G e t t i n g S t a r t e d
2/4 OWNER’S HANDBOOK
Shutting down the PC
To shut down the computer safely, do the following:
1. Wait until all the activity indicators on the front bezel show
‘not busy’.
2. Turn off any attached peripherals, except for the monitor and
other peripherals that are designed to be kept on permanently.
3. According to your operating system:
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In Windows 95 or Windows NT 5.x, click the
Start
button in the taskbar, then click
Shut Down.
Select
Shutdown the computer
and click
Yes.
You do
not
have to
press the P
OWER
button.
◊
In Windows NT 4.x, click the
Start
button in the taskbar,
then click
Shut Down.
Select
Shutdown the computer
and
click
Yes.
When told that it is safe to do so, press the
P
OWER
button to turn off the computer.
◊
In Windows for Workgroups, click the
File
menu in
Program Manager, then click
Exit Windows
. Once back in
MS-DOS, press the P
OWER
button.
◊
In MS-DOS, or during POST, press the P
OWER
button.
After you shut down the PC, wait at least 5 seconds before turning
it on again. The computer may not initialise itself properly if you
turn it off then on again in quick succession.
Emergency shut down
In exceptional circumstances, you can put your PC into Off [
red
]
mode without shutting down Windows first. To do this, press and
hold down the P
OWER
button for at least four seconds.
If you press the P
OWER
button while the PC is running MS-DOS
or performing the power-on self-test (POST), the PC
always
goes
directly into Off [
red
] mode.
CAUTION
In an emergency shut down, you may lose any recent changes made to
the files you are currently working on.
