Restarting (rebooting) your convertible notebook
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Restarting (rebooting) your convertible notebook
Important
If your convertible notebook does not
turn off immediately, complete the
following
steps until the convertible notebook
turns off:
1. Press and hold the power button for
about five seconds, then release it.
2. Unplug the power cord and remove the
battery for more than 10 seconds.
If your convertible notebook does not respond to keyboard, touchpad, or
mouse input, you may have to close programs that are not responding. If closing
unresponsive programs does not restore your convertible notebook to normal
operation, you may have to restart (reboot) your convertible notebook.
To close unresponsive programs and restart your convertible notebook:
1 Press the Windows Security button . The Windows Security dialog box
opens. For more information, see “Using the tablet control buttons” on
page 20.
-OR-
Press C
TRL+ALT +DEL. The Windows Security dialog box opens.
2 Tap or click Task Manager. The Windows Task Manager dialog box opens.
3 Tap or click the program that is not responding.
4 Tap or click End Task.
5 Tap or click X in the top-right corner of the Windows Task Manager dialog
box.
6 If your convertible notebook does not respond, turn it off, wait ten
seconds, then turn it on again.
As a part of the regular startup process, a program to check the disk status
runs automatically. When the checks are finished, Windows starts.