Managing Power; Initiating Sleep And Hibernation; Initiating And Exiting Sleep - 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 only
running on battery power and an AC power source is not available to charge the battery, it is
important to monitor and conserve the battery charge. Your computer supports an optimal power plan
to manage how your computer uses and conserves power so that computer performance can be
balanced with power conservation.

Initiating Sleep and Hibernation

Microsoft 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 when running on
battery power or on external power. Your work is saved to memory, allowing you to resume your
work very quickly. You can also initiate Sleep manually. For more information, see
exiting Sleep on page
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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.
NOTE:
Options. For more information, see
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CAUTION:
playback functionality, or loss of information, do not initiate Sleep 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 Hibernation.

Initiating and exiting Sleep

With the computer on, you can initiate Sleep in the following ways:
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Briefly press the power button.
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Settings, tap the Power icon, and then tap Sleep.
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the charms list opens, select Settings, select the Power icon, and then select Sleep.
To exit Sleep:
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Press the Windows key.
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Briefly press the power button.
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If the display is closed, and the tablet is connected to the keyboard dock, open the display.
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If you want to initiate Hibernation manually, you can enable Hibernation using Power
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To reduce the risk of possible audio and video degradation, loss of audio or video
Swipe from the right edge of the TouchPad or touch screen to display the charms, tap
From the Start screen, point to the upper-right or lower-right corner of the screen. When
Enabling and exiting Hibernation (select models only)
Initiating and
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