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Sony SVD1322BPXR User Manual

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Using Sleep Mode

In Sleep mode, you can step away from your VAIO computer while retaining the computer’s
state including data you are working on.

To activate Sleep mode

1. Open the charms and select the

Settings charm. (See

Opening the Charms

to open the

charms.)

2. Select

Power and Sleep.

To return to Normal mode

1. Press the

(Power) button.

Note

If you press and hold down the

(Power) button for more than 4 or 10 seconds, your VAIO

computer will turn off automatically. Doing this will erase all unsaved data.
By default, your VAIO computer automatically enters Hibernate mode when the battery pack
is running out of power. However, depending on the operating conditions, the computer may
fail to enter Hibernate mode.
If this occurs and the battery pack is running out of power, the computer will be turned off,
resulting in loss of unsaved data.
While the computer is running on battery power, save data frequently.
Before moving your VAIO computer, make sure that the computer is off to avoid impact or
vibration to the running hard disk drive.

Hint

By default, your VAIO computer enters Sleep mode automatically after a certain period of
inactivity.
The operations below also place your VAIO computer into Sleep mode.

Press the

(Power) button (with the default setting).

The operations below also restore your VAIO computer from Sleep mode to Normal mode.

Press any key on the keyboard.
Press the

(Windows) button.

Plugging or unplugging the AC adapter also restores your VAIO computer from Sleep mode

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