Toshiba TECRA A50 series User Manual

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support.toshiba.com. At this Web site, you will find answers
for many commonly asked technical questions plus many
downloadable software drivers, BIOS updates, and other
downloads.
For more information, see “If Something Goes Wrong” on
page 139 in this guide.
Tecra
®
A50/W50-A
Series
User’s Guide

Toshiba TECRA A50 series Specifications

General

Storage	SSD or HDD options available
Graphics	Intel UHD Graphics or NVIDIA GeForce (varies by model)
Operating System	Windows 10
Battery Life	Up to 8 hours (depending on configuration and usage)
Display Resolution	1366 x 768 or 1920 x 1080 (depending on configuration)
Ports	USB 3.0, HDMI, VGA, Ethernet, SD card reader, headphone/mic combo
Wireless	Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth
Processor	Intel Core i5 or i7 (varies by model)

Summary

Protection of Stored Data

Critical Applications

Computer not designed for critical applications; Toshiba disclaims liability.

Optical Disc Drive Safety Instructions

Safety icons

Your computer’s features and specifications

Service options

Information on warranty, extended warranty, and service upgrades.

Chapter 1: Getting Started

Selecting a place to work

Tips for choosing a suitable place to use your computer.

Setting up a work environment

Guidance on arranging your workspace for optimal computer operation.

Keeping yourself comfortable

Good Working Posture

Detailed advice on achieving and maintaining proper posture.

Precautions

Important information on your computer’s cooling fan

Setting up your computer

Connecting to a power source

Charging the main battery

Using the computer for the first time

Initial setup

Instructions for the first-time startup and operating system installation.

Setting up your software

To Shut down your computer

To Restart your computer

Adding optional external devices

Adding memory (optional)

Instructions for purchasing and installing additional memory modules.

Installing a memory module

Removing a memory module

Recovering the Internal Storage Drive

Creating recovery media

Steps to create recovery media for system restoration.

Restoring from recovery media

Procedures to restore the system using created recovery media.

Refresh your PC (with user’s data)

How to refresh the PC while keeping user data.

Reset your PC

Steps to remove all data and reinstall Windows.

Installing drivers and applications

Chapter 2: Learning the Basics

Using the keyboard

Saving your work

Backing up your work

Instructions on how to back up files to various media.

Chapter 3: Mobile Computing

Running the computer on battery power

How to operate the computer using its battery power.

Charging batteries

Charging the main battery

Instructions for charging the primary computer battery.

Monitoring battery power

What to do when the main battery runs low

Conserving battery power

Power Plans

Changing the main battery

Removing the battery from the computer

Step-by-step guide to remove the computer's main battery.

Inserting a charged battery

Safety precautions

Chapter 4: Exploring Your Computer’s Features

Setting up for communications

Connect to the Internet

Step-by-step guide to setting up a wireless network connection.

Chapter 5: Utilities

Supervisor password

Information on setting and managing supervisor passwords.

User password

Information on setting and managing user passwords.

System Settings

Tool for managing configuration and system settings.

Recovery Media Creator

Utility to create recovery media for system restoration.

TOSHIBA Application Installer

Reinstalls bundled drivers and applications.

Password Utility

Using a supervisor password

How to set and use a supervisor password for security.

Deleting a supervisor password

Using a user password

Information on setting up power-on password protection.

System Settings

Recovery Media Creator

TOSHIBA Application Installer

Chapter 6: If Something Goes Wrong

Problems that are easy to fix

Addresses common problems like unresponsive programs.

Problems when you turn on the computer

The Windows® operating system is not working

Using Startup options to fix problems

How to use startup options to troubleshoot OS problems.

Refresh your computer

Reset your computer

Steps to remove all data and reinstall Windows.

Advanced options

System Restore

Restores the system to a previous state using restore points.

System Image Recovery

Recovers the OS using a specific system image.

Startup Repair

Automates the process of finding and fixing OS problems.

Startup Settings

Options for starting Windows in various troubleshooting modes.

The Windows® operating system can help you

Fixing a problem with Device Manager

How to check and change device configurations using Device Manager.

Memory problems

Power and the batteries

Keyboard problems

Display problems

Solutions for common display issues like a blank screen.

Disk or storage drive problems

Error-checking

How to run Error-checking to analyze and repair storage drives.

Your hard disk seems very slow.

Wireless networking problems

On a regular basis, back up the information stored on your internal storage drive.

Data and system configuration backup in the Windows® operating system

Using Windows features for backing up settings and data.

Saving system configuration with restore points

Backing up your data or your entire computer with the Windows® operating system