Toshiba X300 User Manual

User’s Manual

3-11

Getting Started

To enter Hibernation Mode, follow the steps below.
1. Click Start.

2. Click the arrow button (

) in the power management buttons 

(

) and select Hibernate from the menu.

The computer can be configured to enter Hibernation Mode automatically 

when you press the power button or close the lid. In order to define these 

settings, you can follow the steps as described below:
1. Click Start and click the Control Panel.
2. Click System and Maintenance and click Power Options.
3. Click Choose what the power button does or Choose what closing 

the lid does.

4. Enable the desired Hibernation Mode settings for When I press the 

power button and When I close the lid.

5. Click the Save changes button.

When you turn off the power in Hibernation Mode, the computer will take a 

moment to save the current data in memory to the hard disk drive. During 

this time, the Hard Disk Drive indicator will glow.
After you turn off the computer, and the content of memory has been saved 

to the hard disk drive, turn off the power to any peripheral devices.

Certain conditions require that you reset the computer, for example if:

■

You change certain computer settings.

■

An error occurs and the computer does not respond to your keyboard 

commands.

If you need to restart the computer, there are three ways this can be 

achieved:

■

Click Start then click the arrow button (

) in the power management 

buttons (

) and select Restart from the menu.

■

Press CTRL, ALT and DEL simultaneously (once) to display the menu 

window, then select Restart from the Shut down options.

■

Press the power button and hold it down for five seconds. Once the 

computer has turned itself off, wait between ten and fifteen seconds 

before turning the power on again by pressing the power button.