Rewrote “What are the different ways to reset a Newton?” for clarity

Author: splorp

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@@ -577,84 +577,102 @@ <h4 id="IIIB1">1. How do I find the Newton’s built-in Help Book?</h4>
 
 			<h4 id="IIIB2">2. What are the different ways to reset a Newton?</h4>
 
-			<p>Pressing the power button does not “reset” or “reboot” a Newton. In fact, the power button isn’t really a power button per se, it’s more of a “go to sleep” button. Unlike other computers, a Newton device never turns off completely. It’s more like being in a suspended or sleeping state, and is still able to receive beams, faxes, or wake you automatically.</p>
+			<p>First of all, pressing the power button does not “reset” or “reboot” a Newton.</p>
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+			<p>In fact, it isn’t really a power button in the first place, it’s more of a “put me to sleep” and “wake me back up” button. Unlike other computers, a Newton device is never completely powered off. It’s a suspended state where the device is still able to receive beams, faxes, or wake up automatically.</p>
 
-			<p>There are a number of ways to reset or reboot a Newton device, with varying levels of severity. Four of these reset methods are described in the Apple Support article <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20020221185237/http://karchive.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=17908">Newton MessagePad: Different Types of Reset</a>.</p>
+			<p>There are a number of ways to reset or reboot a Newton device.</p>
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+			<p>Some are described in the Apple Support article <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20020221185237/http://karchive.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=17908">Newton MessagePad: Different Types of Reset</a>.</p>
 
 			<h5 id="IIIB2a">a. Soft Reset</h5>
 
-			<p>This is the most straightforward of the four resets. Just press the “Reset” button on the back of your Newton with your stylus. Alternatively, many software packages have the ability to perform a soft reset.</p>
+			<p>The soft reset is the most straightforward method. Press the reset button on the back of your Newton device.</p>
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+			<p>Several software packages have the ability to perform a soft reset as well.</p>
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+			<p>This type of reset is useful if a Newton device becomes sluggish or runs out of heap memory.</p>
 
-			<p>A soft reset can be helpful if the Newton becomes sluggish or runs out of heap memory. You will not lose any data doing a soft reset.</p>
+			<p>No data is lost during a soft reset.</p>
 
 			<h5 id="IIIB2b">b. Deep Reset</h5>
 
-			<p>The deep reset is similar to a soft reset. Press the reset button on the back of the Newton device and hold it down for approximately 20 seconds, until you hear a chime. This type of reset is used when there’s a power problem with your Newton, or there’s a problem when doing a standard reboot. It resets at a slightly lower level than a soft reset.</p>
+			<p>The deep reset is similar to a soft reset, but works at a slightly lower level in the operating system. Press the reset button on the back of the Newton device and hold it down for approximately 20 seconds, until you hear a chime.</p>
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+			<p>This type of reset is useful when there’s a problem with powering your Newton device or when a soft reset did not solve a particular problem.</p>
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+			<p>No data is lost during a deep reset.</p>
 
 			<h5 id="IIIB2c">c. Reset With Extensions Off</h5>
 
-			<p>A reset with extensions off allows you to start up your Newton without loading any packages. The effect is similar to freezing all packages and returning the Newton to a nearly factory state. There are several reasons why you might want to stop packages from activating when inserting a storage card or rebooting your Newton. For example, there might be a conflict between packages, a package or its soup may have become corrupt, or you need to maximize the amount of heap. With no packages loaded, your Newton will have it’s maximum amount of heap available.</p>
+			<p>A reset with extensions off allows you to reboot your Newton device without loading any previously installed packages. The effect is similar to freezing all installed packages and returning the Newton to a “from the factory” state.</p>
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+			<p>You may want to stop packages from activating when inserting a storage card or rebooting your Newton device when there’s a conflict between packages, a package or soup has become corrupt, or you need to maximize the amount of heap memory. With no packages activated, your device will be able to utilize the maximum amount of available heap memory.</p>
 
-			<p>To perform a reset with extensions off, press the reset button on the back of the Newton and then flip the Newton over so the screen is facing you. Immediately tap and hold your stylus (or your fingernail) halfway down the left edge of the screen, about a centimeter from the casing. Keep holding the stylus there until a dialog box appears asking if you’d like to activate packages on the store “Internal”. Tap “No”.</p>
+			<p>To perform a reset with extensions off, press the reset button on the back of the Newton and then flip the Newton over so the screen is facing you. Immediately tap and hold the pen (or your fingernail) halfway down the left edge of the screen, about a centimeter from the bezel. Keep holding until a dialog box appears asking if you’d like to activate packages on the store “Internal”. Tap “No”.</p>
 
-			<p>If you have any PC cards installed, return the stylus to the left edge and keep holding it down. You’ll see the same dialog box for each card that is installed. Tap “No”.<p>
+			<p>If you have any PC cards installed, return the pen (or your fingernail) to the left edge and continue holding it down. You’ll see the same dialog box for each card that is installed. Tap “No”.<p>
 
-			<p>Once this procedure is complete, your Newton will not have any activated packages. You can now delete any corrupted or conflicting packages from the device.</p>
+			<p>Once this procedure is complete, your Newton device will not have any activated packages. You can now delete the corrupted or conflicting packages from the device.</p>
 
-			<p>You won’t lose data doing a reset with extensions off. However, if you have a third-party application set as the backdrop, (such as Backdrop Plus or Avi’s Backdrop) it will be replaced with the Notepad. You’ll have to set the third-party application as the backdrop again.</p>
+			<p>No data is lost during a reset with extension off.</p>
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+			<p>However, if you have a third-party application set as the backdrop, it will be replaced with the Notepad application.</p>
 
 			<h5 id="IIIB2d">d. MessagePad 2000/2100 Power Drain Reset</h5>
 
-			<p>MessagePad 2000 and MessagePad 2100 devices have a special last-resort reset which cures most ills, but doesn’t lose any of your data. It’s simple: remove the batteries, cards, and the power adapter. Don’t worry, your data is safe. Let your Newton sit by itself for several hours. Then put in fresh batteries, plug in the power adapter, and press reset.</p>
+			<p>MessagePad 2000 and MessagePad 2100 devices have a special type of reset which solves many issues pertaining specifically to these devices. Remove all batteries, cards, and disconnect the power adapter. Let the Newton device sit for several hours until the internal super capacitor is discharged. The super capacitor acts like a backup battery. Put in the batteries, plug in the power adapter, and press the reset button.</p>
 
-			<h5 id="IIIB2e">e. Hard Reset (Brain Wipe)</h5>
+			<p>No data is lost during a power drain reset.</p>
 
-			<p>Before you perform a hard reset, first remove all PCMCIA cards from the Newton (this is <em>really</em> important, otherwise you may destroy the card!).</p>
+			<h5 id="IIIB2e">e. Hard Reset (Brain Wipe)</h5>
 
-			<p>Warning: A hard reset <strong>will erase everything on your Newton</strong>. Use it with caution, and usually only as a last resort. If you are performing a backup and restore cycle, you will want to perform a hard reset after the backup and before the restore. Other than that, you will probably never perform one; unless you have major data corruption, or are selling your Newton.</p>
+			<p>A hard reset is a last resort and is nicknamed “brain wipe” for a reasons. This method <strong>will erase everything on your Newton device</strong> and return it to its original factory settings.</p>
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+			<p>This type of reset is useful if you are experiencing major soup corruption or are selling the device and wish to remove all personal data.</p>
 
-			<p>To perform a hard reset, press the reset button while holding down the power switch. You will be presented with a dialog box asking “Do you want to erase data completely”. Tap “Yes” if you want to perform the hard reset and erase everything on the Newton. You will be asked to confirm your selection, and then the data will be erased.</p>
+			<p>Before you perform a hard reset, remove all cards from the Newton device. Leaving a memory card in the device may damage the card.</p>
 
-			<p>Note that performing a backup, hard reset, and restore cycle will defragment storage and potentially speed up your Newton device.</p>
+			<p>It is recommended that you perform a full backup of your device prior to a hard reset. After the hard reset, you can then restore you data from the backup.</p>
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+			<p>To perform a hard reset, press the reset button while holding down the power switch. You will be presented with a dialog box asking “Do you want to erase data completely”. Tap “Yes” if you want to perform the hard reset and erase everything on the Newton. You will be asked to confirm your selection, and then all data will be erased.</p>
 
+			<p>Performing a backup, hard reset, and restore cycle will defragment storage and potentially speed up your Newton device.</p>
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 			<p>See also: <a href="#IIID1">How is storage space calculated?</a></p>
 
 			<h5 id="IIIB2f">f. Cold Boot</h5>
 
-			<p>(From Apple’s article which only applies to the Original MessagePad and 1x0 models.)</p>
+			<p>A cold boot only applies to the Original MessagePad and MessagePad 1x0 models. <sup><a href="#IIIB2f-10">10</a></sup></p>
 
-			<p>A cold boot erases all data, any System Update installed, and sets the Newton OS back to factory defaults. There are two methods to do this.</p>
+			<p>This method erases all data, installed packages, any System Update that has been installed, and return the device to its original factory settings
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+			<p>It is recommended that you perform a full backup of your device prior to a cold boot. After the cold boot, you can then restore you data from the backup.</p>
 
-			<p><strong>WARNING:</strong> You should backup your data prior to a Cold Boot.</p>
+			<p>There are two ways to perform a cold boot:</p>
 
 			<p><strong>Method 1</strong></p>
 
-			<ol>
+			<ul>
 				<li>Disconnect the power adapter.</li>
 				<li>Remove the main batteries.</li>
-				<li>Remove the round Lithium backup battery.</li>
+				<li>Remove the backup battery.</li>
 				<li>Hold the power switch down for 5 seconds.</li>
 				<li>Release the power switch.</li>
 				<li>Repeat steps 4 and 5 four more times.</li>
-			</ol>
+			</ul>
 
 			<p><strong>Method 2</strong></p>
 
-			<ol>
+			<ul>
 				<li>Disconnect the power adapter.</li>
 				<li>Remove the main batteries.</li>
-				<li>Remove the round Lithium backup battery.</li>
-				<li>Let the Apple MessagePad sit this way for 15 minutes.</li>
-			</ol>
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-			<p><strong>Notes:</strong></p>
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-			<ul>
-				<li>On a MessagePad 120, no data is erased since data is stored in the internal non-volatile Flash RAM.</li>
-				<li>On a MessagePad 120, a cold boot resets the Power Manager. Stylus alignment is required on the next use.</li>
-				<li>The Time Zone, Date, Time, and Prefs need to be set up.</li>
+				<li>Remove the backup battery.</li>
+				<li>Let the Apple MessagePad sit for at least 15 minutes.</li>
 			</ul>
 
+			<p id="IIIB2f-10"><sup>10</sup> On MessagePad 120 devices, no data is lost since data is stored in the internal non-volatile Flash RAM. Also on MessagePad 120 devices, a cold boot resets the power manager. Pen alignment will be required, as will setting the date, time, time zone, and other preferences.</p>
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 			<h4 id="IIIB3">3. How do I transfer data to and from a Newton?</h4>
 
 			<h5 id="IIIB3a">a. What are the various ways to input data on the Newton?</h5>