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- Power Management
Hibernation (Save-to-Disk) Feature
The Hibernation feature saves the contents of your notebook’s system memory to the hard drive as a
part of the Suspend/Resume mode. You can enable or disable this feature.
Enable or Disable the Hibernation Feature
Windows Vista:
The default settings are not enabled. To enable or disable the Hibernation feature follow these steps:
1
From the Start menu, select Control Panel, then select the Power Options icon.
2
Select “Choose what the power button does” or “Choose what closing the lid does”, then make your selections
(Do Nothing, Sleep, Hibernate, or Shut Down).
■
I
F
RUNNING
YOUR
NOTEBOOK
ON
BATTERY
POWER
,
BE
AWARE
THAT
THE
BATTERY
CONTINUES
TO
DISCHARGE
WHILE
YOUR
NOTEBOOK
IS
IN
S
TANDBY
MODE
,
THOUGH
NOT
AS
FAST
AS
WHEN
FULLY
OPERATIONAL
.
■
D
ISABLING
THE
P
OWER
/S
USPEND
/R
ESUME
BUTTON
PREVENTS
IT
FROM
BEING
USED
TO
PUT
THE
NOTEBOOK
INTO
S
TANDBY
OR
H
IBERNATION
(S
AVE
-
TO
-D
ISK
)
MODE
. T
HE
BUTTON
RESUME
FUNCTION
CAN
’
T
BE
DISABLED
.
■
T
HE
S
TANDBY
OR
H
IBERNATION
(S
AVE
-
TO
-D
ISK
)
MODE
SHOULD
NOT
BE
USED
WITH
CERTAIN
PC C
ARDS
. C
HECK
YOUR
PC C
ARD
DOCUMENTATION
FOR
MORE
INFORMATION
. W
HEN
PC C
ARDS
OR
EXTERNAL
DEVICES
ARE
IN
USE
, H
IBERNATION
(S
AVE
-
TO
-D
ISK
)
MODE
CANNOT
RETURN
TO
THE
EXACT
STATE
PRIOR
TO
SUSPENSION
,
BECAUSE
ALL
OF
THE
PERIPHERAL
DEVICES
WILL
BE
RE
-
INITIALIZED
WHEN
THE
SYSTEM
RESTARTS
.
■
I
F
YOUR
NOTEBOOK
IS
ACTIVELY
ACCESSING
INFORMATION
WHEN
YOU
ENTER
THE
S
TANDBY
OR
H
IBERNATION
(S
AVE
-
TO
-D
ISK
)
MODE
,
CHANGES
TO
OPEN
FILES
ARE
NOT
LOST
. T
HE
FILES
ARE
LEFT
OPEN
AND
MEMORY
IS
KEPT
ACTIVE
DURING
S
TANDBY
MODE
OR
THE
MEMORY
IS
TRANSFERRED
TO
THE
INTERNAL
HARD
DRIVE
DURING
H
IBER
-
NATION
MODE
.
T
HE
MAIN
ADVANTAGE
OF
USING
H
IBERNATION
(S
AVE
-
TO
-D
ISK
)
IS
THAT
POWER
IS
NOT
REQUIRED
TO
MAINTAIN
YOUR
DATA
. T
HIS
IS
PARTICULARLY
IMPORTANT
IF
YOU
WILL
BE
LEAVING
YOUR
NOTEBOOK
IN
A
SUSPENDED
STATE
FOR
A
PROLONGED
PERIOD
OF
TIME
. T
HE
DRAWBACK
OF
USING
H
IBERNATION
MODE
IS
THAT
IT
LENGTHENS
THE
POWER
DOWN
AND
POWER
UP
SEQUENCES
AND
RESETS
PERIPHERAL
DEVICES
.
