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Learning the Basics

When You Turn the Computer On…

When You Turn the Computer On…

When you press the power button, the system performs its normal self-test and startup procedure, then lets you get to work. Using

Windows 95’s Suspend command or Toshiba’s Resume Mode bypasses these steps and saves time and battery power.

All Those Messages...

When you turn the computer on, it flashes a number of messages across the screen before it loads Windows 95. Don’t worry if you don’t understand any of these messages. They indicate that the computer’s going through its normal startup procedure.

If you’re really interested in what’s going on, there’s more information in “What Really Happens When You Turn the Computer

On?” on page 233.The next section tells you how to get to work immediately without waiting for all of the messages to appear.

How to Start Where You Left Off

Many times, you’ll turn your computer off, intending to continue a bit later. When you’re ready to return to work, you turn the power on and wait while the computer displays messages and loads

Windows 95. Then, finally, you can get back to work.

There’s an easier way. By using Windows 95’s Suspend command or Toshiba’s Resume Mode, you can start your computer and have everything back to where it was when you turned the power off. These features provide a sort of electronic bookmark.

They use the computer’s backup battery to store its current state in memory while the power is off and, when you turn the computer back on, to restore the state the system was in before you turned the power off.

Suspending the computer is energy efficient. By avoiding the startup procedure, it extends the amount of work you can get done before recharging your battery.

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Most of the time, you’ll find the Windows 95 Suspend command quite convenient. However, using Toshiba’s Resume Mode lets you set additional power saving options in MaxTime:

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Enabling the System Auto Off option turns the system off automatically when you aren’t using it.

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Enabling the Panel Power On/Off option turns the system on when you open the display panel, and off when you close the display panel.

For more information about setting these options, refer to “Max-

Time” on page 275.

Using the Suspend Command

To turn the computer off using the Windows 95 Suspend command:

1 If you’re on a network, save any files you are using over a local area network.

Your network connection may be lost when you suspend your computer.

2 Click Start.

3 Click Suspend.

The Suspend command saves the current system settings, shuts down Windows 95, and turns the computer off.

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Using Resume Mode

There are several ways to turn Resume Mode on and off. This section describes how to use a key combination, called a hotkey, to select Resume Mode. This is the quickest method. Turn to “Starting Again Where You Left Off” on page 117 for the other methods.

To select Resume Mode, follow these steps:

1 Start MaxTime, if it’s not already running.

2 Press

Fn

+

F3

to display the power-up pop-up window.

Resume On

The power-up pop-up window

3 While continuing to hold

Fn

, press

F3

until Resume Mode is highlighted.

4 Release the

Fn

key.

The system is now in Resume Mode. The next time you turn your computer off and back on, you’ll be right back where you left off.

If the system displays the WARNING: RESUME MODE

FAILURE message when you turn the computer back on in

Resume Mode, the computer’s backup battery is probably discharged. This may happen if you’ve had the computer turned off for a long time. Since the backup battery receives its charge from the battery pack, you’ll need to charge the battery pack first, then wait approximately seven hours for the backup battery to charge completely.

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