Netbooks

Netbook FAQ's 

Contacts: First contact is Mason or Will. Second contact: Mrs Demanser or Miss Hill. Third contact Mr Horwill. Fourth contact Chris.

If you treat these Netbooks with care respect you will be able to use them more often and for longer.

1. If the screen of netbook show a long boot list (normally you won’t get this screen but some times shutdown netbook in wrong way or netbook lost power, this will happen), which the first one is “repair this computer”, please select the last option “boot computer normally”, if it is already getting into repair mode, then please don’t switch of netbooks, YOU MUST wait the repair processing finish or netbook has to be reimaged.

2. When handling your netbook pick it up with two hands by the base. If you pick your Netbook up by the screen it has a high chance of breaking.

3. No liquids or food within 1m of your Netbook.

4. Save all your work into folders e.g. English, SOSE, ICT, Maths, Projects.

5. Save your Pictures and Videos into the My Pictures and My Videos folders.

6. Use subfolders within main folders e.g. English/Journals/Olympics.

7. Always shut your computer down correctly i.e. Start/Shutdown.

8. Charge your Netbook every night. You can't drive a car with any petrol and you can't use your Netbook without any power.

9. Ensure your name is on your netbook, case and power lead and USB.

10. Only use your USB as a backup once you have saved a copy to your Home Drive on the school network.