Getting Started

Starting Hibernation Mode

You can also enable Hibernation Mode by pressing Fn + F4 - please refer to Chapter 5, The Keyboard, for further details.

To enter Hibernation Mode, follow the steps below.

1.Click Start.

2.Click the arrow button ( ) in the power management buttons

( ).

3.Select Hibernate from the menu.

Automatic Hibernation Mode

The computer can be configured to enter Hibernate Mode automatically when you press the power button or close the lid. In order to define these settings, you can follow the steps as described below:

1.Click Start and click the Control Panel.

2.Click System and Maintenance and click Power Options.3.Click Choose what the Power Button do or Choose what closing the lid does.

4.Enable the desired Hibernation Mode settings for When I press the power button or When I close the lid.

5.Click the Save Changes button.

Data save in Hibernation Mode

When you turn off the power in Hibernation Mode, the computer takes a moment to save the current data in memory to the hard disk drive. During this time, the Hard Disk Drive indicator will glow.

After you turn off the computer, and the content of memory has been saved to the hard disk drive, turn off the power to any peripheral devices.

Do not turn the computer or devices back on immediately. Wait a moment to let all capacitors fully discharge.

Restarting the computer

Certain conditions require that you reset the computer, for example if:

nYou change certain computer settings.

nAn errors and the computer does not respond you your keyboard commands.

If you need to restart the computer, there are three ways this can be achieved:

1.Click Start then click the arrow button ( ) in the power management

buttons ( ) and select Restart from the menu.

2.Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to display the menu window, then select Restart from the Shutdown options.

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