Hibernate or Shut down ?

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What are the pros and cons of using Hibernate instead of Shut Down in
Windows XP
Regards Bill
 
On 5/13/2010 8:15 AM On a whim, Bill P pounded out on the keyboard
What are the pros and cons of using Hibernate instead of Shut Down in
Windows XP
Regards Bill
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Hi Bill,

Standby:
1. Machine recovers quickly as data is stored in RAM
2. Power is cut to items such as your hard drive and monitor
3. Machine is in a very low power mode, but still on
4. Useful if you're on a notebook and need to conserve your battery
while you step away

Hibernate:
1. Machine is shut down and not pulling power
2. Data is saved to your hard disk and not RAM. This makes it a safer,
but slower option for shut down and resume

Depends on how you use your machine to decide which one is better for you.


Terry R.
 
Bill P said:
What are the pros and cons of using Hibernate instead of Shut Down in
Windows XP
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Hibernating causes the computer to dump the contents of RAM, video
memory, whatever to a file on the disk, then turn off the hardware.
When the computer is restarted, that file is found and loaded and your
previous session resumes. "Shut Down" turns the machine off without
saving status. So when you restart the OS is loaded from scratch.

So if you keep hibernating it's like having an extremely long session.
XP can go much longer between reboots than previous MS systems, but
(IMHO) it's a good idea to shut it down and start from scratch once in
awhile, so that it can clear its mind.
 
Terry R. said:
On 5/13/2010 8:15 AM On a whim, Bill P pounded out on the keyboard


Hi Bill,

Standby:
1. Machine recovers quickly as data is stored in RAM
2. Power is cut to items such as your hard drive and monitor
3. Machine is in a very low power mode, but still on
4. Useful if you're on a notebook and need to conserve your battery while
you step away

Hibernate:
1. Machine is shut down and not pulling power
2. Data is saved to your hard disk and not RAM. This makes it a safer, but
slower option for shut down and resume

Depends on how you use your machine to decide which one is better for you.


Terry R.
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Thanks Terry.
I assume that you can switch off at the wall when the machine is
hibernating.
So why don't people who complain about slow boot time (like me) use
hibernate instead of shutting down?
OK as Tim suggests it is a good idea to shut down and start up normally
once in a while to let the computer "clear it's mind"
Bill
 
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