Managing Power; Initiating And Exiting Sleep And Hibernation - HP Laptop User Manual

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Managing power

Your computer can operate on either battery power or external power. When the computer is running on
battery power only and an AC power source is not available to charge the battery, it is important to monitor
and conserve the battery charge.

Initiating and exiting Sleep and Hibernation

Windows has two power-saving states, Sleep and Hibernation.
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Sleep—The Sleep state is automatically initiated after a period of inactivity. Your work is saved to
memory, allowing you to resume your work very quickly. You can also initiate Sleep manually. For more
information, see
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Hibernation—The Hibernation state is automatically initiated if the battery reaches a critical level. In
the Hibernation state, your work is saved to a hibernation file and the computer powers down. You can
also initiate Hibernation manually. For more information, see
(select models only) on page
CAUTION:
functionality, or loss of information, do not initiate the Sleep state while reading from or writing to a disc or
an external media card.
NOTE: You cannot initiate any type of networking connection or perform any computer functions while the
computer is in the Sleep state or in the Hibernation state.
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To reduce the risk of possible audio and video degradation, loss of audio or video playback
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Manually initiating and exiting Hibernation