XP SP2 boots from cold following hibernation

[mark.bitrot]

I've recently been having a strange problem with my laptop (running
Windows XP SP2). When I put it into hibernation, it all seems to work
OK (the Hibernating progress bar appears, runs right to 100% and then
the machine powers down). However, when I switch back on the PC boots
from cold rather than resuming from hibernation.

This has only started happening in the last few weeks, before which
hibernation used to work fine. Things I've installed recently include
Office 2007 Small Business Edition, Windows Desktop Search 3.01 (for
instant search in Outlook) and ActiveSync 4.5. I've now uninstalled
WDS but the problem still persists.

I've trawled Google and the MS KB for this but can't find anything.
Before I try to pin it down more forensically, I just wondered if
anyone has seen this before or knows where I might find more
information?

Best regards,
Mark

 

[CreateWindow]

Hi Mark,

Try running a chkdsk /f from a command prompt and re-boot. Or, chkdsk /r for
a full C drive check.

Make sure you have enough room on your C drive too. The hyberfil.sys
required for hibernation is quite big.

CreateWindow

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