Hibernate in Windows XP

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YA wrote:
|| Is there any known disadvantage of using the Hibernate feature in
|| Windows XP please?

I can't figure out the advantages. A shutdown box is a shutdown box.
 
Frank said:
YA wrote:
|| Is there any known disadvantage of using the Hibernate feature in
|| Windows XP please?

I can't figure out the advantages. A shutdown box is a shutdown box.
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Hibernate saves your current status. Basically it write the current
contents of RAM (and video memory?) to a disk file, then shuts down.
Every time you boot, the system first looks for the hibernate file. If
it finds one, it restores the system from that, and you start from
where you left off last time, all your apps are there, no data is
lost. If it finds no hibernate file, it boots from scratch. AFAIK,
there are no disadvantages to this procedure. It makes for a slightly
faster startup, and your apps are already there, so you don't have to
start them up. It wouldn't qualify as a reboot, if you're installing
something that requires a reboot to complete the installation.
 
Only if you "unhibernate" in a new hardware environment. As in hibernate
at the office on the domain, and then attach to your home network and
resume. Windows doesn't like that.
 
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