Difference between Standby and Hibernation?

[Syringer]

Within Windows..

 

[n0cmonkey]

Wrong forum.

 

[Bootprint]

The google dude says

 

[CrackRabbit]

Obligitory lame spider joke.

If I remember correctly standby suspends to RAM, Hibernation suspends to HDD.

 

[aircooled]

Hibernate saves to memory, standby just stops it in its tracks. Both suck...

 

[simms]

SPIDER.

And I use hibernate if anything. The computer is still on in Standby ...

 

[mugs]

Hibernate - memory saved to disk and your computer turns off. It's faster than booting normally though, because it only needs to reload your memory from the hard disk.
Standby - low power mode, everything stays where it is. Faster than recovering from hibernate, but uses power.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: aircooled
Hibernate saves to memory, standby just stops it in its tracks. Both suck...

um, completely incorrect.

 

[GoingUp]

spider

 

[brtspears2]

I use standby for my laptop since I found that it takes less power to keep it in standby for 2 hours than it takes to start up from hibernate. Otherwise for the long haul, I just shut off.

 

[Shawn]

Hibernate saves your ram to the hard drive and completely turns the computer off. Standby saves your memory by keeping the motherboard on. Just your optical drives turn off.

edit: spider

 

[DivideBYZero]

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