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4.4.2Intel® Rapid Start Technology

Intel® Rapid Start Technology allows you to quickly resume your computer from sleep mode. Saving your computer’s system memory to the configured SSD provides a faster wake-up response time, but keeps the energy in a low profile.

• Before applying Intel® Rapid Start Technology, go to Advanced Mode > Advanced > PCH Configuration in BIOS item, and enable Intel® Rapid Start Technology.

•Ensure to follow the procedure Creating a partition precisely to enable the Intel Rapid Start function. Error message appears if you install the Intel® Rapid Start Utility before creating a partition.

Creating a partition

• Ensure to backup your data before using the Microsoft partition tool. Incorrect partitioning process will result to data loss.

•Adjusting the DRAM to a high frequency will result to unstable system performance.

1.Go to Start, right-clickComputer > Manage > Disk Management.

2.Select the SSD that you want to create the partition.

3.Right click the New Volume that you want to shrink from, and select Shrink Volume.

4.If your SSD is not initialized and unformatted:

a.Right click the disk that you want to create the partition, and select Initialize.

b.Right click the unallocated volume, select New Simple Volume, and follow the remaining steps.

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