59 - 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 Hibernate is enabled by default. To disable or enable 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).
Windows XP:
The default settings are not enabled. To enable or disable the Hibernation feature follow these steps:
1
From the Start menu, select Settings, and then select Control Panel.
2
From the Control Panel select Power Options.
3
Select the Hibernate tab. Select the box to enable or disable this feature.
Windows Power Management
The
Power Options
icon located in the Windows Control Panel allows you to configure some of the
power management settings. For example, you can use the Power Options to set the timeout values for
turning off the display and hard disks whether you are running the notebook on battery power or one
of the adapters.
