PORTÉGÉ M780

Getting Started

■All users should be sure to read the section Starting up for the first time.

■Be sure to read the enclosed Instruction Manual for Safety and Comfort for information on the safe and proper use of this computer. It is intended to help you be more comfortable and productive while using a notebook computer. By following the recommendations in it you may reduce your chance of developing a painful or disabling injury to your hand, arms, shoulders or neck.

This section provides basic information to start using your computer. It covers the following topics:

■About the Tablet mode■Connecting the AC adaptor■Opening the display■Turning on the power■Starting up for the first time■Turning off the power■System Recovery Options and Restoring the preinstalled software■Restarting the computer■Use a virus-check program and make sure it is updated regularly.

■Never format storage media without checking its content - formatting destroys all stored data.

■It is a good idea to periodically back up the internal hard disk drive or other main storage device to external media. General storage media is not durable or stable over long periods of time and under certain conditions may result in data loss.

■Before you install a device or application, save any data in memory to the hard disk drive or other storage media. Failure to do so may result in the loss of data.

About the Tablet mode

Change to “The TOSHIBA PORTÉGÉ M780” computer can be used in two ways, as an ordinary laptop PC and as a Tablet PC. You can use the computer as Tablet PC, operated with the supplied Tablet PC Pen, by turning the display panel through 180 degrees and closing it. This manual calls the use as an ordinary laptop PC “Laptop mode”, and the use as a Tablet PC “Tablet mode”. Refer to Changing to the Tablet mode section in Chapter 4, Operating Basics, for details on changing the mode.

User’s Manual

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