Power and Power-Up Modes
Portégé A100
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Portégé A100
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Installing the battery cover
Starting the computer by password
To start up the computer with the user password, follow these steps:
1. Turn on the power as described in Chapter 3,
Getting Started
.
The following message appears:
Password
=
At this point, the hotkeys
Fn
+
F1
to
F5
do not work. They will function
after you enter the password.
2. Enter the password.
3. Press
Enter
.
If you enter the password incorrectly three times in a row, the computer
shuts off. In this case, you must turn the computer back on to retry
password entry.
Power-up modes
The computer has the following power-up modes:
■
Boot: Computer shuts down without saving data. Always save your
work before you turn the computer off in boot mode.
■
Hibernation: Data in memory is saved to the hard disk.
■
Standby: Data is maintained in the computer’s main memory.
Refer also to the sections Turning on the power and Turning off the power
in Chapter 3, Getting Started.
