Toshiba SATELLITE P500 Manual De Usuario

User’s Manual

3-9

Getting Started

The computer will enter Hibernation mode automatically when you press 

the power button or close the Display Screen. First, however, make the 

appropriate settings according to the steps below. 
1. Open the Control Panel. 
2. Open System and Security and open Power Options. 
3. Select Choose what the power button does.
4. Enable the desired Hibernation 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 takes a 

moment to save current memory data to the hard disk. During this time, the 

Disk LED will light up. 
After you turn off the computer and memory is saved to the hard disk, turn 

off the power to any peripheral devices. 

Certain conditions require that you reset the system. For example, if: 

■

You change certain computer settings. 

■

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

commands. 

There are three ways to reset the computer system: 

■

Click 

 then click the arrow icon 

 located in the Shut down button 

, and select Restart from drop down menu. 

■

Press Ctrl + Alt + Del 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 it on again with the power button. 

About 1.5GB hidden partition is allocated on the hard drive for the System 

Recovery Options.