPAA)

[. . . ] TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS ("TOSHIBA"), ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS DO NOT WARRANT THAT OPERATION OF THE PRODUCT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. YOU AGREE THAT TOSHIBA, ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF ANY BUSINESS, PROFITS, PROGRAMS, DATA OR REMOVABLE STORAGE MEDIA ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF. Protection of Stored Data For your important data, please make periodic back-up copies of all the data stored on the hard disk or other storage devices as a precaution against possible failures, alteration, or loss of the data. 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. [. . . ] After the PC Card is stopped, it is safe to remove. The eject button pops out from the slot. Push the eject button again so the card will pop out. Grasp the edges of the PC Card and pull it out of the slot. Hot swapping PC Cards With PC Cards you can replace one PC Card with another while the computer is on. This is called "hot swapping. " Hot swapping precautions Although you can insert a PC Card at any time, remember not to remove a card while it is in use. Otherwise, you could lose valuable information. Exploring Your Computer's Features Using an optional SD® card For example: 155 Never remove a hard disk card or CD-ROM drive card while the system is accessing the card. Never remove a network card while you are connected to the network. Never remove a SCSI card while any of the SCSI devices connected to it are operating. Before removing a PC Card, stop it by clicking the PC Card (PCMCIA) icon on the taskbar. Using an optional SD® card Your computer supports the use of an SD card. The card can be used with a variety of digital products: digital music players, cellular phones, PDAs, digital cameras, digital video camcorders, etc. You could expose the storage area to static electricity which can destroy data. Do not remove an SD card while data is being written or read. After the module is stopped, it is safe to remove it. 2 3 Slide the Slim SelectBay release toward the front of the computer. Slide the Slim SelectBay out of the computer. Sample sliding out the module Exploring Your Computer's Features Using the Slim SelectBay® 159 Inserting a module into the Slim SelectBay® To install a module into the Slim SelectBay, simply slide the module all the way into the Slim SelectBay until the latch locks into place. Chapter 5 Toshiba Utilities Your computer includes several utilities designed to help you to reconfigure your system to best meet your individual needs. Together, these allow you to ascertain certain system details, set additional options, or change default options. These utilities are described in this chapter: Fn-esse TOSHIBA Assist PC Diagnostic Tool HDD Protection Utility Power Management Hotkey utility TOSHIBA Hardware Setup TOSHIBA Mobile Extension TOSHIBA Accessibility TOSHIBA CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer TOSHIBA Button Controls Utility 160 Toshiba Utilities Fn-esse 161 TOSHIBA Rotation Utility Cross Menu Utility TOSHIBA Tablet Access Code Utility TOSHIBA Zooming Utility TOSHIBA SD Memory Boot Utility Fn-esse The operating system shortcuts and Toshiba's Fn-esse program provide quick ways to open programs, documents, and folders from within any program without using the Start menu. This section describes how to use the Fn-esse program to quickly access your programs and files. With Fn-esse, you can assign an Fn key combination to: Open a Windows® program Open a file in its associated Windows® program Display a customized folder of Windows® programs and/ or files from which to choose Fn-esse also has several keys, known as hot keys, that perform preassigned operations. For more information, see "Hot Keys" on page 240. You can assign any key that is not associated with a hot key or a keyboard overlay. Starting Fn-esse You can access Fn-esse in one of two ways: Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Utilities and Fn-esse. The Fn-esse keyboard appears. 162 Toshiba Utilities Fn-esse Sample Fn-esse keyboard The keys are color-coded as follows: Available keys are white. Assigned keys and keys associated with a popup list are shown on the Fn-esse keyboard in the selected color. Unavailable keys are not shown. Assigning a key to a program or document There are two ways to assign a key to open a program or document: Drag-and-drop Use the keyboard or pointing device The method most often used is drag-and-drop. Using drag-and-drop To assign a key to a program or document: 1 2 3 Start both Fn-esse and Windows® Explorer (or the program supporting drag-and-drop). [. . . ] For a screen, it is expressed as the number of pixels available horizontally and vertically. To reset the computer by reloading the operating system without turning the computer off. RJ11 -- A modular connector used on most U. S. telephone systems and direct-connect modems. [. . . ]