Toshiba Satellite A100 Series, Maintenance Manual

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Satellite A100/A105 / TECRA A7 Maintenance Manual
Conventions
This manual uses the following formats to describe, identify, and highlight terms and operating
procedures.
Acronyms
On the first appearance and whenever necessary for clarification acronyms are enclosed in
parentheses following their definition. For example:
Read Only Memory (ROM)
Keys
Keys are used in the text to describe many operations. The key top symbol as it appears on the
keyboard is printed in
boldface type.
Key operation
Some operations require you to simultaneously use two or more keys. We identify such operations
by the key top symbols separated by a plus (+) sign. For example,
Ctrl + Pause (Break) means
you must hold down
Ctrl
and at the same time press
Pause (Break)
. If three keys are used, hold
down the first two and at the same time press the third.
User input
Text that you are instructed to type in is shown in the boldface type below:
DISKCOPY A: B:
The display
Text generated by the XXXXX that appears on its display is presented in the type face below:
Format complete
System transferred