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Toshiba SATELLITE E300 User Manual

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Exploring Your Computer’s Features

Exploring the desktop

TECHNICAL NOTE: If you delete a large number of files or very
large files from the internal storage drive, there may be
insufficient space available in the Recycle Bin to hold these files.
In this case, Windows

®

will prompt you to either permanently

delete the file(s) or cancel the deletion.

If you delete a file (of any size) from an external media or flash
media, it does not go into the Recycle Bin. The file is
permanently deleted.

Permanently deleted files cannot be recovered from the Recycle
Bin.
For more information on the Recycle Bin, see Windows

®

online

Help.

If you place the pointer over an icon, a popup description of the file
contents appears.

Your desktop may contain other icons depending on your
configuration. See Windows

®

online Help for more specific

information on each icon and how to use it.

Start button

You use the Start button to:

Start programs

Open documents

Adjust system settings

Find files

Access Windows

®

Help and Support

Suspend system activity and shut down the computer

Whenever a procedure in this User’s Guide instructs you to click
Start, it means that you should click the Start button.

Taskbar

Each time you open a program, a button associated with that
program appears on the taskbar. With some programs, a button
appears on the taskbar for each document or window you open. You
can use these buttons to quickly switch between the programs or
windows.

NOTE

NOTE