hibernation and standby mode

[faye]

Hi,

i don't see an hibernation button when i press the "turn off computer" button, all i see is standby.

I have go to control panel > hibernation and enable it.

Is it the only way to hibernate the system with Task Manager?

and also, is there difference btwn them?

 

[mikecel79]

Hibernation saves all data in RAM to the hard disk and then turns the machine off. Standby keeps the RAM powered but puts the machine into a low power mode.

 

[statik213]

Originally posted by: faye
Hi,

i don't see an hibernation button when i press the "turn off computer" button, all i see is standby.

I have go to control panel > hibernation and enable it.

Is it the only way to hibernate the system with Task Manager?

and also, is there difference btwn them?

press start -> turn off computer, you'll see Standby, Turn Off and Restart. Press shift and stanby will change to hibernate, it's retarded, should be straigh out in the open.

 

[faye]

oh yeah...

is there a way to tell if the ram and harddrive are big enough for hibernation?

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: faye
oh yeah...

is there a way to tell if the ram and harddrive are big enough for hibernation?

It basically saves the content of the RAM to the Hard Drive before shutting Off.

I.e. If your computer has 512MB it would save a file that is a little more than 512MB to the Hard Drive.

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