Turning off the hard disk

[Peter Buttuls]

Hi,

I would like to save power and also not to repeat having to replace both my
fans, as happened on my previous computer, by using the "turn off hard disk"
feature reached from "Control Panel"> "Power Options" after 1 hour, say, but
my book does not explain what do I do to "get the power back on".

1) Do I just press a key on the keyboard, say


2) Is the state of the system then still there so I can continue my work or
do I need to do something else ?

Thanks, Peter

 

[Peter Buttuls]

Don, THANKS for your reply. The power savings you mention ARE important to
me. I
get after my wife if she leaves more than 2 light bulbs on. It's too bad
the fans don't get turned off because on my old computer BOTH fans burned
out even though I used the computer only 1 day a week for 8 years.

Peter