s> It is my understanding that hibernation functionality is specific to s> Windoze 2000 (i.e., it is provided at the OS level). You have to add : "for this specific notebook", maybe? Because friend of mine have quite old dell powerbook (dont remember exact model), which handle hybernate on BIOS level(?) and hybernates no matter what OS is running right now -- Dmitry Astapov //ADEpt (mail-to: adept@umc.com.ua)