Compaq M300 manual Beginning, Leaving, or Resuming Your Work, Standby or Hibernation

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Beginning, Leaving, or Resuming

Your Work

You will observe the power button 1, Suspend button 2, Fn key 3, and the power/suspend light as you turn the computer on or off or place it in Suspend

(Standby) or Hibernation.

■Suspend, called Standby in Windows 98, is an energy-saving feature that reduces power to system components that are not being used. When the computer is in Suspend (Standby), your work is saved in random access memory (RAM) and the screen is cleared.

■Hibernation is an energy-saving feature that saves all information in RAM to a hibernation file on the hard drive, then shuts down the computer.

If you are leaving your work, consider:

If you plan to resume shortly— Initiating Suspend (Standby) clears the screen, uses less power than leaving the computer on, and your work returns instantly to the screen when you press the suspend button. A fully charged battery pack can support Suspend (Standby) for up to a week, but frequent charging and discharging may shorten battery pack life.