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150 If Something Goes Wrong Develop good computing habits 4 Download and install the most recent drivers. 5 Follow the on-screen instructions. 6 Restart your device, see "To Restart your device" on page 53. How to determine the correct drivers to download When downloading or updating drivers, it is important to choose the correct driver that will work properly for the specific device in (or connected to) your device. On the "Drivers & Software" area of the Toshiba support Web site, there may be several drivers listed for the same device. Often, a particular device is made by several vendors, each may require a specific driver made by that vendor. The following steps will help ensure you choose the correct drivers for your device by using the Device Manager application in Windows: 1 In the Search field, type Device Manager. 2 Click or touch the Device Manager application. 3 Locate the device for which you wish to update the driver. (e.g. If you want to find the touchpad driver you would look under Mice and other pointing devices.) 4 The above example indicates the touchpad vendor's name. This tells you that when you go to http://support.toshiba.com/drivers and enter your device's model and/or serial number to find drivers, you should filter your search by Touchpad driver to find the latest driver from that vendor. Develop good computing habits Save your work frequently. You can never predict when your device will lock, forcing you to close a program and lose unsaved changes. Many software programs build in an automatic backup, but you should not rely solely on this feature. Save your work! See "Computing tips" on page 74 for instructions.

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If Something Goes Wrong
Develop good computing habits
4
Download and install the most recent drivers.
5
Follow the on-screen instructions.
6
Restart your device, see
“To Restart your device” on
page 53
.
How to determine the correct drivers to
download
When downloading or updating drivers, it is important to
choose the correct driver that will work properly for the
specific device in (or connected to) your device. On the
“Drivers & Software” area of the Toshiba support Web site,
there may be several drivers listed for the same device.
Often, a particular device is made by several vendors, each
may require a specific driver made by that vendor.
The following steps will help ensure you choose the correct
drivers for your device by using the Device Manager
application in Windows:
1
In the
Search
field, type
Device Manager
.
2
Click or touch the
Device Manager
application.
3
Locate the device for which you wish to update the
driver. (e.g. If you want to find the touchpad driver you
would look under
Mice and other pointing devices
.)
4
The above example indicates the touchpad vendor’s
name.
This tells you that when you go to
and enter your device’s
model and/or serial number to find drivers, you should filter
your search by
Touchpad driver
to find the latest driver
from that vendor.
Develop good computing habits
Save your work frequently.
You can never predict when your device will lock, forcing you
to close a program and lose unsaved changes. Many
software programs build in an automatic backup, but you
should not rely solely on this feature. Save your work! See
“Computing tips” on page 74
for instructions.