Hibernation is an inactive computer state in which ram contents have been saved to non-volatile memory (such as a hard-drive). This allows the computer to completely power down, while maintaining running programs. Hibernation serves the same purpose as sleep mode. Hibernation takes longer to ...
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Wireless router disconnects when one computer on the network hibernates
We have a fairly standard wireless setup using a Trendnet TEW-639GR. Connected to it wirelessly, most of the time, are two Windows computers, a Mac, and a couple of mobile devices.
We've noticed an ...
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tool to repair mft or ntfs journal on a disk which underwent failed hibernation
I've read through some of the posts related to corrupt or not working ntfs partitions, but without a proper solution for my case. Here it is: my system is
SSD on mini pci express, with win 7 ...
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s2disk won't power down in Ubuntu 12.04
It actually saves the state. When it won't switch off i press the on-button 3 seconds and restart, it resumes ok.
Does anybody know how i can "debug" this switch-off-problem. I have a new laptop ...
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What is the minimum length of time it is worth hibernating my laptop? [closed]
I have a Windows XP laptop. I rarely reboot and usually just hibernate it when I'm finished using it. If I'm going for lunch for an hour for example, I will always hibernate. However, if I'm just ...
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Shrink hibernate partition on Windows 7
After a thorough discussion with Google we couldn't consent on this one.
How can I shrink the Hibernate partition which was set up by Windows 7 OEM?
My laptop has a harddisk drive and an additional ...
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Computer doesn't resume at first attempt after Hibernate
My Windows 7 computer hibernates perfectly. The problem appears when I switch it back. The first time around, after BIOS screen, a cursor is seen blinking. And it stays there, forever. I resumes ...
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Save Windows 7 session and start other OS [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Hibernating and booting into another OS: will my filesystems be corrupted?
Frequently I use Windows' hibernation option. However, I miss one feature. I want to save my ...
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Hibernate and nfs share with lost network connection
I have a laptop with Debian GNU/Linux on board and I have home fileserver with NFS share. I always mount NFS with soft option enabled and I wrote hook to unmount all nfs share in pm-suspend hooks. It ...
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How should I set up my dual-boot so that I can hibernate the secondary OS?
So, my previous setup was a triple-boot of Windows 7, wubi-integrated ubuntu, and then fedora on the last partition using LVM. I have tired of not being able to access my Windows files from ubuntu ...
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How to make gnome3 use suspend-hybrid?
How can I make gnome3 use pm-suspend-hybrid instead of pm-suspend when closing the lid or using suspend from the menu?
Thanks in advance for any advise!
EDIT: Please let me know if this question ...
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WinXP SP3: run batch file when system returns from hibernation
I want to run a *.bat file every time system returns/"wakes up" from hibernation (NOT a sleep mode). How can I do that?
System: Win XP SP3.
I would very strongly prefer to solve it without using 3rd ...
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how to pass context(ApplicationContext) as an argument to logBefore Method(Method of Aspect)? [closed]
I want to implement an aspect to avoid lazy Loading problems . so how to pass context(Application Context) as an argument for logBefore Method? What is the signature pointcut defines the method ...
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Macbook restarts when closing lid
Recently I built an SSD (128GB Samsung 470) into a late 2007 Macbook, and swapped the old HDD with the Superdrive, I used Carbon Copy Cloner to transfer the system, Desktop, Applications, Library and ...
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Are there any tools for Windows that will point out unseen issues related to starting after putting your laptop into sleep or hibernate?
It seems to me that my laptop runs slower after I've started it up again after putting it to sleep or making it hibernate.
Are there any tools that will analyze unseen problems that bringing your ...
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Mac OS X Lion Hibernate
I do "hibernation" whenever I'm done with my MAC, but every once in a while it doesn't come back from hibernation, this is what OS X tells me, can someone translate that for me? or suggest anything ...
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How do I change or disable the annoying sound when the machine hibernates?
Whenever my machine hibernates or awakens from hibernation, it plays the chimes.wav sound in a most annoying manner.
I've looked everywhere in the control panel and cannot see how to turn this off or ...
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Would it harm a USB device (like an iPod) if it's plugged in while a laptop goes into sleep or hibernate mode?
I have my iPod syncing/charging right now. Is it safe to keep the device plugged into the laptop via the USB cable and close the lid and allow it to go into sleep or hibernate mode?
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Can I set hiberfil.sys to another drive?
I have lack of space on my root(Windows 7) drive. There is hiberfil.sys that size of it is almost 3GB . I know use of hiberfil.sys:
HIBERFIL.SYS is a file the system creates when the computer goes ...
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How to hibernate & switch between multiple Windows 7s?
Currently we are sharing a PC at home. I bought a new SSD disk and I want to encrypt it with TruCrypt (or BitLocker) & install a new Windows 7. Is it possible to see the OS selection menu when I ...
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Windows 7 hibernation behavior
Everytime I hibernate my PC via
sysinternals psshutdown
shutdown /h
%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll, SetSuspendState
it kind behaves weird:
takes long to hibernate (30s+) (not too ...
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How do I stop Windows 7 from preventing itself from hibernating if a youtube video is on, even if it is not playing anymore?
Or at least I hope that's what is doing it. If you have any ideas let me know. The mouse for example may be disabled and it still doesn't hibernate.
The settings are: Sleep: never, Hybrid sleep: off, ...
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Does Windows 7 deleted files generated during hibernation?
Okay some one was using my Windows 7 partition and evidently she hibernated it instead of shutting down. When I tried to move about 2GB worth of files to my Windows from Ubuntu, I couldn't find them ...
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Reboot the computer from a saved hiberfil.sys file
I just powered on my system from hibernation and I accidentally deleted an unsaved work. My system is still on with the hibernation file still in use.The unsaved work is actually a write up on my site ...
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Linux GRUB2: How to resume from hibernation?
Moving to GRUB2 my Arch Linux no longer resumes from hibernation, because the actual resuming is no longer set up. In GRUB legacy I'd write:
/boot/grub/menu.lst:
kernel /vmlinuz26 ...
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How do I make a Windows 7 laptop really sleep
We have a Windows 7 laptop in our household (Asus 9000 series).
I like it that you can put it Windows into hibernate mode. I configured it to hibernate when the lid closed.
This worked perfectly on ...
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Is Windows Hibernation Bad for SSD's? [closed]
I recently got an SSD, and I was wondering if should still continue using Windows Hibernation. My fear is that hibernation would cause significant wear-and-tear on the drive.
I have about 8GB of ...
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How can I get my computer to allow hibernate again?
My computer used to allow me to hibernate. Then my System Admins installed full disk encryption and it does not give me the option now.
I know it is not a domain restriction because two of my ...
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Windows 7 Dual Boot Hibernation
I have two different editions of Windows 7 installed on two different partitions (on the same physical drive). One is Windows 7 Professional 32-bit, one is Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.
I have both ...
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Creating a hibernation partition on Windows 7
I have a laptop which comes with a 20GB SSD hibernation partition, but I want to install Linux and use half of that SSD drive as a swap partition. In the case that it breaks, during installation, how ...
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Hibernating a Debian machine?
I have a Vostro 1000, and am running Debian Squeeze. When I hibernate from GNOME, the screen bleeds before shutting down, and upon starting up it bleeds to start up.
Is this normal and expected ...
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Hibernate Option Disappeared
A while ago I had the option to hibernate the computer. Nowadays, this option disappeared. In fact, even the standby option (when click the turn off button) is greyed out.
I have tried the "powercfg ...
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Windows 7 will not hibernate [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Why doesn't Hibernate work any more (Windows 7)?
I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. When I put my laptop in hibernate mode, it turns off then turns back on ...
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Computer acting weird
My specs:
Windows XP PRO SP3 with latest updates of course
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-945PL-S3
CPU - DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo E4300, 1800 MHz (9 x 200)
Video card - Gigabyte GeForce 7200 GS
I have ...
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is it possible to toggle among different OS in a multi-boot PC without restart?
My notebook installed Windows XP and Ubuntu. Every time to toggle, I need to hibernate one OS (to keep current working things) and restart to the other.
Is it possible to keep both OS "live" and ...
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Does Windows use an RTC wake up to switch from suspend to hibernate?
In Windows 7 power management, you can state that suspend should happen after x minutes, and hibernate should happen after y minutes.
So if x=10 and y=180, then the machine must come out of suspend ...
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External monitor goes blank after resuming from hibernation in Windows 7
I have a Dell Vostro 3450 laptop connected via HDMI to an external monitor. Windows 7 is configured to use only this external monitor, disabling and turning off the laptop screen.
This setup works ...
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How can I make my computer play dead? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Disable power LED blinks during Vista hybrid sleep?
I have a laptop that when sleeping is perfectly quiet, which is great. What isn't so great is trying to sleep with ...
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Have soft-power button “ask me what to do”?
In Windows XP, there was an option in the power controls, to have the computer's physical "soft" power button "ask me what to do." Basically, the shutdown dialog would appear, and give the option to ...
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Fixing Windows 7 hibernation
I've been mucking around with the partitions on my laptop (I'm an experienced Linux/grub guy) and have somehow ended up affecting the ability of Windows 7 to go into hibernate mode. All other ...
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How to run a task every time computer resumes from suspend or hibernate in Windows
Is there a way in Windows XP to run a task every time a computer resumes from suspend/hibernate?
On workstation unlock would also work.
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What are hiberfil.sys and pagefile.sys files, and can I safely delete them?
I noticed two big (~ 2GB) files (hiberfil.sys and pagefile.sys) at the root of my C: drive and wondered what they were. I searched on google and found some interesting links, but did not find any ...
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Is it possible to make Windows 7 log in to a password protected account automatically, only when waking the machine from hibernate?
Is it possible to make Windows 7 log in automatically to my password protected account, only when I wake the machine from hibernate?
I usually put my machine in hibernate when I'm gone for a short ...
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How to get hibernate working on Windows 8?
I have been using Windows 8 x64 Developers Preview as my primary OS on my laptop.
Unfortunately I have been unable to enable hibernate (tried through registry and through powercfg.cpl). The closest I ...
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Windows Update waking machine from hibernation
One of my family members has a Windows (Vista) machine which is waking itself up from hibernation in an annoying fashion. Some investigation suggests that Windows Update is the guilty party - it ...
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Is there a known issue with Virtual Box hostonly adaoter causing Windows 7 to fail to hibernate?
I'm using Windows 7 x64 and had a Virtual Box 4.1.4 installation, without hostonly adapter and had no problems to hibernate or to go to sleep mode.
Last update to VirtualBox 4.1.6 installed the host ...
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Hibernation issues for windows 7 computer
I have a rather new custom built pc with an asus mobo (6 months).
The computer has issues waking up after hibernation. The power button refuses to wake the computer after hibernation/sleep mode from ...
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Hibernate Win 7 - performance improvement?
A typical hint for tuning Windows 7 performance is to switch off Hibernation. I do understand this will gain me some disk space, but why should it improve the overall performance?
Is there anything ...
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Hibernation in Windows 7 does not find the disk when resuming on RAID-0 Drive
I've been using hibernation on Windows 7 since I've have it, and it's been rock solid. Recently I got a new laptop with a couple of SSDs in a RAID-0 configuration and have installed Windows 7 on it.
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How can Windows Seven wake on computer when in Hibernate / S4 Mode?
Windows seven allows computer to wake up while being in hibernate/S4 Mode. For instance a task may be scheduled using Task Scheduler and computer wakes up to execute the task.
But according to ...
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Windows 7 fails to resume from hibernation with battery level low and power connected
I have Windows 7 ultimate on my Dell laptop. When I put it in sleep mode and battery is very low, it automatically goes to hibernation mode which is fine. But when I hit on the power button with cable ...
