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 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. 61