For the last 2 days, if i get my latop to hibernate, it gets to the screen where it says 'Preparing to hibernate' and then it stays there, nothing happens. I had to take out the power cord, and it stayed on that screen till the battery ran out. How can I fix this?
It has been hibernating fine for several months before this.
I'm using win xp.
i think it may be laptop don't have enough memory to do the hybernation in windows drive....else try to disable the hybernate option and restart.....then enable again and try..........
You might want to have a look at this Microsoft KB article entitled "How to troubleshoot hibernation and standby issues in Windows XP". I've not read much myself, but had a quick glance and it contains various suggestions that cover various possibilities - although it seems mostly aimed at problems coming out of hibernation rather than entering it, they may well be helpful anyway.
Has anything changed on your laptop recently? For example:
It could be something in these sort of categories is somehow obstructing the hibernation process - in which case try unplugging anything new, stop or (temporarily) uninstall any new programs, and/or try a system restore to before when the problem started.
If these activities stop the problem, you will then have to play the trial-and-error game by reconnecting devices and reinstalling software on at a time until you find out what is causing the problem.
