Chapter 2. Using your computer
Putting your computer to sleep or shutting it down
When you finish working with your computer, you can put it to sleep or
shut it down.
Putting your computer to sleep
If you will be away from your computer for only a short time, put the
computer to sleep.
When the computer is in sleep state, you can quickly wake it to resume use,
and bypass the startup process.
To put the computer to sleep, do one of the following.
Click
and select Sleep from the start menu.
Press Fn + F1.
Warning:
Wait until the power indicator light starts blinking (indicating that the
computer is in sleep state) before you move your computer. Moving your
computer while the hard disk is spinning can damage the hard disk,
causing loss of data.
To wake the computer, do one of the following.
Press the power button.
Press any key.
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