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the hard disk is quickly read back into memory. In just a few moments,
your computer appears exactly as it was when you last suspended to
disk.
Suspend to disk is very useful for Windows users who like to have
many different programs open on the Windows desktop. You can take
quite a few minutes to get a busy Windows desktop up and running,
and then you have to shut down each program one by one when you
want to turn off your computer. With Suspend-to-Disk enabled, you can
simply press the Suspend hot key combination, [Fn]+[F3], and your
custom Windows environment is saved to disk.
Suspend-to-Disk Partition
Suspending to disk requires a special disk partition set up for that
purpose. If a Suspend to disk partition has not been installed on your
notebook’s hard disk, use the support software program ØVMAKFIL to
create a partition on your hard disk drive. See the System setup section
in the chapter 2 for more details.
Initiating Standby or Suspend Mode
Your notebook will suspend under five conditions:
You can click on the Suspend button in the Windows Start menu. The
system will suspend to standby mode.
You can press the hot key [Fn]+[F3] combination. The system will
suspend to disk.
You can press the hot key [Fn]+[F2] combination. The system will
suspend to RAM.
After an automatic suspend time out, set in the setup utility, elapses.
The screen cover of the notebook is closed and no alternative display
has been connected to the system. The system will suspend to RAM.
Reducing Power Consumption
You can reduce the power consumption of your system by adopting
some simple practices.
Turn down the screen brightness to the lowest level that you can
comfortably use.