Disk Drive Problems - Toshiba Satellite M45 User Manual

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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 select
Properties from the menu.
The drive's properties box appears.
3 Click the Tools tab.
4 Click the Check now button.
The Check Disk All Apps box appears.
Over a period of time, and depending on the usage of the
computer, the brightness of the LCD Screen will
deteriorate. This is an intrinsic characteristic of LCD
technology.
Screen will dim when the computer is operated on
battery power and you may not be able to increase the
brightness of the screen.
If Something Goes Wrong
Resolving a hardware conflict
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