Restarting The Computer; Restoring The Preinstalled Software From The Product Recovery Cd-Rom - Toshiba Portégé M100 User Manual

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Restarting the computer

Certain conditions require that you restart the computer system. For example, if:
You change certain computer settings.
An error occurs and the computer does not respond to your keyboard
commands.
There are two ways to restart the computer system:
1. If you are using Windows XP, click start then click Turn off computer.
From the Turn off computer menu select Restart.
If you are using Windows 2000, click Start and click Shut Down. From the
Shut Down menu select Restart.
2. Press the power button and hold it down for five seconds. Wait 10 to 15
seconds, then turn the power on again by pressing the power button.
Restoring the preinstalled software
from the Product Recovery CD-ROM
If preinstalled files are damaged, use the Product Recovery CD-ROM to restore
them. To restore the operating system and all preinstalled software, follow the steps
below.
CAUTION: When you reinstall the Windows operating system, the hard
disk will be reformatted and all data will be lost.
1. Load the Product Recovery CD-ROM in the fixed optical media drive and turn
off the computer's power.
2. Hold down the F12 key and turn on the power. When In Touch with
Tomorrow TOSHIBA appears, release the F12 key.
3. Use the left or right cursor key to select the CD-ROM icon in the display
menu. For details, refer to the
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
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Boot priority section in Chapter 7, HW Setup.