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Can you add it as attachment please (zip it if you have to).

 

maybe this : Re: E6410 W7 x64 won't sleep or hibernate - Laptop General Hardware Forum - Laptop - Dell Community

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Finally figure it out - I disables ALL devices in hardware manager and was able to enter sleep/Hibernate mode. I enabled 1 at a time until it would no longer go into sleep mode.

Turns out it was the Wireless 5620 EV-DO-HSPA Broadband card.

I had installed the latest drivers ealier - but what I had to do what fully uninstall and re-install the drivers.....It still didn't power down until I actually started the Dell Mobile Broadband application (I hadn't yet configured it on my PC).

Once I did this, It would successfully enter sleep / hibernate mode

 

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this is in your report.....

" Platform Power Management CapabilitiesCI Express Active-State Power Management (ASPM) Disabled
PCI Express Active-State Power Management (ASPM) has been disabled due to a known incompatibility with the hardware in this computer. "

 

Errors
USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device Name :
Generic USB Hub
USB Composite Device
USB Root Hub

 

the only 'device' thats counted as removable is the integral DVD/CD drive.

 

Should I create two partitions? Any configurations that I should do to configure them? or it doesn't matter.

 

Good question given your 320GB drive. One argument is to separate data from programs, making it easier to keep your programs defragmented for performance. And to keep your data away from system partition corruptions... haven't seen one of those in a long time... mostly caused by dying hard drive mechanics.

But Windows has not made this a seamless proposition in the past by more or less dictating the organization of user files. Yes, you could relocate My Documents. And now with Win7 you can relocate all the other user folders at that level. But do you need to do this?

The new library feature in Win7 allows you to aggregate user files from many locations, presenting them under central libraries. This helps solve the problem of collecting up your user files ultimately spread over multiple physical devices.

Assuming system partition fragmentation is not a problem, with or without so many GBs of user files in the way, just how important is it to turn one big partition into two smaller partitions? Wouldn't one unlimited partition be preferred... no max size? So why not just use the whole 320GBs?

Then you have a notebook... it's small and fragile to begin with. Certainly it is more important to secure/backup your user files than to worry about which end of the hard drive they're stored on. So, you need a user file organization and backup scheme, which would start with only keeping current active data files on your disk and archiving the rest elsewhere. This means your online working user files are going to consume minimum space... so not a fragmentation concern.

Conclusion... one big fat system partition (Win7 will create a second tiny one for its use). Install and update the OS, and then your apps, and then your user files, and let Win7 auto defrag do its job... and you enjoy your seamless storage. I've gone this route for some time now and won't consider a separate system partition until someone convinces me it's worth the hassle. Performance is not an issue... put your money into a daily backup solution.

GK

 

That makes sense! I'll go for a flat 320GB. I seem to remember Dell has a "Recovery" partition. Do I need to worry about that with the new HD?

 

Your swap-in 320GB drive should not have anything Dell on it. I would wipe it during the OS install and create the one system partition.

As for any Recovery partition on your factory drive, I always wipe those. Recovery for me means booting to the OS DVD and performing a fresh install, and then downloading the latest device drivers... from dell.com for a new platform... or perhaps from the device OEM's website if the platform is aging and Dell has stopped looking after it.

GK

 

It depends upon your needs.

These days, a lot of storage space is used by media files (videos, images, audio). For a typical owner, I would set up a 320 GB drive with two working partitions on the physical drive. The first partition, for discussion purposes call it drive C:, might have 90 to 100 GB for operating system, programs, and user profiles (documents and settings), and space for the system protection feature. The second partition, call it D:, would be used to store the media files and iso's in an organized folder hierarchy. The D: partition would consume the remaining space on the physical drive (aro 200 GB).

This approach:

- Minimizes fragmentation on the operating system drive and the subsequent performance hit. This can be a real problem if videos/images are saved/deleted frequently.

- Provides flexibility for back up. Often it is not necessary to back up files on the D: partition or to back them up as often as more critical files on C: partition. Storing the media files on a separate partition reduces the amount of time/space needed to back up the more critical files on the C: partition.

- If the media files are saved to a separate NTFS partition, they can be easily shared with other local or networked users without messing with the file/folder permissions on your user profile. If privacy is important, NTFS permissions can be used to prevent other users from accessing the files/folders.

Windows 7 prefers to create two partitions, a small partition aro 100 MB for boot files and another for the operating system. So, the laptop described in my scenario would have three partitions on the physical drive.

Not saying this approach meets your needs; everyone has different requirements.