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To reboot the OmniBook
Rebooting essentially starts up the OmniBook software from scratch—your current work
session is discarded, and the operating system rereads the system files to determine the
proper configuration. This is similar to rebooting a PC.
Restarting the OmniBook
Click Start, Shut Down, then click a shut-down option. (If the OmniBook has stopped
responding, try pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL.) In certain situations, you may need to press
the reset button—see the next topic.
If your OmniBook doesn’t restart successfully, press CTRL+ALT+DEL again—but when
“Starting Windows...” appears on the display, press F8. Then choose the “safe mode”
option or another option and investigate the problem. See “Troubleshooting Tips for
Windows 95”.
To reboot normally (from drive C)
1. If possible, exit Program Manager (and Windows).
2. If the OmniBook floppy drive is plugged in, make sure there’s no disk in the drive.
3. For a normal reboot, hold CTRL and ALT, press DEL (abbreviated as
CTRL+ALT+DEL), then release all keys. If you’re prompted, press CTRL+ALT+DEL
again. (If nothing happens, see the next topic to do a reset.)
4. Optional: When the OmniBook displays a list of several configurations, press
SPACEBAR to stop the 5-second timeout—then press a number key and ENTER to
select a particular configuration. If you do nothing, the OmniBook uses its default
configuration, option 1.
If your system doesn’t succeed with a normal reboot, one or more of your system files on
drive C may be bad. If you have a floppy boot disk available, you can reboot from the
floppy drive (see “To reboot from a floppy disk” below)—or you can selectively reboot
from drive C. See “If the OmniBook doesn’t reboot successfully”.
To reboot from a floppy disk
1. Insert the OmniBook floppy drive.
2. You can use your Support Utility disk.
3. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to reboot from the floppy disk.
To reset the OmniBook
If the OmniBook unexpectedly hangs up in a state where nothing seems to work, you
may need to reset it. When you reset the system, it discards your current work session,
resets and checks the hardware, and rereads the system files.
1. First, try rebooting the OmniBook—see the previous topic.
2. If the floppy drive is plugged in, make sure there’s no disk in the drive—unless
you’re trying to reboot from a floppy disk.
Restarting the
OmniBook
