How to add "Hibernation" to the Start menu in my Windows Vista Ultimate x64?

[Dima]

Hello!
How to add "Hibernation" to the Start menu in my Windows Vista Ultimate x64?
The computer goes to the Hibernation after pushing the power button on the
system case but the power light stays lit for 3 minutes.
Best regards,
Dima

 

[AlexB]

Why do you need it at the start menu?

You go to Control Panel>>System And Maintenance>>Power Options>>System
Settings.

There is an option there Power and sleep settings
"When I press the power button" - do something (comboBox)
"When I press the Sleep button" - comboBox with choices: Nothing, Sleep,
Hibernate.

I do not have the sleep button on this machine. Cannot check how it works. I
may have on one of my office computers.

The start menu options do not seem to have what you want either.

 

[Dima]

Thanks AlexB for directions!
I was told that the Hibernate option should be in the Start menu after the
arrow on the right. I do not have the Hibernate there. My keyboard does not
have a Power and sleep buttons. The "Ask me what to do" is not in the "When
I press the power button" option, as it is in Windows XP. How to get the
"Ask me what to do" for "When I press the power button" option in Windows
Vista?
Why does my power light on the system case stays lit for 3 minutes after
Hibernating?
Best regards,
Dima

 

[cqui3]

Why does my power light on the system case stays lit for 3 minutes after
Hibernating?
Best regards,
Dima
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The computer is saving the memory contents in thehiberfil file.

Three seconds means that you do not have several gigabytes of memory.
It hen can take longer.

 

[Dima]

Thanks cqui3 for replying!
Not three seconds, but minutes. There are 250 gb of free space on disk c:.
At the end of the "Hibernation" the power button stays blinking. My monitor
turns off from the beginning of the Hibernation and does not show the
Hibernation progress, as it does in Windows XP.
Best regard,
Dima

 

[Dima]

Thanks Shawn for suggestions!
C:\Users\d>powercfg -a
The following sleep states are available on this system: Standby ( S1 S3 )
Hiber
nate Hybrid Sleep
The following sleep states are not available on this system:
Standby (S2)
The system firmware does not support this standby state.
Why does not my computer Hibernate?
Best regards,
Dima

 

[Dima]

Thanks Shawn for your help!
The Hibernate shortcut does not put my computer into hibernation completely,
as the other means of sending to the Hibernation. The Hibernation process
stops after a minute, and the power light stays lit. Then, additional push
of the power button invokes the Hibernation process again, and the computer
Hibernates in a minute.
I have already run powercfg -h on several times. It did not help.
Best regards,
Dima

 

[Jay Somerset]

Thanks cqui3 for replying!
Not three seconds, but minutes. There are 250 gb of free space on disk c:.
At the end of the "Hibernation" the power button stays blinking. My monitor
turns off from the beginning of the Hibernation and does not show the
Hibernation progress, as it does in Windows XP.

Sounds more like you system is going to SLEEP, rather than
HIBERNATING. Either that, or your motherboard is not accepting the
power-off command that Vista should be issuing as the last part of the
hibernation process. I have one older computer which does not power
down on command with Linux, but does with Win2K. Go figure.

Hibernation takes about 20 seconds on my Vista system, which has 3GB
memory, which mist be written out to the internal SATA hard drive.

 

[Jay Somerset]

Thanks cqui3 for replying!
Not three seconds, but minutes. There are 250 gb of free space on disk c:.
At the end of the "Hibernation" the power button stays blinking. My monitor
turns off from the beginning of the Hibernation and does not show the
Hibernation progress, as it does in Windows XP.
Best regard,
Dima

Are you sure that hibernation has been fully enabled? Just seeing the
option in the shutdown list is not definitive.

To be sure, do a : Start:RunOWERCFG -H ON

 

[Dima]

Thanks Jay for your help!
The hibernation is not in the shutdown list in the Start menu.
I Started:RunOWERCFG -H ON and off several times.
Best regards,
Dima

 

[cqui3]

It is on mine, but only after installing the Service pack
Release Candidate. Which is still not final.

 

[Dima]

Thanks Jay for replying!
This my computer is new. The motherboards is Asus p5k. RAM is 2gb. My old
computer on Chaintech 6btm hibernated flawlessly for 7 years!
Best regards,
Dima

 

[Dima]

Hi Shawn,
The "Sleep after" and "Hibernate after" were set to Never. I have set the
"Allow hybrid sleep" to Off and the Hibernate in the Start menu power
options arrow appeared! Thanks!
Best regards,
Dima

 

[cqui3]

Thanks Jay for replying!
This my computer is new. The motherboards is Asus p5k. RAM is 2gb. My old
computer on Chaintech 6btm hibernated flawlessly for 7 years!
Best regards,
Dima

I have a P5K (Premium) mainboard. Hibernation now works
flawlessly (with Vista RC1), but it did work before.
I do not think I could add hibernate to the start menu,
but I could configure it so that clicking on the shutdown icon
in the start menu the computer would hibernate, sleep or shutdown.

 

[Dima]

Thanks cqui3 for replying!
Set the "Allow hybrid sleep" to "Off" for the Hibernate in the Start menu
power options arrow to appear.
Best regards,
Dima

 

[Dima]

Hello!
My Windows Vista Ultimate x64 still goes to the Hibernation 10 minutes. A
monitor turns off from the beginning of the Hibernation. The HDD activity
led lights for 20 seconds from the beginning, then blinks rarely and then
lights for 20 seconds again in the end.
Best regards,
Dima

 

[Dima]

Thanks Shawn for replying!
I disabled 'Windows Vista X64 Promise Ultra100 TX2 (tm) IDE Controller' in
the Device Manager and then Windows Vista Ultimate x64 began to Hibernate in
35 seconds! Is this a normal time for the hibernating?
Best regards,
Dima

 

[Dima]

Thanks Shawn for your answer!

Dima,

That sounds like a good average time to me.

Shawn


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