Well, I guess I am not clear on that either? My thinking is you turn it off...you turn it off? Doe's it matter how you turn it off? I usually turn it off in hibernation mode if I have stuff on my screen I want to save, finish, or continue reading, researching, drafting a paper on the word processor, etc.
If I don't have anything on my screen I want to continue the next day, I just turn it off using the shutdown mode either through the Windows start icon on the lower left part of the screen, or hitting the on/off button under my screen. That's why its there...power ON/OFF...no? Or is "LOG OFF" better/safer?
I would think this would be the normal way to shutdown my [laptop]. If someone here believes this is incorrect, please enlighten me?
Yes it doesn't make sense that turning off a laptop completely damages hardware, acctually it's the turning on part is the cause..... ???? ....... I don't know what to tell you about that but I spoke to my sister and she got an external hub and it works now.
I'm still interested to hear if you were able to fix yours or not. I hope it's all good now.