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March 3rd, 2006 06:00

Best Choice for shut down options

Just got a new desktop replacement, Inspiron 6000. What would your choice of shut down option,
Off completely, hibernation, or standby.
 
The reason I ask is that, my Dimension 2300's HD crashed and burned after 18 months of shutting down. I had to replace whole HD after it lasted from Sept '02 to Mar.'05,then after replacement installed I used standby until purchase of this laptop. So in closing what would be the lesser of any future problems with above choices?
 
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    Posted March 3rd, 2006 15:00

    your hard drive failure has no bearing on how you shutdown the system. if your done for the day i would shut it off. if you are going to come back in a short time use standby, but this setting uses the battery. hibernate in most system will let the system boot faster.
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    Posted March 3rd, 2006 15:00

    Thanks Boppo!

    Just trying to learn using laptop tricks as I go along. Thank you for your years of replying and helping out everyone.

    Mark

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    Posted March 3rd, 2006 16:00

    no problem, and enjoy your toy.

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