Using instant on and saving to disk – Lotus 890 User Manual

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You may want to experiment to find the

settings that work best for you. You can access

the Power Management screen (without

running Setup) by pressing Fn F8, so you can

adjust your settings at any time.

You should not, however, change the Power

Management and Low Battery options.

These features protect your data when your
battery is about to run out.

For more information about how your power

management features work, see “Using Power

Management“ in Chapter 2.

Using Instant On and Saving to Disk

The Low Battery option in Setup allows you
to select Suspend or Save to HDD, which

perform the following functions

Mode

Description

Suspend

The computer continues to use a very
small amount of power. If you select

Suspend ad leave your system
suspended, the battery eventually runs

down and your data will be lost.

Save to HDD

Contents of your system and video

memory are saved to a special partition on
your hard disk drive. Even if your battery

MS

down, your

data is protected.

Instant On works through the same process as

Save to HDD, except that your data is saved to

disk when you press the Suspend/Resume

Customizing Your Computer 6-9

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