Utilities, Utilities -7 – Toshiba Tecra M7 User Manual

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User’s Manual

3-7

Features, Utilities and Options

Utilities

This section describes preinstalled utilities and tells how to start them. For

details on usage and operation, refer to each utility’s online manual, help

files or readme.txt files.

Optical Drive Power

Use this to turn the power of the optical disc drive

on or off. Clicking on the Optical Drive Power icon

in the taskbar will turn the power to the optical

disc drive on or off. If the Optical Drive Power is

set to off, the disc tray will not open even if the

eject button is pushed - in this instance the power

to the drive can be turned on by again clicking the

Optical Drive Power icon.

TOSHIBA HDD

Protection

Using the acceleration sensor built in the

computer, the TOSHIBA HDD Protection function

detects vibrations and shocks, and automatically

moves the hard disk drive’s read/write head to a

safe position to reduce the risk of damage that

could be caused by head-to-disk contact. Refer to

the

Using the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Protection

section in Chapter 4,

Operating Basics

, for

details.

The TOSHIBA HDD Protection function does not guarantee that the hard

disk drive will not be damaged.

Hibernation

This feature lets you turn off the power without

exiting from your software. The contents of main

memory are saved to the hard disk so that when

you next turn the power on again, you can

continue working right where you left off. Refer to

the

Turning on the power

section in Chapter 1,

Getting Started

, for details.

Standby

If you have to interrupt your work, you can turn off

the power without exiting from your software.

Data is maintained in the computer’s main

memory. When you turn on the power again, you

can continue working right where you left off.

TOSHIBA Power

Saver

To access this power savings management

program, click start, click Control Panel, click

Performance and Maintenance and click the

TOSHIBA Power Saver icon.

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