Power and Power-Up Modes

Tablet mode

Enter your password by tapping the on-screen keyboard using the Tablet PC Pen.

Figure 6-4 On-screen keyboard

■The beep sounds when tapping the on-screen keyboard with the Tablet PC Pen. An * (asterisk) is displayed after “Password =” and one character is input for every tapping.

Register your password to the computer in the Laptop mode using the standard keyboard. Refer to TOSHIBA Password Utility, in this chapter for the detail.

Power-up modes

The computer has the following power-up modes:

■Boot: Computer shuts down without saving data. Always save your work before you turn the computer off in boot mode.

■Hibernation: Data in memory is saved to the hard disk drive.

■Sleep: Data is maintained in the computer’s memory.

Refer also to the sections Turning on the power and Turning off the power in Chapter 3, Getting Started.

Windows utilities

You can configure various settings associated with both Sleep Mode and Hibernation Mode within the Power Options (to access it, Start -> Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> Power Options).

Hot keys

You can use hot keys Fn + F3 to enter Sleep Mode and Fn + F4 to enter Hibernation. Refer to Chapter 5, The Keyboard for details.

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