Dell XPS 420 owner manual Transferring Information to a New Computer, Sleep Mode, Hybrid Sleep

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Transferring Information to a New Computer

You can use your operating system "wizards" to help you transfer files and other data from one computer to another—for example, from an old computer to a new computer. For instructions, see the following section that corresponds to the operating system your computer is running.

1Click Start →Transfer files and settings→Start Windows Easy Transfer.

2In the User Account Control dialog box, click Continue.

3Click Start a new transfer or Continue a transfer in progress.

4Follow the instructions provided on the screen by the Windows Easy Transfer wizard.

Power Management Options in Windows Vista

The Microsoft Vista power management features can reduce the amount of electricity your computer uses when it is on and you are not using it. You can reduce power to just the monitor or the hard drive; or you can use sleep mode or hibernate mode to reduce power to the entire computer. When the computer exits from a power conservation mode, it returns to the operating state it was in prior to entering the mode.

Sleep Mode

Sleep mode conserves power by turning off the display and the hard drive after a predetermined period of inactivity (a time-out). When the computer exits sleep mode, it returns to the same operating state it was in before entering sleep mode.

To enter sleep mode in Windows Vista, click Start , click the arrow in the lower-right corner of the Start menu, and then click Sleep.

To exit sleep mode, press a key on the keyboard or move the mouse.

Hybrid Sleep

Hybrid Sleep emulates the Sleep Mode but stores info in RAM to hard drive so that there is no loss of data in case of power loss.

Hybrid Sleep is enabled on your system by default.

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