Off versus hibernating`

[mm]

I'm reading the maintenance manual of an HP netbook and it says to
turn off the computer before disassembling.

"If you are unsure whether the device is off or in Hibernation, turn
the device on, and then shut it down through the operating system."

What difference does it make if it is in hibernation? It's still off,
isn't it?

I thought the only difference between hibernation and not is either
the presence of hiberifil.sys, or maybe a flag to tell it to use
hiberfil.

(At least this started off as a hardware question. )

 

[Sjouke Burry]

I'm reading the maintenance manual of an HP netbook and it says to
turn off the computer before disassembling.

"If you are unsure whether the device is off or in Hibernation, turn
the device on, and then shut it down through the operating system."

What difference does it make if it is in hibernation? It's still off,
isn't it?

I thought the only difference between hibernation and not is either
the presence of hiberifil.sys, or maybe a flag to tell it to use
hiberfil.

(At least this started off as a hardware question. )

You would be changing hardware, while the "sleeping system" does
not know about that.
A sure road to disaster.

 

[mm]

You would be changing hardware, while the "sleeping system" does
not know about that.
A sure road to disaster.

I get it now. Thanks. (I should learn to think like Windows does.)