Blog 02 – Moving Laptop(s)? - Saving Memories through better Laptop Practices Part 1

So have you ever wondered what’s the best practice for when you’re moving your laptop?

Summary

“In suspend mode, most of the hardware is unpowered (CPU not generating heat, HDD heads safely parked), but the RAM contents still remain as they were – the OS is "frozen in time".

This means that the suspended laptop is safe to carry, but you can instantly resume working (even old laptops resume in 2–5 secs) – there is no inconvenient waiting for the OS to boot up again.

(You could say that the suspend function is specifically made for carrying laptops around.)

Post Summary

Note: If you leave the laptop suspended for a long time (several hours), Windows will eventually decide to hibernate to disk instead – to avoid running out of battery. (A suspended laptop still needs minimal power; depending on battery, it can remain suspended for several days or even weeks, but not forever.) Resuming from hibernate still retains all your programs, but is noticeably slower. So for convenience, you'll likely want to increase the hibernation timer to a few days.”

For more information

Article: Does leaving your laptop powered on unsuspended and moving it around risk damaging the hardware?

https://superuser.com/questions/1359065/does-leaving-your-laptop-powered-on-unsuspended-and-moving-it-around-risk-damagi

https://www.quora.com/Is-it-safe-to-move-my-laptop-around-when-its-powered-on

So why wait?

Save your memories today before they decide to disappear forever for unforeseen reasons.

I hope this will save you many precious and hilarious memories today.