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Traveling with Your Computer, Startup Guide

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Note Traveling with Your Computer Managing Power Consumption Hibernate Action When Resume Saves the current session to disk, then shuts down. Provides maximum power savings while still allowing you to recover the current session. Press Fn+F12 (in Windows 2000 only). Slide the power switch to the left to recover your current session. This takes several seconds. In Windows 2000, hibernate mode also occurs automatically when battery power reaches a critically low level; see "To respond to a low-battery warning" on page 31. In Windows 98, hibernate mode occurs automatically with low battery power, but manual initiation of hibernate is not available (except that, if you wish, you can modify the default setting for the power switch or the standby button to initiate hibernate mode instead). Off Action When Resume Turning off your computer provides maximum power savings. The current session is not saved and unsaved data will be lost. Start, Shut Down, Shut down. Slide the power switch to the left to start a new session. This will take several seconds. If the system stops responding and you are not able to turn off the computer as described above, you can still recover; see "To reset your computer" on page 20. When the system hibernates as a result of a critically low battery, you will find when resuming that all your data has been saved but that some functions may be disabled. To resume normal operation, restore power (by connecting AC power or installing a charged battery), perform a full shutdown, and then restart the computer. Startup Guide 29

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Traveling with Your Computer
Managing Power Consumption
Startup Guide
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Hibernate
Action
Saves the current session to disk, then
shuts down. Provides maximum power
savings while still allowing you to recover
the current session.
When
Press Fn+F12 (in Windows 2000 only).
Resume
Slide the power switch to the left to recover
your current session. This takes several
seconds.
In Windows 2000, hibernate mode also occurs automatically when battery power reaches
a critically low level; see “To respond to a low-battery warning” on page 31.
In Windows 98, hibernate mode occurs automatically with low battery power, but
manual initiation of hibernate is not available (except that, if you wish, you can modify
the default setting for the power switch or the standby button to initiate hibernate mode
instead).
Off
Action
Turning off your computer provides
maximum power savings. The current
session is not saved and unsaved data will
be lost
.
When
Start, Shut Down, Shut down.
Resume
Slide the power switch to the left to start a
new session. This will take several
seconds.
If the system stops responding and you are not able to turn off the computer as described
above, you can still recover; see “To reset your computer” on page 20.
Note
When the system hibernates as a result of a critically low battery, you will find when
resuming that all your data has been saved but that some functions may be disabled. To
resume normal operation, restore power (by connecting AC power or installing a
charged battery), perform a full shutdown, and then restart the computer.