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Disk drive problems – Toshiba 1805 User Manual

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If Something Goes Wrong
Resolving a hardware conflict

1

Point at the desktop and click with the secondary button.

2

Click Properties, and then Settings.

3

Change a setting and click OK.

For more information, see the Windows

®

XP Help.

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.

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:).

Run ScanDisk, which analyzes the directories, files and File
Allocation Table (FAT) on the disk and repairs any damage it
finds:

To run ScanDisk:

1

Click Start, point to All Programs, Accessories, System
Tools
and click ScanDisk.

2

Click the drive you want to test.

3

Select the type of test you want to use.

A thorough test is more complete but takes much more time
than a standard test.

4

Click Start.