Hibernate or Shut down ?

[Bill P]

What are the pros and cons of using Hibernate instead of Shut Down in

Windows XP

Regards Bill

 

[Terry R.]

On 5/13/2010 8:15 AM On a whim, Bill P pounded out on the keyboard



> What are the pros and cons of using Hibernate instead of Shut Down in

> Windows XP

> Regards Bill

>

>



Hi Bill,



Standby:

1. Machine recovers quickly as data is stored in RAM

2. Power is cut to items such as your hard drive and monitor

3. Machine is in a very low power mode, but still on

4. Useful if you're on a notebook and need to conserve your battery

while you step away



Hibernate:

1. Machine is shut down and not pulling power

2. Data is saved to your hard disk and not RAM. This makes it a safer,

but slower option for shut down and resume



Depends on how you use your machine to decide which one is better for you.





Terry R.

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[Tim Slattery]

"Bill P" wrote:



>What are the pros and cons of using Hibernate instead of Shut Down in

>Windows XP



Hibernating causes the computer to dump the contents of RAM, video

memory, whatever to a file on the disk, then turn off the hardware.

When the computer is restarted, that file is found and loaded and your

previous session resumes. "Shut Down" turns the machine off without

saving status. So when you restart the OS is loaded from scratch.



So if you keep hibernating it's like having an extremely long session.

XP can go much longer between reboots than previous MS systems, but

(IMHO) it's a good idea to shut it down and start from scratch once in

awhile, so that it can clear its mind.



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[Bill P]

"Terry R." wrote in message

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> On 5/13/2010 8:15 AM On a whim, Bill P pounded out on the keyboard

>

>> What are the pros and cons of using Hibernate instead of Shut Down in

>> Windows XP

>> Regards Bill

>>

>>

>

> Hi Bill,

>

> Standby:

> 1. Machine recovers quickly as data is stored in RAM

> 2. Power is cut to items such as your hard drive and monitor

> 3. Machine is in a very low power mode, but still on

> 4. Useful if you're on a notebook and need to conserve your battery while

> you step away

>

> Hibernate:

> 1. Machine is shut down and not pulling power

> 2. Data is saved to your hard disk and not RAM. This makes it a safer, but

> slower option for shut down and resume

>

> Depends on how you use your machine to decide which one is better for you.

>

>

> Terry R.

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Thanks Terry.

I assume that you can switch off at the wall when the machine is

hibernating.

So why don't people who complain about slow boot time (like me) use

hibernate instead of shutting down?

OK as Tim suggests it is a good idea to shut down and start up normally

once in a while to let the computer "clear it's mind"

Bill

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