G
Guest
How does hibernate work? Does it keep using up space on your hard drive and
adding on or does it use the same space everytime?
adding on or does it use the same space everytime?
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B
Box134
I don't have a highly technical explanation of it, except I think it takes
the contents of RAM and writes it to disk in a file called hiberfil.sys.
When you come out of hibernation RAM is loaded from the file, restoring your
computer to its previous state. As long as you use hibernation the file will
hang around, staying roughly the same size. Obviously it will vary some
depending on what you were doing when you went into hibernation. If you no
longer use hibernation you can delete it.
the contents of RAM and writes it to disk in a file called hiberfil.sys.
When you come out of hibernation RAM is loaded from the file, restoring your
computer to its previous state. As long as you use hibernation the file will
hang around, staying roughly the same size. Obviously it will vary some
depending on what you were doing when you went into hibernation. If you no
longer use hibernation you can delete it.
G
Guest
This is a great question. Also, how does hibernate differ from standby
B
Bob I
Uses the same space every time.
B
Bob I
Hibernate shuts the box off after writing the current state of the
machine to the hard drive. Box can be carried elsewhere as it is OFF.
Standby goes to a low power consumption mode but is still alive. Power
must be maintained or unsaved data will be lost.
machine to the hard drive. Box can be carried elsewhere as it is OFF.
Standby goes to a low power consumption mode but is still alive. Power
must be maintained or unsaved data will be lost.
A
Alias
Bob said:Hibernate shuts the box off after writing the current state of the
machine to the hard drive. Box can be carried elsewhere as it is OFF.
Standby goes to a low power consumption mode but is still alive. Power
must be maintained or unsaved data will be lost.
You mean to say that once in hibernation, you can unplug it, take it
somewhere, plug it in again, move the mouse, and it will come out of
hibernation and not go through a hard boot up?
Alias
D
Dick Sutton
Alias,
No. When you invoke hibernate, the machine actually shuts down (after
writing ram contents and machine state). You CAN unplug it, take it
somewhere, plug it in again, but then, you must press the power on and the
system detects that it was 'hibernated' and restores the system to exactly
the state it was in before being 'hibernated'.
I use this technique on my home system so that I can't be compromised (via
the internet) if I'm going to be gone for the day, weekend, etc. You can't
be compromised if it ain't on.
Dick
No. When you invoke hibernate, the machine actually shuts down (after
writing ram contents and machine state). You CAN unplug it, take it
somewhere, plug it in again, but then, you must press the power on and the
system detects that it was 'hibernated' and restores the system to exactly
the state it was in before being 'hibernated'.
I use this technique on my home system so that I can't be compromised (via
the internet) if I'm going to be gone for the day, weekend, etc. You can't
be compromised if it ain't on.
Dick