Creating The Save-To-Disk Suspend Partition - Dell Inspiron 3800 Reference And Troubleshooting Manual

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2. Shut down the computer.
3. If the computer is docked, undock it. For instructions, see your Advanced Port
Replicator User's Guide.
4. Turn on the computer.
5. Press <F2> at the Dell BIOS splash screen to access the System Setup menu.
6. Press the down-arrow key to move through the field, and press the left- or right-
arrow key to change the device setting. Select the following boot sequence:
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Boot First Device: Diskette Drive
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Boot Second Device: CDROM/DVDROM Drive
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Boot Third Device: Internal HDD
7 . Shut down the computer.
8. If your computer has a diskette drive attached, make sure that the drive does not
contain a diskette.
9. Turn the computer on.
The computer restarts and automatically begins to run the Dell Diagnostics.
10. Type x to exit to MS-DOS.
11. At the MS-DOS prompt, type r:\winx\suspend\rms2d (where winx is your
operating system), and press <Enter>.
NOTE: When you run the Dell Diagnostics from the System Software CD, the
CD-ROM drive letter is r.
Status messages appear on the screen as the removal process progresses.
When the S2D partition has been removed, the following message appears:
The S2D partition was successfully removed.
NOTE: After you remove the S2D partition, the computer cannot activate save-to-disk
suspend mode until you re-create the partition. If you try to activate save-to-disk
suspend mode and receive the message No Suspend-To-Disk partition
available, you must create an S2D partition.

Creating the Save-to-Disk Suspend Partition

The mks2d.exe file creates the S2D partition that the computer uses to store the sys-
tem data that is saved when you put the computer in S2D suspend mode. Use the
mks2d.exe file to create a new S2D partition in the following cases:
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If you increase the amount of system memory by adding a memory module
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If you used the rms2d.exe file to remove the original S2D partition and now want
to re-create the partition
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If your hard-disk drive becomes corrupted
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