Panasonic CF-25 - Manual (Page 33)

Technical Information
^ Network
• The network connection may be severed when entering the
standby and suspend (hibernation) mode Be sure to disable
the hibernation timeout settings with the Setup Utility if you
require a network environment
• When the power saving function is running TranXit and
other communications software may malfunction Forex-
ample, communications may be halted if either
or the suspend mode (hibernation) is activated
About HDD DMA Transfer 1
Do not add the check mark ^ to [DMA] m [Start] - [Settings] -
[Control Panel] - [System] - [Device Manager] - [Disk drives] -
[GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE**] - [Settings]
This may damage data on the hard disk
FAT32
This computer uses a new highly efficient file system called
FAT32 Please note the following regarding FAT32
• Some software will not run normally
Do not run disk utilities and other software not compatible
with FAT32 Doing so could cause incorrect information such
as hard disk capacity to be shown or could destroy hard disk
data
Contact the dealer or other outlet tor the software and obtain
the latest version
• Non-recogmtion from other operating systems
You will not be able to view the contents of your hard disk
from other operating systems (For example you will not be
able to view the contents of your hard disk even when starting
up using a floppy disk created with another computer )
Other operating systems cannot therefore be installed To in­
stall the operating system please refer to the method listed
below It you are unsure about this explanation, do mit pro­
ceed with installation of operating system
Back up the contents of your hard disk
Start up with the Firstaid FD
Internet Explorer 4.0
Internet Explorer 4 0 places a tremendous load on the system in
order to execute the wide variety of tunctions that it provides
As a result some unexpected faults may occur
Example • It takes a long time to reboot or the computer
locks up
• The software cannot be upgraded
• A system module error occurs
Reinstallation
When Wmdiiws is started up while pressing the [ | key,
the [Microsoft Windows 95 Staitup Menu) is displayed Aftei
® When the [Windows 95 Startup Menu] appears, select
[1 Boot!
©Enter FDISK [t^H]
® Select [3 Delete partition or Logical DOS Dnve]
® Select [ 1 Delete Pnmary DOS Partition]
® Start up again following the instructions on the screen
These steps will allow you to install most operating systems
I he contents of the hard disk will be deleted Always make
sure to back up the hard disk beforehand
The following steps will normally be unnecessary however,
if installation is not possible try performing them
©Start up again using the Firstaid FD to open FDISK in the
same way
® When (Do you wish to enable large disk support (Y/N)
appears on the first screen press “N” then
© Select [ 1 Cieale DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive]
© Set the partition following the instructions on the screen
and activate it
(© Start up again following the instructions on the screen
If any of these faults occurs try using the software with some
Internet Explorer 4
0 functions turned off (See Internet Ex­
plorer Help for moie details )
Example • Close the channel bar
• Close the welcome message
• Set the wallpaper to "None"
• Uninstall Internet Explorer 4
0
leinstalling Windows [Previous version of MS-DOS] also
appears m this menu however do not select this item as MS-
DOS is not installed
Power saving function in the sound chip
The sound chip has its own powei saving lunction You can
enable this (unction in the (OPL3-SAx powei managemenij tab
(select [Start] - [Settings] - [Contiol Panel] - [Powei])
In [Non Power Save mode], the power saving tunction is dis­
abled This IS the default value
In [Minimum level of pow'er save] the powci saving lunction is
enabled You may encounter problems such as no sound from
music CDs
will not lunction
Do not select [Intermediate level ol power save] or [Maxi­
mum level of powci save] bec
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