3-6 User’s Manual
Getting Started
Strategic Rest Breaks
Take short, strategically spaced rest breaks to avoid eye strain and body
discomforts.
For more specific recommendations on the safety and comfort of your
computer environment, customers in the United States may visit the United
States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration website at: http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/
computerworkstations/
Other Things to Note
■ Never turn off the power while an application is running. Doing so could
cause loss of data.
■ Use a virus-check program and make sure it is updated regularly.
■ Never turn off the power, disconnect an external storage device or
remove storage media during data read/write. Doing so can cause data
loss.
■ 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 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.
Operating the computer in Tablet mode
TOSHIBA PORTÉGÉ M400 computer can be used in two ways; ordinary
laptop PC and Tablet PC. You can use the computer as Tablet PC that is
operated with attached Tablet PC Pen by turning LCD display panel in 180
degrees and closing it. This manual calls the use as an ordinary laptop PC
as Laptop mode, and the use as Tablet PC as Tablet mode. Refer to
Changing to the Tablet mode section in Chapter 4, Operating Basics for
the changing of the mode.