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Managing power
Your tablet can operate on either battery power or external power. When the tablet is running on
battery power only and an AC power source is not available to charge the battery, it is important to
monitor and conserve the battery charge.
Initiating and exiting Sleep and Hibernation
Windows has two power-saving states, Sleep and Hibernation.
Sleep—The Sleep state is automatically initiated after a period of inactivity. Your work is saved
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to memory, allowing you to resume your work very quickly. You can also initiate Sleep manually.
For more information, see
Hibernation—The Hibernation state is automatically initiated if the battery reaches a critical level.
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In the Hibernation state, your work is saved to a hibernation file and the tablet powers down. You
can also initiate Hibernation manually. For more information, see
Hibernation (select models only) on page
CAUTION:
playback functionality, or loss of information, do not initiate the Sleep state while reading from or
writing to an external media card.
NOTE:
You cannot initiate any type of networking connection or perform any tablet functions while
the tablet is in the Sleep state or in the Hibernation state.
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To reduce the risk of possible audio and video degradation, loss of audio or video
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