hibernating?

Question

when a computer is hebernating what is it doing?

Answer 1

before a computer hibernates it takes the information off ram and places it on the hard drive then it shuts off. when you turn on your computer next time it will reload back to the same spot where you left off. (while hibernation there is not any power going through the computer.)

Answer 2

Similar to what the animals do when they are hibernating,the difference here is that when you select the hibernating option the status of the system(generally the data in the primary memory RAM) is stored on to the hard disk and when you start the system you will reach the same window directly.

for ex let us say you were reading a word file stored as D:\xxxx\xxxx\xxx.doc and you hibernate. Then when you start the system you will directly go to the word file.

the Standby option simply shuts the power supply the peripherals.

Answer 3

in essence its sleeping.

It stores everything from your system ram onto your hard drive so when you turn on your computer you should be exactly as you left it when you went into hibernation mode.

Its like system standby, accept you need to turn the computer on not just move a mouse or hit a key to reactivate your system.

Answer 4

After a set time, or on demand, Windows XP Professional will save memory to disk, and shut the power down. When power is restored, all the applications are reopened exactly as they were left.

Answer 5

Saving power and wear and tear by loading its RAM onto the hard drive, stopping the hard drive; basically shutting off without losing data stored in volatile memory, I guess...

Answer 6

Your computer is basically sleeping the screen is dark and when you come back your settings are left the same