S10-2 frozen. Help?

[Potiphar Breen]

I closed the lid and let it go to sleep, then could not get it to wake up. The hard drive churned occasionally, but nothing I tried would get me in. In the end, I pulled the battery and started over. This seems at best a graceless way to handle the situation. At worst, I've forgotten to save a file, and it costs me data. Does anyone have a better solution?

Thanks.

PBreen