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I can't put my laptop into hibernation anymore.

The story goes like this:

had an issue with the space on the C: drive, and as a solution I did the following: - disk cleanup (all options selected, including delete hibernate file). - removed the system restore from all the drives.

After this the hibernate option is not displayed any more (probably because the hibernate file was deleted).

How can I enable the hibernate on my Vista system?

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From this microsoft kb article on enabling/disabling hibernation:

To make hibernation available, follow these steps:

  1. Click Start, and then type cmd in the Start Search box.
  2. In the search results list, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as Administrator.
  3. When you are prompted by User Account Control, click Continue.
  4. At the command prompt, type powercfg.exe /hibernate on, and then press ENTER.
  5. Type exit, and then press ENTER to close the Command Prompt window.
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Just type 'powercfg -h on' in a shell with adminitrator rights. Disk cleanup certainly removed the hiberfil.sys file.

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  • To run a shell with admin rights, create a bat file that contains the following: 'start cmd' (except the ' chars ), in win right click and select run as administrator...
    – dr_hoppa
    Jul 30, 2009 at 14:46

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