Winbook XP5 User Manual page 23

Suspend-to-Disk is a bit more complicated and not as fast as Suspend-to-RAM, since the system
information must be written to the hard drive. The advantage is that you can save the system
state for an unlimited period, without using any battery power. The system state and your data
are stored in a dedicated hard disk partition, separate from the main partition used by the rest of
the computer. Setting up this feature requires using a utility program, PHDisk, that comes with
your computer. We've detailed its use in a section in Appendix B.
nce you've set up the special partition, and enabled Suspend-to-Disk in the Power Management
Setup, the rest is easy. When you want to suspend, simply press the suspend switch and the
system will save the system state to disk. Note that this takes time - how long is determined by
the amount of RAM memory you have in your WinBook. After the data is stored on disk, the
computer will automatically turn itself off. You can
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restart later either by pressing the Suspend button or by pushing the On/ Off switch to OFF, and
then ON. You can also leave the computer turned off until the next time you use it, when it will
start from the suspended state rather than the usual start-up.
Hard Disk Timeout
This sets the interval of hard disk inactivity after which the hard disk drive motor will turn off.
The default setting is "02 minutes." You can change the interval in one-minute increments. You
can also disable this feature.
The hard disk timeout will save power, but it reduces performance because it delays access after
the hard disk has powered down. When disk access is required, the drive motor has to restart, so
there is a delay of about ten seconds before the disk is available again.
Display Timeout
This sets the interval of system inactivity after which the LCD screen will turn off. The default
setting is "02 minutes." You can change the interval in one-minute increments. You can also
disable this feature.
Unlike the hard disk timeout, where you must wait for the drive to ,spin up,' the LCD will come
back on instantly when there is any system activity. Refer also to the Auto Dim feature described
later.
FDD Timeout
This sets the interval of floppy disk inactivity after which the floppy disk controller shuts down.
The default setting is "02 minutes." You can
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change the interval in one-minute increments. You can also disable this feature.
This feature, used in concert with the other features similar to it, helps maximize overall power
conservation. There is no noticeable performance disadvantage when you enable the floppy