Hibernate or Shut Down? - Page 3

Originally Posted by DDDa

@YinYang: It's very simple. When in sleep, the computer goes to a state that it won't use too much power (very little), but the data is still there (volatile). So, if you turn the computer off (or take the battery out, for example), the data is lost...

To enable hibernation, you need to activate it as GOLD-BEATER said, but to use it, you go to power off and that blue window with "sleep - reboot - turn off" will appear. If you press shift, you will see that the sleep option will change to hibernate...

edit: what makes resuming hibernation faster than regular boot (the more start up process and boot time routines you have, bigger this difference will be) is because it just makes kind of a 1:1 copy (not 100% sure, but I believe this is more or less how it works) of the hibernate section on the hard disk, instead of processing all the routines and programs to bring the desktop OS from scratch to a "ready to work" mode.

Originally Posted by z34er

never under any circumstances Hibernate! i am too lazy to read the rest of the posts, however if you have any work on your computer, i would never enter the state of hibernation.

STRANGE things occur.

Originally Posted by z34er

never under any circumstances Hibernate! i am too lazy to read the rest of the posts, however if you have any work on your computer, i would never enter the state of hibernation.

STRANGE things occur.

Originally Posted by Keane3

Like what?

Originally Posted by olyteddy

If he's too lazy to read the thread, what makes you think he ain't too lazy to post his 'STRANGE things'?? Anyone who doesn't save their work deserves to lose it.

Originally Posted by GOLD-BEATER

You need to go into Settings/Control Panel/Power Options.
You need to turn on the feature because it dedicates a chunk of disk space for it.

Originally Posted by DDDa

@YinYang: It's very simple. When in sleep, the computer goes to a state that it won't use too much power (very little), but the data is still there (volatile). So, if you turn the computer off (or take the battery out, for example), the data is lost.

When hibernating, the OS will save the contents of the RAM memory to the disk, so you can turn off it, take out the battery whatever, and when you turn on again, the OS will load these contents to the memory again, and you can restart your work exactly from where you finished. Hibernate doesn't consume any power, since the computer is actually turned off, what doesn't happen with sleep mode.

To enable hibernation, you need to activate it as GOLD-BEATER said, but to use it, you go to power off and that blue window with "sleep - reboot - turn off" will appear. If you press shift, you will see that the sleep option will change to hibernate...

edit: what makes resuming hibernation faster than regular boot (the more start up process and boot time routines you have, bigger this difference will be) is because it just makes kind of a 1:1 copy (not 100% sure, but I believe this is more or less how it works) of the hibernate section on the hard disk, instead of processing all the routines and programs to bring the desktop OS from scratch to a "ready to work" mode.

Originally Posted by unknownman_007

Hibernating? Your kidding!

I personally never turn my computer off, I keep it on for weeks at a time. I know it's bad for it, but computers last A LONG TIME!

Originally Posted by ask1about

I am a big fan of hibernating..but there si a downside watever small it is. Hibernatign does still take up "some energy". While it will only go down maybe 1%-2% in 3 days mayeb a week. It still uses battery energy. So the disadvantage si your putting a use on your battery. Its like putting a car to drive 1 mile a week. You aint getting far, your still using up your milage. Other thign is electricity is still flowing so if it gets in contact with anything that effects electricity it can cause trouble.

I still hibernate though...Reason: I like bears....their fuzzy...and that should be reason enough..