Questions tagged [hibernate]
Hibernation is an inactive computer state in which RAM contents have been saved to non-volatile memory, allowing the computer to completely power down.
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Does Windows 10 hibernation require the swap file to be on the system partition?
Hibernation works fine on my Windows 10 laptop, if pagefile.sys is on the system partition. If I instead move it to a dedicated partition, the laptop hangs during resuming with the Windows logo on ...
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Dell XPS 13 strange power behavior - won't shut down, BSOD upon attempting to hibernate
I have a Dell XPS 9310 2-in-1 laptop running Windows 10. I generally keep it up to date but have been getting BIOS update fail messages occasionally that I haven't been able to fix. It is otherwise ...
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Linux kernel ignores resumewait option, resulting in HORN configuration
I'm having trouble with my Linux (Debian GNU/Linux) system. Problem is that I currently have a HORN (Hibernate only, resume never) configuration: I can only hibernate but I cannot resume. Even worse ...
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After waking up from sleep, why are all my windows the wrong size?
I have a Windows 7 64-bit laptop. Frequently, but not always, when it wakes up from sleep the windows have all been resized to a much smaller size than they were before. It's a real pain having to ...
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How to let my laptop automatically hibernate after sleep in Windows 8.1?
I have looked through the advanced power setting but didn't find out a method.
What I want is to let my laptop automatically hibernate after certain minutes of sleep. But if the laptop is not ...
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Windows 11 turns screen off instead of going into hibernate
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I've just freshly built a new PC and installed a fresh Windows 11.
However I've the problem that when I want it to go into hibernate, it instead keeps everything on (fans, pump, ...
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How to reduce the Firefox memory usage as much as possible
I have a small memory and Firefox is using a big chunk of it, I need to reduce its memory usage as much as possible. One possible solution is for Firefox to automatically suspend idle tabs.
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Why my Windows 11 PC hibernates despite of these settings?
Here are the power settings of my Intel N100 mini-PC running Windows 11 Pro:
The PC hibernates after a few hours. Is there any other setting I missed to prevent it from hibernating?
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Does Virtual Box Support Guest Suspend/Hibernate?
I set up a Debian VM using Virtual Box to experiment with suspend/hibernation when LUKS is enabled. But I don't seem to be able to sleep the guest. My question is not about setting up hibernation.
I ...
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No sleep or hibernate options on my Windows 7 PC
I've been looking around and couldn't find the right answer to fix my problem.
I build my computer today from scratch, but for some reason the Sleep & Hibernate options are disabled and won't let ...
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Task scheduler hibernate after 18:00 with task repeat issue
My use case:
Hibernate computer after 18:00 if it's being idle for 10 minutes.
But if I turn it on after hibernation I would like this task to be repeated every 10 minutes till next morning.
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How to prevent Bootcamp Windows 10 from 'auto hibernating'
I installed Bootcamp Windows 10 on a Mid-2012 Non-Retina MacBook Pro. It is pretty good except for one problem. While in Windows, if I close the lid for too long (overnight), it will hibernate itself. ...
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Windows 11 PC waking up from hibernation with unknown wake reason
This problem has been driving me mad for the past few months. Almost every time I put my computer into hibernation mode for the night it immediately boots back up. After a few times, it will ...
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How to limit swap usage?
I want my computer to automatically hibernate when the UPS switches to the battery, so I need enough free swap space at any moment. But if I activate the swap partition, even right before the ...
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Windows 10: How to access the advanced boot menu before booting (which fails) in order to discard hibernation state and instead boot normally?
I am currently stuck in a never-ending boot sequence in Windows 10 after failing to properly shutdown due to a misbehaving USB thumb drive. How can I escape? I will explain step-by-step what happened:
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Office MS 365 Apps for Enterprise restart withoutsave
I have Office MS 365 Apps for Enterprise installed and after resuming Windows 10 Enterprise after hibernate the office applications sometimes restart.
This would not be so bad except that the content ...
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Hibernate computer with a timeout from command line on Windows 7
I am trying to hibernate my computer from the command. I was using shutdown /s /t 20 to shutdown the the computer. I change /s to /h to hibernate and now it just returns the usage text as if it doesn'...
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Computer goes to sleep right after waking it up using WOL
I have been having issues with WOL on this particular Windows 7 64bit HTPC computer. The hybrid sleep option is on, however it should never go to sleep on its own ("sleep after" is set to 0).
When I ...
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Windows 11 Forced sleep mode?
I had problems with sleep mode/fan noise and found the only thing that worked was the answer here https://superuser.com/a/1697199/1890608
however it seems that this is actually for hibernate mode and ...
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Why does my Dell Latitude 5580 wake every day at 06:00?
I'm running Win10 on a Dell Latitude 5580 laptop, and I habitually hibernate it when not in use.
If the laptop is not connected to the Dell dock then it reliably stays hibernated.
If the laptop is ...
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Hibernation in windows [duplicate]
Does hibernation in Windows write the entire contents of RAM to disk? Or just the addresses/contents of what has been allocated? Just curious, as it would seem wasteful to write a bunch of random ...
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Is it safe to completely turn off hibernation on an SSD?
I have a Samsung 860 EVO SSD on my laptop. I've read that if you don't use hibernation (and I don't) but you have fast startup on, you may want to reduce the hibernation file (powercfg /h /type ...
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Windows 10 Autologin after hibernate
On a PC running WIndows 10 Professional 1809, I have a local user configured for autologin, i.e. after a system reboot, this user is logged in automatically, without having to enter the password.
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Windows 10 won't hibernate
My setting is display off after 15 min, sleep after 60 min and hibernate after 120 min.
Just moving mouse won't wake up the computer, but keyboard typing and mouse clicking would do.
This setting ...
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Keep laptop on after screen removal
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad x201 that has a broken screen, and I want to use it as a home server for my stuff. I made a minimal installation of CentOS 7 in it, and I then tried to power it on.
Because ...
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How to mount a partition after resuming from hibernation with systemd
I am hibernating from Linux (Pop_OS) in a dualboot setup, and I have one partition shared between the two systems. I hibernate using a script that ensures the shared partition is unmounted first:
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Why are computers slow to come back from hibernate?
Hibernation is supposed to write out RAM contents to disk, and coming back from hibernation is supposed to fill back RAM with saved contents. Why is coming back from hibernation slow, e.g. system is ...
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How to execute a script on sleep, hibernate, resume, and shutdown
I keep alot of my classwork documents hosted on dropbox as well as my personal site for remote storage. This helps alot since I switch between an iPad, laptop and desktop, so there are no worries ...
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Windows XP is very slow after hibernation
There may not be a solution for this, but at the very least I'd like a bit more understanding of what's going on.
When my work (work, XP) laptop comes out of hibernation, it takes an excruciatingly ...
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Could hibernation kill my laptop battery?
My laptop is running Arch Linux and I purchased a battery late last year. However, over the last few weeks, my battery life has declined rapidly (from over 2 hours to less than 1 hour). Over the ...
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Windows 10 shuts down when sleeping or hibernating
When I try to put my computer to sleep or hibernate, it stays on for a few minutes, and then proceeds to shut down. I have fast startup disabled, but for some reason the option to "Allow the ...
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Windows 10 just logs me out when I select hibernate or sleep (complete shutdown works fine)
I have a problem with my Windows 10. New hardware, fresh Windows 10 installation but when I try to put my computer to sleep or hibernate, the screen just goes black for a while and when I move the ...
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how to stop Windows Server 2016 from standby mode?
My Windows Server 2016 enters in standby mode without following any regular pattern and I need it "awake" 24/7 because I connect to it through remote connection. Therefore, when this happens, I can't ...
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Laptop sometimes keeps running when I close the lid and has black screen until I force shut it down and power it up again
I have a new MSI Katana GF66 12UCO running Windows 10 Home. When I close the lid, I have set that the laptop should hibernate (as opposed to sleep, because when attempting to sleep, the laptop never ...
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Disable sleep, hibernate, and fast startup using PowerShell in Windows 10
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I am trying to figure out how I disabled the sleep, hibernate, and fast startup options in Windows 10, so that I can include them in the PowerShell ...
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How to prevent Computer going into sleep mode after Youtube's "Are you still watching?" is on screen for a while
Just like the question says, I have been experiencing issues watching YouTube through Chrome browser. Basically after a while Youtube/Chrome will put the pc to sleep without warning. Just to clarify, ...
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Windows can't create hibernation file, but there's enough disk space?
Has anyone got an idea what to make of this error, or how to troubleshoot it?
Hibernation file creation error 0x7f is usually related to disk space. But I just expanded the disk by 70 GB or so, so I ...
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Can't write partition Table
I own an Asus UX31A Prime - 8GB Ram and SSD 256GB - SanDisk. It started about two weeks ago after hibernation (Windows).
The problem is that is stocks on boot/resume. I search around it by trying to ...
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Is switching between installed Linux and Windows or any other OS combination without rebooting possible?
There is a hibernation feature for computers. My understanding is that it saves the system state to disk and then restores it.
Why there is no similar feature to switch between operating systems by ...
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Laptop is locking itself randomly only when is pulgged
i have a Dell Inspiron 17 7000 Series 7746, and recently i change my battery because it was old(aprox 5 years)and didn't stay charged more than 10 min,so i took my laptop to a local pc service and ...
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PC goes to sleep instead of hibernation
This is my first question in this forum, so please excuse me if I missed anything.
Problem Statement:
Selecting Hibernate option from the shutdown options, the PC will go to Sleep instead of ...
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Dell laptop doesn't wake from hibernation after installing Windows 8.1
My laptop worked flawlessly before upgrade to Windows 8.1 from 8. Now when I close the lid of my laptop and it goes into hibernation, it will not wake again. The LED lights seem to work properly but I ...
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Windows 10 Hibernate Regularly Disabled
I sometimes like to use hibernate on my laptop when in the middle of something so that I can just jump right back in with all the applications open where I left them etc.
I enable hibernate using ...
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Why is my computer out of battery when I wake it from hibernation?
I use hibernate, I don't know what happens, with other modes. Sometimes (not always) when I turn the computer on, it says, that battery is too low (like 4% or something). I use the computer mostly ...
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Cannot find swap device
I'm using Pop OS 22.04. GRUB isn't used.
Here is the procedure I've followed in order to activate the swap
fich=/swap/swapfile
truncate -s 0 $fich
chattr +C $fich
btrfs property $fich compression ...
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Windows does not come back into hibernation after booting to another Windows
I have Windows 11 installed on a partition of my computer. I also have Windows 11 and Ubuntu installed on a USB drive.
Sometimes I will put the Windows 11 on the computer to hibernation then boot up ...
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Activating lockscreen using systemd doesn't work
I'm trying to activate the betterlockscreen every time I close my laptop using this systemd service file:
[Unit]
Description = Lock screen when going to sleep/suspend
Before=sleep.target
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Windows 10 Connected Standby causing major processor throttling on battery
I have a Dell XPS 9710 (laptop) with an i7 11800H, currently with Connected Standby turned ON. I know I know, it's an easy Registry Entry to disable, but gosh darn it I LIKE how quickly it gets my ...
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Desktop keeps hibernating, despite all sleep settings being disabled
My desktop machine is a fairly simple build with a Gigabyte motherboard, a pair of NVME drives, a DVD R/W drive, and 64GB RAM. Running Windows 10 and connected to a TrippLite UPS.
I typically power ...
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ASUS computer win11: enable start machine on lid open
In many of today's PCs, the computer will automatically start from a shutdown state when the lid is opened. This is just like a chromebook or Lenovo's Flip to Start feature. My ASUS computer had this ...
