Toshiba Portege M200 Restarting the computer, Restoring the preinstalled software from the Product Recovery CD-ROMor DVD ROM

Getting Started

Restarting the computer

Certain conditions require that you reset the system. For example, if:

■You change certain computer settings.

■An error occurs and the computer does not respond to your keyboard commands.

There are three ways to restart the computer system:

1.Press Ctrl + Alt + Del or Windows Security tablet button to display the Windows Task Manager, then select Shutdown and Restart.

2.Select Restart from the Turn Off Computer window in the start menu.

3.Slide the power button and hold it down for five seconds. Wait 10 to 15 seconds, then turn the power on again by sliding the power button.

Restoring the preinstalled software from the Product Recovery CD-ROM or DVD ROM

If preinstalled files are damaged, use the Product Recovery CD
ROM or DVD
ROM to restore them. To restore the operating system and all preinstalled software, follow the steps below.

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 external optional optical disk 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 Boot priority section in Chapter 7, HW Setup.

4.Follow the on
screen instructions.

5.If your computer came with additional software installed, this software can not be recovered from the Product Recovery disk. Re
install these applications (e.g. Works Suite, DVD Player, Games, etc) separately from other media.

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