Toshiba SATELLITE A10 - Manual (Page 199)

199 If Something Goes Wrong
The Windows® operating system is not working
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diskette drive, press the left or right arrow key and choose
your boot-up device.
HINT: Press F12 as you power on the computer to access the
menu.
The computer displays the WARNING RESUME FAILURE
message.
The computer was placed in Standby mode and the battery
has discharged. Data stored in the computer’s memory has
been lost.
To charge the RTC battery, leave the computer plugged into a
live wall outlet and turned on until the RTC is fully charged.
For more information, see
“Power and the batteries” on
page 208 .
The computer displays the Non-System disk or disk error
message.
Make sure there is no diskette in the diskette drive. If there is
one, remove it and press any key to continue. If pressing any
key does not work, press
Ctrl, Alt , Del simultaneously, select
Shutdown, then Restart to restart the computer.
The Windows ® operating system is not
working
Once you are familiar with the desktop and used to the way
the operating system responds to your work routine, you can
easily detect if the operating system is not working correctly.
For example:
❖ The operating system fails to start after the Starting
Windows XP message appears.
❖ The operating system takes a long time to start.