HP Pavilion zt3100 HP Notebook Series - Startup and Reference Guide - Page 50
Understanding Standby, Hibernation, and Shutdown
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Power Understanding Standby, Hibernation and Shutdown This section describes Standby, Hibernation, and shutdown and explains when to implement them. Standby, Hibernation, and shutdown procedures are provided later in the chapter. Standby and Hibernation are energy-saving features that can be initiated by you or by the system. Standby Standby reduces power to system components that are not in use. When Standby is initiated, your work is saved in random access memory (RAM) and the screen is cleared. ■ Saving your work before initiating Standby is not usually necessary, but is a recommended precaution. ■ When the notebook is in Standby, the power/standby light flashes. When you resume from Standby, your work returns to the screen where you left off. Hibernation Hibernation saves system memory to the hard drive, takes a snapshot of the notebook image, then shuts down the notebook. When you resume from Hibernation, your work returns to the screen exactly as you left it. The following information may be useful as you manage Hibernation: ■ Saving your work before initiating Hibernation is not usually necessary, but is a recommended precaution. 4-2 Startup and Reference Guide-Part 2