Disk Drive Problems - Toshiba Satellite 4030CDT User Manual

If Something Goes Wrong
Fixing device-related problems
The display does not look right
You can change the display settings by clicking a blank area of the
desktop with the secondary button of the AccuPoint device, then
clicking Properties. This causes Windows 98 to open the Display
Properties dialog box. The Appearance tab of this dialog box
allows you to choose the colors for the screen. The Settings tab
allows you to choose the screen resolution.
The built-in screen flickers.
Some flickering is a normal result of the way the screen produces
colors. To reduce the amount of flickering, try using fewer colors.
Windows 98 displays a message that there is a problem with your
display settings and that the adapter type is incorrect or the cur
rent settings do not work with your hardware.
Reduce the size of the color palette to one that is supported by the
computer's internal display.
The display mode is set to Simultaneous and the external display
device does not work.
Make sure the external device is capable of displaying at resolu
tions 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 gar
bage 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:orC:).
Run ScanDisk, which analyzes the directories, files and File Allo
cation Table (FAT) on the disk and repairs any damage it finds:
Part I: Getting To Know Your Computer