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Hibernation
CAUTION
hibernation may not be possible. When the computer is in hibernation:
Do not add or remove memory modules.
Do not insert or remove any hard drives or optical drives.
Do not connect or disconnect external devices.
Do not insert or remove external media cards.
Hibernation saves your work to a hibernation file on the hard drive, and then shuts down the computer.
The power light turns off. When you restore from hibernation, your work returns to the screen where you
left off. If a power-on password has been set, the password must be entered to restore from hibernation.
CAUTION
You can disable hibernation. However, if hibernation is disabled and the system reaches a low-battery
condition, the system will not automatically save your work while power is on or when standby has been
initiated.
Use Power Options in Microsoft® Windows® Control Panel to reenable hibernation:
Select Start > Control Panel > Performance and Maintenance > Power Options > Hibernate
▲
tab.
Be sure that the Enable hibernation check box is selected.
You can set the period of time that the system remains idle before it initiates hibernation:
1.
Select Start > Control Panel > Performance and Maintenance > Power Options.
2.
Click one of the intervals in the System hibernates list.
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Chapter 3 Standby and hibernation
If the configuration of the computer is changed during hibernation, resuming from
To reduce the risk of information loss, save your work before initiating hibernation.
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