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post #1 of 22
6/23/06 at 1:24pm
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i've reformatted my hard drive of my e1505 to remove the bloatware. repaired my media direct and all that. the only (minor) issue remaining is that i no longer have the hibernate icon. i enabled the hibernate option, yet the icon is not there when i go to the shut down menu. how can i get it back
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post #2 of 22
6/23/06 at 4:55pm
hold shift will change the stand by button to hibernate

or pressing H
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post #3 of 22
6/23/06 at 5:24pm
Control Panel -> Power Options -> Hibernate (tab) -> Enable Hibernation

If you do not have the Hibernation tab, make sure you have reinstalled the DELL Chipset.
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post #4 of 22
6/23/06 at 6:22pm
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Originally Posted by G-Mo
Control Panel -> Power Options -> Hibernate (tab) -> Enable Hibernation

If you do not have the Hibernation tab, make sure you have reinstalled the DELL Chipset.
ive already enabled it...the icon just doesnt show with the other 3 when i go start>turn off
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post #5 of 22
6/24/06 at 3:04am
As ihaveabu stated.... At the shutdown screen, press and hold shift and the Stanby option will be replaced with a Hibernate icon.
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post #6 of 22
6/24/06 at 12:08pm
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that does work but before i reformatted there were 4 icons instead of three. just weird that it wouldnt be there if u enabled it after
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post #7 of 22
6/24/06 at 10:04pm
media center has 4 buttons
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post #8 of 22
6/24/06 at 10:32pm
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which is what im running
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post #9 of 22
8/1/06 at 12:29pm
Yea I've had the same problem. Its not really a huge deal as the shift key method does work, but if theres a way to get the fourth button back I'd like that. When my laptop came it had the four buttons with XP Home installed, reformatted and installed XP Pro and boom, 3 buttons
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post #10 of 22
8/2/06 at 6:03am
Hi..yeah i too have this issue, no biggie deal. Had the 4 buttons before format/reinstall, now only 3 buttons. Everyhitng else works perfectly ie the media direct and all..Any ideas anyone? Woluld be nice to have that hibernate button back.. Thanks
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post #11 of 22
8/4/06 at 2:04am
Searchin online sent me to several sites including MS, where you can request the hotfix for this and edit the registry to get that function back to 4 option shutdown screen.
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post #12 of 22
8/6/06 at 4:34pm
Could someone fill me in as to the difference between standy and hibernate? As far as I can tell, they look to be the same thing...

Also, is there any way I can set up my laptop to keep playing music if I close the cover?
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post #13 of 22
8/6/06 at 4:50pm
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Originally Posted by thefish828
Could someone fill me in as to the difference between standy and hibernate? As far as I can tell, they look to be the same thing...

Also, is there any way I can set up my laptop to keep playing music if I close the cover?
If you enter hibernation mode then the media direct button can be access or you could go back through windows with the power button.
Stand BY: alone can't do that and stand by boots up a lot quicker + uses lots of battery.
I believe you could put a laptop in hibernation for 2 months and stand by mode in 2 days . Battery power of course
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post #14 of 22
8/6/06 at 5:28pm
I was under the impression that hibernation completely turns the computer off. It only saves what activities and windows you had open, so that on the next power up, its just as you left it.

So if this were true, the laptop would last as long as the battery will last until it loses all charge.
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post #15 of 22
8/6/06 at 6:07pm
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Originally Posted by bigsurf75
I was under the impression that hibernation completely turns the computer off. It only saves what activities and windows you had open, so that on the next power up, its just as you left it.

So if this were true, the laptop would last as long as the battery will last until it loses all charge.

Hibernate does just save the current state of memory to the hard drive and the completely shuts the computer down. As far as I know battery has nothing to do with it, you could pull the battery out and a year later just plug in AC power and boot it right back up.

That is my understanding of it. I guess if someone else casts doubt I will just try it myself, hibernate and yank the battery out, then try to boot up and see if it resumes where it left off. Simple enough to try.
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post #16 of 22
8/12/06 at 2:16am
there is a dell driver that restores the hibernate button, and allows you to log on w/o clicking your profile, i forget which one it is. This is the reason it is lost during reformat. I restored it last time, but now in dumbstruck.

To allow music play while the lid is closed just go in to power options and fiddle, should be set to standby stock. I did this on road trips to protect ym screen after my Ipod got stolen
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post #17 of 22
8/12/06 at 2:32am
Hibernation-Saves current work state ( saves everything in memory to disk as an image) and shuts down completely. When you reboot that file is opened & all the information is restored to memory & your workspace appears just as it was.

While in hibernation you can completely remove power from the laptop & it will be unaffected.

Standby-Low power state that shuts down all peripheral devices (HDD, monitor, USB, Processor....Etc, but continues to provide power to your memory. This is a quick restore state.

Removing power from the device in standby will cause it to lose all information you had stored during the session you had open & will force the computer to completely restart once you have applied power again.
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post #18 of 22
8/12/06 at 2:36am
hibernate is just another way of corrupting the os , shouldnt be used really
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post #19 of 22
8/12/06 at 2:48am
...Considering I have used it extensively over the years & have never had an issue with corruption I would have to disagree with that view.
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post #20 of 22
8/12/06 at 2:07pm
is it better to shut down the laptop often or hibernate? mine actually boots really quickly compared to my desktop
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