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Restarting the computer – Toshiba Tecra M11 User Manual

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User’s Manual

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Getting Started

Starting Hibernation Mode

To enter Hibernation Mode, follow the steps below.
1. Click Start.
2. Point to the arrow icon (

) and then select Hibernate

from the menu.

Automatic Hibernation Mode

The computer can be configured to enter Hibernation Mode automatically

when you press the power button or close the lid. In order to define these

settings, you can follow the steps as described below:
1. Click Start and click the Control Panel.
2. Click System and Security and click Power Options.
3. Click Choose what the power button does or Choose what closing

the lid does.

4. Enable the desired Hibernation Mode settings for When I press the

power button and When I close the lid.

5. Click the Save changes button.

Data save in Hibernation Mode

When you turn off the power in Hibernation Mode, the computer will take a

moment to save the current data in memory to the hard disk drive. During this

time, the Hard Disk Drive/Optical Disc Drive/eSATA indicator will glow.
After you turn off the computer, and the content of memory has been saved

to the hard disk drive, turn off the power to any peripheral devices.

Restarting the computer

Certain conditions require that you reset the computer, for example if:

You change certain computer settings.

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

commands.

If you need to restart the computer, there are three ways this can be achieved:

Click Start, point to the arrow icon (

) and then select

Restart from the menu.

Press CTRL, ALT and DEL simultaneously (once) to display the menu

window, then select Restart from the Shut down options.

Press the power button and hold it down for five seconds. Once the

computer has turned itself off, wait between ten and fifteen seconds

before turning the power on again by pressing the power button.

You can also enable Hibernation Mode by pressing FN + F4 - please refer

to Chapter 5,

The Keyboard

, for further details.

Do not turn the computer or devices back on immediately. Wait a moment

to let all capacitors fully discharge.