How to read your laptop like a book

[jmt356]

If you want to really get the experience of reading an ebook on your laptop, press left alt + right control + left arrow and everything on your screen will rotate 90 degrees. Then proceed to rotate your laptop and hold it like a book. Avoid any sudden movements or your hard drive will crash. To restore the screen, press left alt + right ctrl + up arrow.

[HansV]

These keyboard shortcuts are provided by and hence dependent on the graphics card. They don't work only on laptops, and may not work on all laptops.

(As far as I know it isn't necessary to use the right Ctrl key, the left Ctrl key should work too)

[westerneagle]

Does not work on my Toshiba Satellite P205

[HansV]

As I wrote, it depends on the graphics card. Moreover, it is often possible to disable the shortcut keys for rotating the screen.

[wasbit]

Then proceed to rotate your laptop and hold it like a book. Avoid any sudden movements or your hard drive will crash.

I would suggest you have either a dodgy hard drive or more likely a dodgy connection.