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FT1200 HANDBOOK 1/9
place or ‘pre-installed’ on the hard disk, so that the operating system
is ready for you when you turn on the computer.
NOTE
If a diskette is in the diskette drive when the computer is turned on, the
computer will attempt to boot using that diskette. This will succeed only
if the diskette is a ‘system diskette’; that is, one bearing at least the
rudiments of an operating system.
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:
◊
In 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 Netware or similar, exit or shutdown the software
according to the information given in your user guide,
which returns you to a DOS prompt. You can then safely
press the POWER button to turn off the computer.
After you have shut down, 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.
