Does this have any adverse affects on the hard drive? On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Vince Marsters <vi...@marsters.co.uk> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 13:54 +0100, javadayaz wrote: > > Ive recently started to put my pc into hibernate as opposed to > > switching off completely. > > > > > > Although it takes longer to switch back on and ready to use..i do find > > all my windows open and even my video paused, ready to watch where i > > left! > > > > > > How does ubuntu know where i stopped watching a vid....and open it > > right back up? > > Hibernate effectively saves the contents of the memory to the hard > drive, which when you resume is copied back into memory. Hence your > system restarts where it left off (even in the middle of a video). > > Switching off does exactly that - closes all running applications and > shuts the system down. > > Vince > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
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