Computer system having resume function

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1996-09-16

1999-11-02

Auve, Glenn A.

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support

Computer power control

Power conservation

713340, 714 15, G06F 132

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059789220

ABSTRACT:
A computer system having a hibernation-type resume function which is performed by using an HDD. Provided on the hard disk of the HDD are storage area for storing ordinary data. Also provided on the hard disk is a resume storage area which is large enough to save resume data required to perform a resume operation. The resume storage area is controlled by a BIOS provided for performing the resume operation, not by the operating system (OS) of the computer system. The BIOS accesses the resume storage area when the power supply to the system is switched off, thereby saving the resume data in a resume data memory.

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