Moving Around With Your Travelmate; Disconnecting From The Desktop; Moving Around - Acer TravelMate 430 User Manual

Moving around with your TravelMate

This section gives you tips and hints to consider when moving around
or traveling with your computer.

Disconnecting from the desktop

Follow these steps to disconnect your computer from external
accessories:
1 Save your work in progress.
2 Remove any media, diskette or compact disc, from the drive(s).
3 Shut down the computer.
4 Close the display cover.
5 Disconnect the cord from the AC adapter.
6 Disconnect the keyboard, pointing device, printer, external
monitor, and other external devices.
7 Disconnect the Kensington lock if you are using one to secure the
computer.

Moving around

"when you are just moving within short distances, for example, from
your office desk to a meeting room"
Preparing the computer
Before moving the computer, close and latch the display cover to place
it in Sleep mode. You can now safely take the computer anywhere you
go within the building. To bring the computer out of Sleep mode,
open the display; press the power button.
If you are taking the computer to a client's office or a different
building, you may choose to shut down the computer:
1 Click on Start, Turn off Computer (Windows XP).
2 Click on Turn Off (Windows XP).
- or -
choose to enter hibernation mode.
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