How do i mute startup chime in Lion

I am an early riser and when I restart or switch between windows and mac it wakes my husband up.  He is not a happy camper.  All help will be appreciated. BTW my operating system is Lion.

As you have been advised put the system to sleep, this is EXACTLY what Apple advises in the owner's manual. Please carefully read yours and if you cannot locate it please click the Manuals link to locate yours. In addition the startup tone is not there for "cosmetics" it serves a purpose and should be left alone. While there are third party utilities that will turn it off if you employ these and need to do some diagnostics or other resets to your computer you will not be able to hear the tone which tells you when you can effectively reset the computer. In short, leave the tone alone and let your system sleep!

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