Disk Drive Problems - Toshiba Satellite 1805 Series User Manual

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If Something Goes Wrong
Resolving a hardware conflict
1 Point at the desktop and click with the secondary button.
2 Click Properties, and then Settings.
3 Change a setting and click OK.
For more information, see the Windows
The display mode is set to Simultaneous and the external
display device does not work.
Make sure the external monitor is capable of displaying at
resolutions of 800 x 600 or higher.

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. Sometimes
a disk problem may cause one or more files to appear to have
garbage in them. Typical disk problems are:
You are having trouble accessing a disk, or one or more files
appear to be missing.
Make sure you are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or
C:).
Run ScanDisk, which analyzes the directories, files and File
Allocation Table (FAT) on the disk and repairs any damage it
finds:
To run ScanDisk:
1 Click Start, point to All Programs, Accessories, System
Tools and click ScanDisk.
2 Click the drive you want to test.
3 Select the type of test you want to use.
A thorough test is more complete but takes much more time
than a standard test.
4 Click Start.
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