Toshiba R500 User Manual

User’s Manual

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Power and Power-Up Modes

If you have already registered a password, there are three ways to start the 
computer:

■

Insert an SD Card token before you turn on the computer. The 
computer will start normally, without displaying a password prompt.

■

Swipe your fingerprint on the sensor if you have already registered the 
fingerprint with the Fingerprint utility and enabled Fingerprint System 
Boot Authentication. If you would not like to swipe your finger or cannot 
authenticate the fingerprint for some reasons, push the BACK SPACE 
key to skip the fingerprint authentication screen. You can try to swipe 
the fingerprint up to five times. If you failed fingerprint authentication 
five times, you must enter the password manually to start the computer.

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Enter the password manually.

To enter a password manually, follow these steps:

1. Turn on the power as described in Chapter 1, 

. The 

following message will appear in the screen:

S

2. Enter the Password.

3. Press ENTER.

The computer has three different power-up modes as follows:

■

Boot Mode : The computer will shut down without saving data - in view 
of this you must always save your work before you turn the computer 
off.

■

Hibernation Mode : Data in memory will be saved to the hard disk drive.

■

Sleep Mode : Data will maintained in the computer's memory.

You can configure various settings associated with both Sleep Mode and 
Hibernation Mode within the Power Options (to access it, Start -> Control 
Panel -> System and Maintenance -> Power Options).

 in Chapter 1, Getting Started for further information.