Reading and writing files to a Windows partition

[Ric Moore]

On 12/14/2011 07:51 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 15/12/11 11:37, David C. Curtis wrote:

>> Hibernation[0] is when the computer shuts down after writing the OS
>> state to disk. Suspend[1] (sleep, stand-by etc.) is the low-power 'I
>> just closed the laptop's lid' mode. You can hibernate Windows and boot
>> up into Ubuntu and vice-versa. You can't boot up another OS if you're
>> in suspension.
>>
>> Again I don't know how, but Windows doesn't like it (and maybe Ubuntu
>> too, I've never tried it) if you write to it's partition while it's in
>> hibernation.
>>
>> [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibernation_(computing)
>> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_mode
>>
>
> OK, thanks, now clarified.

That's a new one on me, too. :) Ric


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