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Transferring information to a new computer, Power management options in windows vista – Dell XPS 420 (Late 2007) User Manual

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Setting Up and Using Your Computer

Transferring Information to a New Computer

You can use your operating system "wizards" to help you transfer files and
other data from one computer to another—for example, from an

old

computer to a

new computer. For instructions, see the following section that

corresponds to the operating system your computer is running.

1 Click Start

→ Transfer files and settings→ Start Windows Easy

Transfer.

2 In the User Account Control dialog box, click Continue.
3 Click Start a new transfer or Continue a transfer in progress.
4 Follow the instructions provided on the screen by the Windows Easy

Transfer wizard.

Power Management Options in Windows Vista

The Microsoft Vista power management features can reduce the amount of
electricity your computer uses when it is on and you are not using it. You can
reduce power to just the monitor or the hard drive; or you can use sleep mode
or hibernate mode to reduce power to the entire computer. When the
computer exits from a power conservation mode, it returns to the operating
state it was in prior to entering the mode.

Sleep Mode

Sleep mode conserves power by turning off the display and the hard drive
after a predetermined period of inactivity (a time-out). When the computer
exits sleep mode, it returns to the same operating state it was in before
entering sleep mode.

To enter sleep mode in Windows Vista, click Start ,

click the arrow in the

lower-right corner of the Start menu, and then click Sleep.

To exit sleep mode, press a key on the keyboard or move the mouse.

Hybrid Sleep

Hybrid Sleep emulates the Sleep Mode but stores info in RAM to hard drive
so that there is no loss of data in case of power loss.

Hybrid Sleep is enabled on your system by default.

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