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- Power Management
Windows Power Management
The Power Options icon in the Control Panel allows you to configure some of the power management
settings. For example, you can use Power Options to set the timeout values for turning off the display and
hard disks whether you are running the notebook on battery or one of the adapters.
Restarting the System
If your system is on and you need to restart it, be sure that you use the following procedure.
1
Click the [Start] button, then move the mouse over the small arrow at the bottom right of the right-hand pane.
2
Select
Restart
from the list.
Powering Off
Before turning off the power, check that the hard drive/optical drive access indicator is off. If you turn off
the power while accessing a disk there is a risk of data loss. To ensure that your notebook shuts down
without error, use the Windows shutdown procedure.
Using the correct procedure to shut down from Windows allows your notebook to complete its operations
and turn off power in the proper sequence to avoid errors. The proper sequence is:
Click the [Start] button, and then move the mouse over the small arrow at the bottom right of the right-
hand pane. Click the [Shut Down] button.
T
URNING
OFF
YOUR
L
IFE
B
OOK
NOTEBOOK
WITHOUT
EXITING
W
INDOWS
OR
TURNING
ON
YOUR
NOTEBOOK
WITHIN
10
SECONDS
OF
THE
NOTEBOOK
BEING
SHUT
OFF
MAY
CAUSE
AN
ERROR
WHEN
YOU
START
THE
NEXT
TIME
.
B
E
SURE
TO
CLOSE
ALL
FILES
AND
EXIT
ALL
APPLICATIONS
PRIOR
TO
TURNING
OFF
THE
POWER
. I
F
FILES
ARE
OPEN
WHEN
YOU
TURN
THE
POWER
OFF
,
YOU
WILL
LOSE
ANY
CHANGES
THAT
HAVE
NOT
BEEN
SAVED
,
AND
MAY
CAUSE
DISK
ERRORS
.
