Hibernate help!!

[blueola]

Hi, wonder if anyone can help! I have an acer aspire 5735 running vista home basic that has 'lost the ability' to hibernate. When I first bought the computer had the option set up of when I close the lid the computer hibernated after 'x' time. However there was a computer problem and I had to do a factory reset, and now all hibernate options have disappeared and all I can get is the computer to sleep, shutdown or do nothing when I close the lid. This is really annoying as its draining the battery or means I have to go through start-up every time I shut the lid. Any help would be most appreciated! :)

[RandyL]

Hi blue.

I'm not on Vista at the moment but try this;

 

Go to Accesories in your All Programs.

Right click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.

Type in powercfg /hibernate on (note the space before the / and before on)

[BeeCeeBee]

There was a poll taken here once http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/fpch-polls/5426-sleep-shut-down.html and the majority favored not using either sleep or hibernate. My personal opinion with a laptop is to allow it to go into "sleep" rather than hibernate but if I am not just moving the thing from one spot to another I prefer the safety of a complete shut down.

 

Of course I am one of those people who remember that "getting mail" meant a possible papercut when I stuck my finger into the envelope to tear it open. So waiting a few extra seconds or a minute or so really does not bother me all that much. :smile: