Hibernation

[lolsonjr]

If I understand hibernation correctly it is a form very deep sleep.  But, what I have never figured out is the following.  I had several computers over the past 8 years or so and even with the Macs, I have never had a computer that was really capable of using deep sleep or in this case hibernation.  Every time I have tried it the present machine I have (HP a6300f) never ever wakes up.  So I guess my question is do very many people use this feature and if so how do they get it to work?


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[Victek]

If I understand hibernation correctly it is a form very deep sleep. 

But, what I have never figured out is the following.  I had several
computers over the past 8 years or so and even with the Macs, I have never
had a computer that was really capable of using deep sleep or in this case
hibernation.  Every time I have tried it the present machine I have
(HP a6300f) never ever wakes up.  So I guess my question is do very
many people use this feature and if so how do they get it to work?

I guess hibernation could be called "very deep sleep" <g>. More exactly
Windows writes the contents of ram to the hard drive and turns the computer
off. Then when you turn the computer on Windows restores the session which
is a lot faster then cold booting the computer. Currently it is working
fine on my Vista Business x86 install. To enable it you have to run an
elevated command window (run as admin) and type "Powercfg - H" at the
command line (without the quotes). This will create the hibernation file
and the option to use hibernation should appear in the shutdown menu.

 

[Victek]

If I understand hibernation correctly it is a form very deep sleep.&nbsp;

I guess hibernation could be called "very deep sleep" <g>. More exactly
Windows writes the contents of ram to the hard drive and turns the
computer off. Then when you turn the computer on Windows restores the
session which is a lot faster then cold booting the computer. Currently
it is working fine on my Vista Business x86 install. To enable it you
have to run an elevated command window (run as admin) and type "Powercfg -
H" at the command line (without the quotes). This will create the
hibernation file and the option to use hibernation should appear in the
shutdown menu.

Correction: The directions above are accurate only if hibernation is not
already available. The command "powercfg -h" toggles hibernation on and
off, so check the shutdown menu first.