Restarting the computer, Restoring the preinstalled software, Standby limitations – Toshiba M30 User Manual

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G

ETTING

S

TARTED

3-12

Standby limitations

Standby will not function under the following conditions:

Power is turned back on immediately after shutting down.

Memory circuits are exposed to static electricity or electrical noise.

Restarting the computer

Certain conditions require that you restart the system. For example, if:

You change certain computer settings.

An error occurs and the computer does not respond to your keyboard
commands.

There are three ways to restart the computer system:

1.

Click

start

then click

Turn Off Computer

. From the

Turn Off Com-

puter

menu select

Restart

.

2.

Press

Ctrl + Alt + Del

to display the

Windows Task Manager

, then

select

Shutdown

and

Restart

.

3.

Press the power button and hold it down for five seconds. Wait 10 to 15
seconds, then turn the power on again by pressing the power button.

Restoring the preinstalled software

If preinstalled files are damaged, use the Product Recovery CD-ROM to restore
them. To restore the operating system and all preinstalled software, follow the steps
below.

CAUTION: When you reinstall the Windows operating system, the hard
disk will be reformatted and all data will be lost.

1.

Load the Product Recovery CD-ROM in the optical media drive and turn off
the computer’s power.

2. Hold down the

F12

key and turn on the power. When

In Touch with

Tomorrow TOSHIBA

appears, release the

F12

key.

3. Use the up or down cursor key to select the

CD/DVD-ROM Drive

in the

Boot Devices

menu. For details, refer to the

Boot priority

section in

Chapter 7, HW Setup.

4. Follow the on-screen instructions.

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