Should I just hibernate the computer?

Question

My laptop takes a while to boot up, so are there any good reasons why I shouldn't just leave it on hibernate all the time instead of switching it all the way off?

Answer 1

Hi Nev,

Using hibernate to speed up startup is an excellent idea. It also means that when you start your laptop, you are taken back to the how it was before it hibernated. This means you can leave your applications like Word, email, browser open instead of having to restart them each time you power up.

What happens is that all the data in memory is saved to the hard drive and the laptop then shutsdown. When you restart, the system is restored from the hard drive.

Hibernate does not use any power once the system is hibernated. It does use some disc space equivalent to how much memory you have. So if your laptop has 512Mb of memory, hibernate sets aside 512Mb on your hard drive for this. On a modern laptop your hard drive will be many Gigabytes, so don't worry about the space.

To force the system to hibernate when you are finished using it, click Start, Turn off computer, hold down the key and the "stand by" changes to "hibernate", click on "hibernate".

For more information, have a look at Microsoft's description:
"Use Hibernate and Standby to Conserve Batteries"
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/getstarted/hibernate.mspx

Answer 2

hi my friend
at the first you must to on hibernate from : Control Panel >Power Option Properties>Hibernate Tab> tick the Enable hibernate
than go back to Advance Tab and set the Power buttons

Answer 3

Here are some tips to probably speed up your computer:
1. Assure that you have got a good security on your computer. Keep up-to-date antivirus, antispyware and a firewall and scan your PC once every week.
2.Download CCleaner from http://www.ccleaner.com/ and run it once daily before shutting down your computer. It removes a lot of useless temporary files and cache and all which clog your system's resources. You can also use it's 'issues' feature to get rid of unused registry keys and 'tools'>'startup' feature to remove umwanted autostart entries.
3.If you have genuine Windows XP, get the Service Pack 2 and receive the Microsoft Updates.
4.Get 'RamBooster'(google it) and keep it as an autostart entry(in its Edit>Options tick on the following:
*.Launch automatically at startup
*.Set Autooptimistation on
*.Show CPU usage
*.Start Minimised

It frees virtual memory space automatically.

Also, don't remove the anti-virus resident shield, anti-spyware resident shield and firewall from the autostart list.

5. Keep at least 35% of your C: free.

These should speed up your computer. All the best!
:-)

Answer 4

yes ,no probs.
u can hibernate ur laptop inorder to save time

Answer 5

Apart from the fact it uses as much power on stand by as it does fully functioning, no there's no reason.

Answer 6

forget hibernate, it uses a lot of disc space.. choose 'standby' when you goto turn it off...

Answer 7

yeah just if you're ever not gonna use it for a few days turn it off save the energy