Managing Power 4-15
Writer: Karen S. Williams Saved by: Cheryl Love Saved date: 09/05/97 3:21 PM
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When Hibernation is turned on and the computer reaches a
critical low-battery condition, the system saves data to a
Hibernation file on the hard drive, then shuts down. The
factory-default setting for Hibernation is On.
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When Hibernation is turned off and the computer reaches a
critical low-battery condition, the system initiates Suspend
instead of Hibernation. The system remains briefly in Suspend
until the battery is almost totally discharged. The computer
then shuts down and unsaved work is lost. Turning off
Hibernation is
not
recommended.
Setting Hibernation Timeouts—
When Hibernation is turned on,
you can select options from the Timeout scroll box drop-down list
to customize Hibernation timeouts two ways.
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Select a timeout in hours to specify the amount of time the
computer remains in Suspend before initiating Hibernation.
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Select Standby if you want the computer to enter Suspend
when the system would otherwise initiate Hibernation.
The timeout in hours and Standby options are in addition to the
default Low Battery setting. For example, even if you select a
specific Hibernation timeout in hours, the system will still initiate
Hibernation in a critical low-battery condition unless you have
turned Hibernation off.
Specifying the Location for the Hibernation File—
The system
reserves space on the hard drive equal to the amount of system
memory. When Hibernation is initiated, all data in memory is
saved to a Hibernation file, which is placed in the space reserved
for it on the hard drive.
The Drive For Hibernation File scroll box contains optional
locations for the Hibernation file and displays the amount of space
available at each location. The space currently required for the
Hibernation file is displayed beneath the scroll box.
If the hard drive on your computer is partitioned, the drive options
listed in the Drive For Hibernation File scroll box are for
partitions on the hard drive that is in the hard drive bay. For more
information about hard drive partitioning, refer to “Using a
Partitioned Hard Drive” in Chapter 6.
NOTE:
When Hibernation is turned off, no space is reserved on
the hard drive for the Hibernation file and Hibernation
cannot occur.
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