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Restarting (rebooting) your notebook

Restarting (rebooting) your notebook

If your notebook does not respond to keyboard or touchpad input, you may have to close programs that are not responding. If closing unresponsive programs does not restore your notebook to normal operation, you may have to restart (reboot) your notebook.

To close unresponsive programs and restart your notebook:

1 Press CTRL+ALT+DEL. A window opens that lets you close a program that is not responding.

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3 Close the program by clicking End Task.

4 If your notebook does not respond, turn it off, wait ten seconds and turn it on again.

Important

If your notebook does not turn off immediately, complete the following steps until the notebook turns off:

■Press and hold the power button for about five seconds, then release it

■Insert a straightened paper clip into the reset hole on the bottom of your notebook

■Remove AC power and the battery for more than 10 seconds

As a part of the regular startup process, a program to check the disk status runs automatically. When the checks are finished, Windows starts.

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