Hibernate & Standby?

[LurfysMa]

I just upgraded to Win XP. On my Win 2K systems (laptop), the Power
Options applet had settings for Hibernate and Standby. These are
missing in the Win XP Power Options applet.

How can I get my laptop to hibernate when I shut the lid? (That is,
write the current state to disk and power off, so that when I open the
lid, it reloads and resumes right where it left off without having to
reboot.)

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[Phil Weldon]

'LurfysMa' wrote:
| I just upgraded to Win XP. On my Win 2K systems (laptop), the Power
| Options applet had settings for Hibernate and Standby. These are
| missing in the Win XP Power Options applet.
|
| How can I get my laptop to hibernate when I shut the lid? (That is,
| write the current state to disk and power off, so that when I open the
| lid, it reloads and resumes right where it left off without having to
| reboot.)
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Ask technical support at the notebook manufacturer website.
You may need new Windows XP drivers for this function. Selecting the
behavior on 'shutting the lid' is not an option native to Windows XP (or
Windows 2000).

Phil Weldon

|I just upgraded to Win XP. On my Win 2K systems (laptop), the Power
| Options applet had settings for Hibernate and Standby. These are
| missing in the Win XP Power Options applet.
|
| How can I get my laptop to hibernate when I shut the lid? (That is,
| write the current state to disk and power off, so that when I open the
| lid, it reloads and resumes right where it left off without having to
| reboot.)
|
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[LurfysMa]

'LurfysMa' wrote:
| I just upgraded to Win XP. On my Win 2K systems (laptop), the Power
| Options applet had settings for Hibernate and Standby. These are
| missing in the Win XP Power Options applet.
|
| How can I get my laptop to hibernate when I shut the lid? (That is,
| write the current state to disk and power off, so that when I open the
| lid, it reloads and resumes right where it left off without having to
| reboot.)
_____

Ask technical support at the notebook manufacturer website.
You may need new Windows XP drivers for this function. Selecting the
behavior on 'shutting the lid' is not an option native to Windows XP (or
Windows 2000).

Ok, will do.

Is "Hibernate" native to Windows? I can't find that anywhere.

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[LVTravel]

Phil, I think you may be wrong about the statement about
"not an option" as I have a plain Jane installation of XP
Pro or Home SP2 installed on different laptops, without any
special drivers and all show the hibernate and what to do on
close lid options. IIRC this has more to do with the
laptops features and if advanced power management (part of
ACPI) is turned on in the bios. From Microsoft's help and
support center "To use Windows Power Options, you must have
a computer that is set up by the manufacturer to support
these features. For more information, see the documentation
that came with your computer."

For the OP, Click Start, Settings, Control Panel, Power.
This will bring up the power settings for your laptop. Click
the advanced tab. You should see the options for what
happens when you close the lid, press the power or sleep
button on the computer. If these are grayed out or not
available, the advanced power management features are not
turned on in the bios. Under the hibernate tab you should
be able to turn on the hibernate feature. Again, if this is
not available to you in this location, ACPI is not currently
implemented for you laptop and it is time to look to the
manufacturer for help.

Read the manual for the settings in the bios, or contact the
laptop's manufacturer for specific instructions to turn the
features on in the bios.

 

[Unknown]

In control panel--power options, what do you have 'power schemes' set to??

 

[LurfysMa]

In control panel--power options, what do you have 'power schemes' set to??

It's set to "Custom", which has these settings:

When PC is on: A/C Batteries
Turn off monitor after 15 min after 5 min
Turn off disks after 30 min after 5 min

The PC is almost always plugged in.

I just tried changing "Always on", "Minimal power management", and
manually setting everything to "Never".

None of these makes any difference. And I wouldn't expect them to.
These only turn the monitor off, not dim it. In any case, the monitor
isn't dim generally. Photos are dazzling. It's just the taskbar icons
and the Office toolbars.

I'm pretty sure it's an Office 2007 or WinXP "style" thing. I just
want to set it back.


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[Unknown]

Is there a hibernate tab under power options?

It's set to "Custom", which has these settings:

When PC is on: A/C Batteries
Turn off monitor after 15 min after 5 min
Turn off disks after 30 min after 5 min

The PC is almost always plugged in.

I just tried changing "Always on", "Minimal power management", and
manually setting everything to "Never".

None of these makes any difference. And I wouldn't expect them to.
These only turn the monitor off, not dim it. In any case, the monitor
isn't dim generally. Photos are dazzling. It's just the taskbar icons
and the Office toolbars.

I'm pretty sure it's an Office 2007 or WinXP "style" thing. I just
want to set it back.


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[LurfysMa]

Is there a hibernate tab under power options?

Nope

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[Phil Weldon]

Have you contacted technical support for your notebook? All the questions
in this newsgroup are not going to give you the specific solution you
request.

Phil Weldon

| On Sat, 12 May 2007 19:45:08 -0500, "Unknown" <[email protected]>
| wrote:
|
| >Is there a hibernate tab under power options?
|
| Nope
|
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[LurfysMa]

I just upgraded to Win XP. On my Win 2K systems (laptop), the Power
Options applet had settings for Hibernate and Standby. These are
missing in the Win XP Power Options applet.

How can I get my laptop to hibernate when I shut the lid? (That is,
write the current state to disk and power off, so that when I open the
lid, it reloads and resumes right where it left off without having to
reboot.)

It turned out to be a BIOS problem. I just downloaded a new BIOS (or
something from ATI) and now I have all of the hibernate/standby
options.

On my old HP laptop, it would resume whenever I opened the lid if it
was connected to A/C. The Dell doesn't do that. I couldn't find any
resume settings. Does anyone know how to make it do that?

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[Phil Weldon]

'LurfysMa' wrote, in part:
| On my old HP laptop, it would resume whenever I opened the lid if it
| was connected to A/C. The Dell doesn't do that. I couldn't find any
| resume settings. Does anyone know how to make it do that?
_____

Have you contacted technical support for your notebook manufacturer? That
would immediately eliminate the flailing around you seem to insist upon.

Phil Weldon

| On Thu, 10 May 2007 18:07:08 -0700, LurfysMa <[email protected]>
| wrote:
|
| >I just upgraded to Win XP. On my Win 2K systems (laptop), the Power
| >Options applet had settings for Hibernate and Standby. These are
| >missing in the Win XP Power Options applet.
| >
| >How can I get my laptop to hibernate when I shut the lid? (That is,
| >write the current state to disk and power off, so that when I open the
| >lid, it reloads and resumes right where it left off without having to
| >reboot.)
|
| It turned out to be a BIOS problem. I just downloaded a new BIOS (or
| something from ATI) and now I have all of the hibernate/standby
| options.
|
| On my old HP laptop, it would resume whenever I opened the lid if it
| was connected to A/C. The Dell doesn't do that. I couldn't find any
| resume settings. Does anyone know how to make it do that?
|
| --

 

[LurfysMa]

'LurfysMa' wrote, in part:
| On my old HP laptop, it would resume whenever I opened the lid if it
| was connected to A/C. The Dell doesn't do that. I couldn't find any
| resume settings. Does anyone know how to make it do that?
_____

Have you contacted technical support for your notebook manufacturer? That
would immediately eliminate the flailing around you seem to insist upon.

Have you thought about contacting a personality coach?

If you don't like my questions, ignore them. See how easy that is?

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A Dell laptop will hibernate just like a HP. make sure that the power
settings are setup correctly such as hibernate. Under advance there
are options dealing with the state of the system when you close the
lid. make sure it is on standby if you want it to resume. Sometimes if
it does not work it is because of this. I doubt it is a hardware issue
but when it is it is usually the reed switch, but if that is the case
the system would not come on at all. My opinion it's probably the
settings. Remember hibernation is basically a snapshot file of the
system sometimes it could get curupted but I don't think so in this
case.



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A Dell laptop will hibernate just like a HP. make sure that the power
settings are setup correctly such as hibernate. Under advance there
are options dealing with the state of the system when you close the
lid. make sure it is on standby if you want it to resume. Sometimes if
it does not work it is because of this. I doubt it is a hardware issue
but when it is it is usually the reed switch, but if that is the case
the system would not come on at all. My opinion it's probably the
settings. Remember hibernation is basically a snapshot file of the
system sometimes it could get curupted but I don't think so in this
case.

www.resumewritersguide.com

21 Years of High Tech experience in 32 Bit OS Development, Test, QA,
and Support. Experienced Writer of High Tech, and Teacher Resumes.

Always Backup. If you don't backup then you have yourself to blame if
you loose your Data.

If they are missing then something may have gone wrong in the upgrade,
or all the system software was not added. Make sure that all the dell
drivers and also system software has been added. Check the website for
your system software downloads on www.dell.com.