Disk Drive Problems - Toshiba 5205-S705 User Manual

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If Something Goes Wrong
Resolving a hardware conflict
4
Click OK.
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. Devices that do not
support this resolution will only work in Internal/External
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.
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:).
Error-checking
Run Error-checking, which analyzes the directories, files and
File Allocation Table (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 want to check and click
Properties.
The drive's properties box appears.
3
Click the Tools tab.
4
Click the Check now button.
The Check Disk All Apps box appears.

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