CHAPTER 2: Checking Out Your Gateway Notebook | www.gateway.com |
Restarting (rebooting) your notebook
Important
If your notebook does not turn off immediately, complete the following steps until the notebook turns off:
1.Press and hold the power button for about five seconds, then release it.
2.Unplug the power cord and remove the battery for more than 10 seconds.
If your notebook does not respond to keyboard, touchpad, or mouse 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:
1Press CTRL+ALT+DEL. The Windows Security dialog box opens.
2Click Task Manager. The Windows Task Manager dialog box opens.
3Click the program that is not responding.
4Click End Task.
5Click X in the
6If your notebook does not respond, turn it off, wait ten seconds, then turn it on again.
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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