The Windows Operating System Is Not Working; Using Startup Options To Fix Problems - Toshiba NB100 Series User Manual

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If Something Goes Wrong
The Windows® operating system is not working
The computer displays the
Make sure there is no diskette in the optional external diskette
drive. If there is a diskette in the drive, remove it and press any key
to continue. If pressing any key does not work, press
restart the computer. For more information see
to
not accessing the internal storage drive or the optional external
diskette drive." on page
The Windows
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
message appears.
The operating system takes a long time to start.
The operating system responds differently from the normal
routine.
The screen does not look right.
Unless a hardware device has failed, problems usually occur when
you change the system in some way such as installing a new
program or adding a device.
If you experience any of these problems, use the options in the
Startup menu to fix the problem.

Using Startup options to fix problems

If the operating system fails to start properly, you may have to
change your system's configuration or verify the startup procedure
to fix the problem. To do this, use the options in the Startup menu.
To open the Startup menu:
1 Restart your computer.
2 Press
loading.
The Windows
options:
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operating system is not working
when your computer starts and before Windows
F8
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Advanced Options menu displays these
Safe Mode
Safe Mode (with Networking)
Safe Mode (with Command Prompt)
or
Non-System disk
message
disk error
Ctrl, Alt , and
"The computer is
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starts