Toshiba 2805-s503 User Guide

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If Something Goes Wrong
Resolving a hardware conflict
A message tells you that there is a problem with your display 
settings and that the adapter type is incorrect or the current 
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.
To change the display properties:
1
Point at the desktop and click with the secondary button.
2
Click Properties, and then Settings.
3
Change the Colors option and 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:).
ScanDisk
Run ScanDisk, which analyzes the directories, files and File 
Allocation Table (FAT) on the disk and repairs any damage it 
finds: