Starting The Computer By Password; Power-Up Modes - Toshiba P300 User Manual

Starting the computer by password

If you have already registered a password, there are two ways to start the
computer:
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Swipe your fingerprint on the sensor if you have already registered the
fingerprint with the Fingerprint utility and enabled Fingerprint Power-
on Security. If you would not like to swipe your finger or cannot
authenticate the fingerprint for some reasons, push the BkSp key to
skip the fingerprint authentication screen. You can try to swipe the
fingerprint up to five times. If you failed fingerprint authentication more
than five times, you must enter the password manually to start the
computer.
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Enter the password manually.
The password is necessary only if the computer was shut down in boot
mode, not in Hibernation or Sleep mode.
To enter a password manually, follow these steps:
1. Turn on the power as described in Chapter 3,
following message appears:
At this point, the hotkeys Fn + F1 to F9 do not work. They will function after
you enter the password.
2. Enter the password.
3. Press Enter.
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.

Power-up modes

The computer has the following power-up modes:
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Boot Mode: Computer shuts down without saving data. Always save
your work before you turn the computer off in boot mode.
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Hibernation Mode: Data in memory is saved to the hard disk.
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Sleep Mode: Data is maintained in the computer's main memory.
Refer also to the sections
in Chapter 3,
Hot keys
You can use hot keys Fn + F3 to enter Sleep Mode and Fn + F4 to enter
Hibernation Mode. Refer to Chapter 5,
User's Manual
Password=
Turning on the power
Getting Started.
Power and Power-Up Modes
Getting Started. The
and Turning off the power
The Keyboard for details.
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