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After Hibernation is initiated, press the power button to resume your work.
NOTE: Rapid Start Technology can be disabled in Setup Utility (BIOS). If Rapid Start Technology is
disabled and you want to be able to initiate the Hibernation state, you must enable user-initiated
Hibernation using Power Options. See
Enabling and Exiting User-Initiated Hibernation on page 36.
Initiating and exiting Sleep
With the computer on, you can initiate Sleep in any of the following ways:
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Close the display.
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From the Start screen, point to the upper-right or lower-right side of the screen. When the
charms list displays, click Settings, click the Power icon, and the click Sleep.
To exit Sleep:
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Briefly press the power button.
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If the display is closed, open the display.
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Press a key on the keyboard.
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Tap or swipe the TouchPad.
When the computer exits Sleep, the power lights turn on and the computer returns to the screen
where you stopped working.
NOTE: If you have set a password to be required on wakeup, you must enter your Windows
password before the computer will return to the screen.
Enabling and Exiting User-Initiated Hibernation
You can enable user-initiated Hibernation and change other power settings and timeouts using Power
Options in Windows Control Panel. as follows:
1. From the Start screen, type power, then select Settings, and then select Power Options from
the list of applications.
2. Click Hardware and Sound, and then click Power Options.
3. In the left pane, click Choose what the power button does.
4. Click Change Settings that are currently unavailable.
5. In the When I press the power button area, select Hibernate.
6. Click Save changes.
To exit Hibernation, briefly press the power button. The power lights turn on and your work returns to
the screen where you stopped working.
NOTE: If you have set a password to be required on wakeup, you must enter your Windows
password before your work will return to the screen.
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