Toshiba SATELLITE L300 - Manual (Page 53)

User’s Manual 3-5
Getting Started
Turning on the power
This section describes how to turn on the power
1. If the external diskette drive is connected, make sure it is empty. If a
diskette is in the drive, press the eject button and remove the diskette.
2. Open the display panel.
3. Press and hold the computer’s power button for two or three seconds.
Turning on the power
Starting up for the first time
When you first turn on the power, the computer’s initial screen is the
Windows
7 Startup Screen Logo.
Follow the on-screen directions.
Turning off the power
The power can be turned off in one of three modes :shut down (Boot),
hibernation mode or sleep mode.
Shut down mode (Boot mode)
When you turn off the power in shut down mode, no data is saved and the
computer will boot to the operating system’s main screen.
1. If you have entered data, save it to the hard disk or to a diskette.
2. Make sure all disk(disc) activities are terminated, then remove any CD/
DVDs or diskette.
After you turn on the power for the first time, do not turn it off until you
have set up the operating system (OS) and the OS has started up
.
Power button
Make sure the disk’s indicator is off. If you turn off the power while a
disk(disc) is being accessed, you can lose data or damage the disk(disc).