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Shutting Down Your Notebook
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Shutting Down Your Notebook
1 Click Start on the Windows® taskbar.
2 (Windows XP) Click Turn Off Computer at the bottom of the Start menu to
display the Turn Off computer dialog box, and click Turn Off.
(Windows 2000) Click Shut Down at the bottom of the Start menu to display
the Shut Down Windows dialog box, and click Shut Down.
3 Wait for your notebook to turn off automatically. The notebook is off when
the power indicator turns off.
4 Turn off any attachments connected to your notebook.
If you are unable to turn off your notebook:
1 Close or end all operations.
❑ Close all applications.
❑ Remove the PC Cards.
❑ Disconnect USB devices.
2 Restart the notebook. (Windows XP) Press the key combination
Ctrl+Alt+Delete. The Windows Task Manager screen appears. Click the
Shut Down tab, and select Restart. (Windows 2000) Press the key
combination Ctrl+Alt+Delete. The Windows Security screen appears. Click
Shut Down, and select Restart from the drop-down list.
To avoid potential loss of data, follow these steps to turn off your notebook.
✍ Respond to any prompts warning you to save documents.
✍ During a period of inactivity, you can conserve battery life by using Standby mode.
See “Controlling Power Management” in the online user guide for more information.
✍ If you are still unable to shut down the notebook, you can press the power button and
hold it for more than 4 seconds. This operation may result in data loss.