standby - str or not

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It sounds like you are trying to set a setting in your BIOS?

In any case, I would imagine that suspend to disk would have the same effect
as hibernate.

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"R. Peters" <russellpeters._@_.bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> possibly not right group but I suspect XP would prefer it to be set before
> installation.
>
> What are the advantages of STR (Suspend To Ram) (if any)?
>
> At present I am using STR but find it is a bit too 'deep' and stops
hardware
> (keyboard, mouse etc) from waking the system.
>
> Would normal (to disk?) be better?
>
> I do 'Hibernate' after a few hours (in case I am called away).
>
> This is a desktop system.
>
> - R. Peters
>
>