Toshiba satellite 1200 User Manual

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If Something Goes Wrong
Resolving a hardware conflict
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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 
NT file system (NTFS) 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.
The drive’s properties box appears.
3
Click on Properties.
4
Click the Tools tab.
5
Click the Check now button.
The Check Disk box appears (for example, Check Disk 
C).
6
You can choose one or both options: