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HIBERNATION (SAVE-TO-DISK) FEATURE

The Hibernation feature saves the contents of your
LifeBook notebook’s system memory to the hard drive as
a part of the Standby mode. You can enable or disable
this feature.

Enabling or Disabling the Hibernation Feature

The default setting is not enabled. To enable or disable
the Hibernation feature follow these easy steps:

1. From the

Start

menu, select

Control Panel

2. From the

Control Panel

, select

Power Options

3. Select

Hibernation

tab. Select the box to enable or

disable this feature.

Using the Hibernation Feature

1. From the

Start

menu, select

Control Panel

2. From the

Control Panel

, select

Power Options

3. Select

Advanced

tab, then select

Hibernate

from the

pull-down menu for Power buttons.

DISPLAY TIMEOUT

The Video Timeout is one of the power management
parameters. This feature saves power by turning off the
display if there is no keyboard or pointer activity for the
user-selected timeout period. Any keyboard or pointer
activity will cause the display to restart automatically.
This feature is independent of the Power/Suspend/
Resume button and can be enabled and disabled in
Windows.

HARD DISK TIMEOUT

The Hard Disk Timeout is another one of the power
management parameters. This feature saves power by
turning off the hard drive if there is no hard drive
activity for the user-selected timeout period. Any
attempt to access the hard drive will cause it to restart
automatically. This feature is independent of the Power/
Suspend/Resume button and can be enabled and
disabled in Windows.

RESTARTING THE SYSTEM

If your system is on and you need to restart it, be sure
that you use the following procedure.

1. Click the

Start

button, and then click

Turn Off

Computer

2. Select the

Restart

option from within the Windows

Shut Down dialog box.

3. Click

to restart your LifeBook notebook. Your

notebook will shut down and then reboot.

POWER OFF

Before turning off the power by choosing Shut Down
from the Start menu, check that the Hard Drive, Optical
Drive, and PC Card access indicators are all Off.

(See

Figure 2-8 on page 13)

If you turn off the power while

accessing a disk or PC Card there is a risk of data loss. To
assure that your LifeBook notebook shuts down without
error, use the Windows shut down procedure.

Using the correct procedure to shut down from
Windows allows your LifeBook notebook to complete its
operations and turn off power in the proper sequence to
avoid errors. The proper sequence is:

1. Click the

Start

button, and then click

Turn Off

Computer

2. Select the

Shut Down

option from within the

Windows Shut Down dialog box.

3. Click

Turn Off

to shut down your LifeBook note-

book.

If you are going to store your notebook for a month or
more, see Care and Maintenance Section.

Turning off your LifeBook notebook
without exiting Windows or turning on
your notebook within 10 seconds of the
notebook being shut off may cause an
error when you start the next time.

Never turn off your LifeBook notebook
while an application is running. Close all
files, exit all applications, and shut down
your operating system prior to turning off
the power with the power switch. If files
are open when you turn the power off,
you will lose any changes that have not
been saved, and may cause disk errors.

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