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Starting the computer by password, Power-up modes, Windows utilities – Toshiba Qosmio E10 User Manual

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User’s Manual

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Power

Starting the computer by password

To start up the computer with the user password, follow these steps:

1. Turn on the power as described in Chapter 3,

Getting Started

. The

following message appears:

S

Password

=

2. Enter the password.

3. Press Enter.

Power-up modes

The computer has the following power-up modes:

Boot: Computer shuts down without saving data. Always save your
work before you turn the computer off in boot mode.

Hibernation Mode: Data in memory is saved to the hard disk.

Standby Mode: Data is maintained in the computer’s main memory.

Windows utilities

You can specify the setting in TOSHIBA Power Saver.

Hot keys

You can use hot keys Fn + F3 to enter Standby Mode and Fn + F4 to enter
Hibernation Mode. Refer to Chapter 5,

The Keyboard

for details.

At this point, the hotkeys Fn + F1 to F9 do not work. They will function after
you enter the password.

If you enter the password incorrectly three times in a row, the computer
shuts off. In this case, you must turn the computer back on to retry
password entry.

Refer also to the sections

Turning on the power

and

Turning off the power

in Chapter 3, Getting Started.