Patent ID: 7254744

Claim:
In an apparatus, a method of operation comprising: a basic input/output system (BIOS) commencing a cold start reset process on re-application of AC power to the apparatus while the apparatus is in an un-powered state; the BIOS determining as part of the cold start reset process, whether a persistent storage of the apparatus comprises a valid saved operational state of the apparatus; the BIOS, as part of the cold start reset process, further automatically re-marking the valid saved operational state of the apparatus as invalid, if the persistent storage is determined to have a valid saved operational state of the apparatus; the BIOS, as part of the cold start reset process, further automatically initiating a plurality of data transfer operations to transfer the saved operational state of the apparatus from the persistent storage to a memory of the apparatus to restore the saved operational state of the apparatus from the persistent storage to a memory of the apparatus; and on completion of the data transfer operations, the BIOS setting up an immediate wake event to immediately wake the apparatus, and placing the apparatus in a suspended to memory state, resulting in the set up immediate wake event immediately waking the apparatus and causing the cold start reset process to be continued as a resume process, wherein the resume process eventually leads the apparatus to start operation in an active state, continued from the restored operational state of the apparatus.