Power-up modes, Power-up modes -14, Boot mode -14 – Toshiba Tecra 8100 User Manual

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2.

Press Enter and the following message appears.

Set Password Again? (Y/N)

Press

Y

to run the TSETUP program and set a new password.

Press

N

to restart the computer.

The password service diskette must be inserted in drive A, otherwise the

display will return to Password = . If you have inserted the diskette in

drive A and the message still appears, the password service diskette is

faulty. In this case, contact your dealer.
If the boot priority is set for the hard disk, press the reset button and hold

down F to boot from the diskette drive.

Power-up modes

The computer has two operating modes: Boot mode and Resume mode.

You can set the mode by pressing Fn + F3 to activate the feature and,

while holding down Fn, pressing F3 again to change the mode. You can

also select the mode by the TSETUP program . See Chapter 7,

TSETUP

and Passwords

, for details.

The power-up mode functions described in this section are similar to the
Shutdown

and Suspend (Standby) functions in Windows 95/98. Refer

to your Windows documentation for details.

Boot mode

Boot mode is the standard operating mode for most computers.
In boot mode, you must always save your work and exit the application

you’re using before you turn the computer off. Any work you don’t save

before shutting the system off is lost.

Starting the computer in boot mode

Follow the steps below to turn on the computer in boot mode.

1.

Turn on any peripheral devices connected to the computer.

2.

If you have attached an external diskette drive, check that there is no

diskette in the drive unless you want to boot from a diskette.

3.

Press the power switch on the computer.

When the Power indicator lights and all disk activity has stopped, the

computer is ready to begin work.

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