Confusion Between "Hibernate" and "Sleep"

[njlparadise]

Hi,I've just updated my desktop PC and have migrated from Win 10 Home to Win 11 Pro. I am trying to schedule backups to run overnight (local and cloud). This ran for years without issue on my old Win 10 machine. I think I need my computer to be in sleep mode when I am not using it. I am basing this on the following definitions, picked up on the Community:Sleep - All non-essential activities and drivers are stopped and the processor goes into power-conservation mode Hibernate - The current system state is stored to hard drive, and the system powers off My understanding of that is that if I put

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