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KC

On 11/21/2013 4:59 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:16:14 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

I just timed sleep mode to ready to go (including connecting to router
and Internet) on the Vista laptop. About 3-4 seconds.

I shut my laptop completely off when I am not using it. Desktop after 15
minutes the screen goes black and the hard drive spools down. I believe,
though, the net connection stays active unless I change that setting.

There are a couple of ways a computer can be off. Sleep means they
keep the memory active and turn off everything else. That is the
fastest way to get going again, basically just the time it takes to
POST and spin up the drives.
In Hibernate they write out everything in memory to the hard drive
along with all of the status registers and turn the machine off. That
comes back as fast as they can get the hardware up and restore memory
(with an SSD that is really fast since you don't have any spin up
time).
A warm boot does not run POST and hardware reset all the adapters, the
drives keep spinning but it goes through the whole boot process
(the three finger salute)
A cold boot is when they don't save anything and you start from zero
with the machine off That is actually the safest way to boot if you
think you had a software or hardware issue.
I have seen hard drive problems that wouldn't even let you turn off
the machine without using the forced power off (holding the button for
10 seconds) or pulling the plug.

Sometimes when I am in a hurry I just push and hold the power button
down.. It asks me if I want to start in safe mode when I turn it back
on... Toshiba laptops been workhorses for me, for over a decade...