If closing the lid kills power to the PC, you could end up with a scrambled operating system and an unbootable PC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If your system is set up to suspend\/hibernate, closing the lid during mid-update should<\/u><\/em> preserve the system’s halfway-updated state, and let you resume later. But it’s risky because some Updates involve wholesale replacement of operating system components, and trying to do a suspend\/resume while the OS itself is being worked on is (ahem) far from ideal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, if you have a choice, don’t interrupt an update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you don’t have a choice, and some emergency requires that you bail out in mid-update right now<\/u><\/strong><\/em>, try to use your PC’s hibernation mode to give your PC the best-possible shot of a safe outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Permalink: https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=2275<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n COMMENT \/ QUESTION<\/strong> on THIS ITEM?<\/strong> See the<\/em> Comment box<\/strong> at bottom of this page!<\/em> Closing the lid on a furiously-churning PC is kind of asking for trouble. Depending on how your laptop\/notebook is set up, closing the lid might put the system into sleep\/suspend mode; or hybrid sleep mode; or hibernation; or could invoke full power-off. 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