Using your notebook
Shutting down your computer
Sony Notebook User Guide
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Shutting down your computer
1 Click the Start button on the Windows
®
taskbar.
2 Click Shut Down at the bottom of the Start menu to display the Shut Down
Windows dialog box.
3 Select Shut down.
4 Click OK.
5 Waitforyourcomputertoturnoffautomatically.Thepowerindicatorwill
turn off.
6 Turn off any peripheral connected to your computer.
! To avoid potential loss of data,
follow these steps to shut down
your computer.
Respond to any prompts warning
you to save documents.
If you are unable to shut down
your computer using the steps
described above:
- close all software in use,
- remove the PC Cards if inserted,
- disconnect any USB devices,
then restart the computer.
If the previous steps do not work,
see the Troubleshooting section
of this User Guide.
During a period of inactivity, you
can conserve battery life by using
the System Suspend mode. See
Controlling Power Management
in your Software Guide for further
details.