Hibernation

[Guest UZA_Dave]

I am using WinXP Pro 64bit. In the Power Options in Control Panel, there is

no tab or anything mentioning hibernation. Anyone have any ideas?

 

Thanks,

David

[Guest UZA_Dave]

RE: Hibernation

 

Was just thinking - I have 16 GB RAM so I guess hibernation isn't a good

option. I'll use suspend.

 

"UZA_Dave" wrote:

> I am using WinXP Pro 64bit. In the Power Options in Control Panel, there is

> no tab or anything mentioning hibernation. Anyone have any ideas?

>

> Thanks,

> David

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Hibernation

 

Correct. Hibernation is disabled when you have more than 2GB of ram. Think

about the size of the hiberfile. :)

 

"UZA_Dave" <UZADave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:0CE29C06-4481-41B3-9AB0-882F9D24588F@microsoft.com...

> Was just thinking - I have 16 GB RAM so I guess hibernation isn't a good

> option. I'll use suspend.

>

> "UZA_Dave" wrote:

>

>> I am using WinXP Pro 64bit. In the Power Options in Control Panel, there

>> is

>> no tab or anything mentioning hibernation. Anyone have any ideas?

>>

>> Thanks,

>> David

[Guest Carlos]

Re: Hibernation

 

Thanks, Colin!

Now I know why suspend is so fast in my rig.

It is the upgrade to 4 gigs!

I was wondering if something was wrong but now I know it is all right.

:)

Carlos

 

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> Correct. Hibernation is disabled when you have more than 2GB of ram. Think

> about the size of the hiberfile. :)

>

> "UZA_Dave" <UZADave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:0CE29C06-4481-41B3-9AB0-882F9D24588F@microsoft.com...

> > Was just thinking - I have 16 GB RAM so I guess hibernation isn't a good

> > option. I'll use suspend.

> >

> > "UZA_Dave" wrote:

> >

> >> I am using WinXP Pro 64bit. In the Power Options in Control Panel, there

> >> is

> >> no tab or anything mentioning hibernation. Anyone have any ideas?

> >>

> >> Thanks,

> >> David

>

[Guest R. C. White]

Re: Hibernation

 

Hi, Colin.

 

That must be true only for WinXP. My Vista Ultimate x64 w/4 GB RAM shows

hiberfil.sys (dated today) at 4 GB. (And another 4+ GB in pagefile.sys, of

course.)

 

RC

--

R. C. White, CPA

San Marcos, TX

rc@grandecom.net

Microsoft Windows MVP

(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

 

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

news:D6F30FB9-6D63-4C98-A690-D3AABD88E242@microsoft.com...

> Correct. Hibernation is disabled when you have more than 2GB of ram.

> Think about the size of the hiberfile. :)

>

> "UZA_Dave" <UZADave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:0CE29C06-4481-41B3-9AB0-882F9D24588F@microsoft.com...

>> Was just thinking - I have 16 GB RAM so I guess hibernation isn't a good

>> option. I'll use suspend.

>>

>> "UZA_Dave" wrote:

>>

>>> I am using WinXP Pro 64bit. In the Power Options in Control Panel,

>>> there is

>>> no tab or anything mentioning hibernation. Anyone have any ideas?

>>>

>>> Thanks,

>>> David

[Guest Carlos]

Re: Hibernation

 

Ain't got no hyberfil.sys down here with 4 gigs and VU x64.

Pagefile.sys is present, size 4 gigs.

Carlos

 

"R. C. White" wrote:

> Hi, Colin.

>

> That must be true only for WinXP. My Vista Ultimate x64 w/4 GB RAM shows

> hiberfil.sys (dated today) at 4 GB. (And another 4+ GB in pagefile.sys, of

> course.)

>

> RC

> --

> R. C. White, CPA

> San Marcos, TX

> rc@grandecom.net

> Microsoft Windows MVP

> (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

>

> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

> news:D6F30FB9-6D63-4C98-A690-D3AABD88E242@microsoft.com...

> > Correct. Hibernation is disabled when you have more than 2GB of ram.

> > Think about the size of the hiberfile. :)

> >

> > "UZA_Dave" <UZADave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> > news:0CE29C06-4481-41B3-9AB0-882F9D24588F@microsoft.com...

> >> Was just thinking - I have 16 GB RAM so I guess hibernation isn't a good

> >> option. I'll use suspend.

> >>

> >> "UZA_Dave" wrote:

> >>

> >>> I am using WinXP Pro 64bit. In the Power Options in Control Panel,

> >>> there is

> >>> no tab or anything mentioning hibernation. Anyone have any ideas?

> >>>

> >>> Thanks,

> >>> David

>

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Hibernation

 

You can re-enable it so maybe you did.

 

"R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message

news:0730701F-2970-445F-86D9-F29AB36685DD@microsoft.com...

> Hi, Colin.

>

> That must be true only for WinXP. My Vista Ultimate x64 w/4 GB RAM shows

> hiberfil.sys (dated today) at 4 GB. (And another 4+ GB in pagefile.sys,

> of course.)

>

> RC

> --

> R. C. White, CPA

> San Marcos, TX

> rc@grandecom.net

> Microsoft Windows MVP

> (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

>

> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

> news:D6F30FB9-6D63-4C98-A690-D3AABD88E242@microsoft.com...

>> Correct. Hibernation is disabled when you have more than 2GB of ram.

>> Think about the size of the hiberfile. :)

>>

>> "UZA_Dave" <UZADave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:0CE29C06-4481-41B3-9AB0-882F9D24588F@microsoft.com...

>>> Was just thinking - I have 16 GB RAM so I guess hibernation isn't a good

>>> option. I'll use suspend.

>>>

>>> "UZA_Dave" wrote:

>>>

>>>> I am using WinXP Pro 64bit. In the Power Options in Control Panel,

>>>> there is

>>>> no tab or anything mentioning hibernation. Anyone have any ideas?

>>>>

>>>> Thanks,

>>>> David

>

[Guest R. C. White]

Re: Hibernation

 

Hi, Colin.

 

Not intentionally.

 

My computer had 2 GB originally, when I first built it and installed Vista.

Then I added 2 GB more a few months ago. I don't recall any mention of

hibernation at that time. Does ADDING memory trigger different behavior

than starting out with >2 GB?

 

It doesn't bother me to have hibernation available, although I never use it,

because I have plenty of HD space - for now - and I hadn't even noticed the

big file was there until now.

 

RC

--

R. C. White, CPA

San Marcos, TX

rc@grandecom.net

Microsoft Windows MVP

(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

 

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

news:CB9DE2D9-D11B-4E2F-AA8A-25E8B1EC0DD0@microsoft.com...

> You can re-enable it so maybe you did.

>

> "R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message

> news:0730701F-2970-445F-86D9-F29AB36685DD@microsoft.com...

>> Hi, Colin.

>>

>> That must be true only for WinXP. My Vista Ultimate x64 w/4 GB RAM shows

>> hiberfil.sys (dated today) at 4 GB. (And another 4+ GB in pagefile.sys,

>> of course.)

>>

>> RC

>>

>> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

>> news:D6F30FB9-6D63-4C98-A690-D3AABD88E242@microsoft.com...

>>> Correct. Hibernation is disabled when you have more than 2GB of ram.

>>> Think about the size of the hiberfile. :)

>>>

>>> "UZA_Dave" <UZADave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>>> news:0CE29C06-4481-41B3-9AB0-882F9D24588F@microsoft.com...

>>>> Was just thinking - I have 16 GB RAM so I guess hibernation isn't a

>>>> good

>>>> option. I'll use suspend.

>>>>

>>>> "UZA_Dave" wrote:

>>>>

>>>>> I am using WinXP Pro 64bit. In the Power Options in Control Panel,

>>>>> there is

>>>>> no tab or anything mentioning hibernation. Anyone have any ideas?

>>>>>

>>>>> Thanks,

>>>>> David

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Hibernation

 

My mistake. I looked it up and hibernation is disabled above 4GB, not two.

It looks like you should be hibernating.

 

Have you tried "powercfg -h on"?

 

If that does not work, maybe try "powercfg -h off" and then on again.

 

"R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message

news:3FE181CD-B220-400F-B22B-DB13CFBC1A19@microsoft.com...

> Hi, Colin.

>

> Not intentionally.

>

> My computer had 2 GB originally, when I first built it and installed

> Vista. Then I added 2 GB more a few months ago. I don't recall any

> mention of hibernation at that time. Does ADDING memory trigger different

> behavior than starting out with >2 GB?

>

> It doesn't bother me to have hibernation available, although I never use

> it, because I have plenty of HD space - for now - and I hadn't even

> noticed the big file was there until now.

>

> RC

> --

> R. C. White, CPA

> San Marcos, TX

> rc@grandecom.net

> Microsoft Windows MVP

> (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

>

> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

> news:CB9DE2D9-D11B-4E2F-AA8A-25E8B1EC0DD0@microsoft.com...

>> You can re-enable it so maybe you did.

>>

>> "R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message

>> news:0730701F-2970-445F-86D9-F29AB36685DD@microsoft.com...

>>> Hi, Colin.

>>>

>>> That must be true only for WinXP. My Vista Ultimate x64 w/4 GB RAM

>>> shows hiberfil.sys (dated today) at 4 GB. (And another 4+ GB in

>>> pagefile.sys, of course.)

>>>

>>> RC

>>>

>>> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

>>> news:D6F30FB9-6D63-4C98-A690-D3AABD88E242@microsoft.com...

>>>> Correct. Hibernation is disabled when you have more than 2GB of ram.

>>>> Think about the size of the hiberfile. :)

>>>>

>>>> "UZA_Dave" <UZADave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>>>> news:0CE29C06-4481-41B3-9AB0-882F9D24588F@microsoft.com...

>>>>> Was just thinking - I have 16 GB RAM so I guess hibernation isn't a

>>>>> good

>>>>> option. I'll use suspend.

>>>>>

>>>>> "UZA_Dave" wrote:

>>>>>

>>>>>> I am using WinXP Pro 64bit. In the Power Options in Control Panel,

>>>>>> there is

>>>>>> no tab or anything mentioning hibernation. Anyone have any ideas?

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Thanks,

>>>>>> David

>

[Guest R. C. White]

Re: Hibernation

 

Hi, Colin.

> Have you tried "powercfg -h on"?

 

No, I haven't. And "powercfg /?" produces such an intimidating list of

possibilities that I'm not ready to get into all that just now. Especially

since things are running smoothly now with hibernation on and, as I said, I

have disk space to spare, even with a big hibernation file.

 

But thanks for the tip to store for the future.

 

RC

--

R. C. White, CPA

San Marcos, TX

rc@grandecom.net

Microsoft Windows MVP

(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

 

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

news:8B2D9878-DEA4-4979-A89D-60500F3E11B7@microsoft.com...

> My mistake. I looked it up and hibernation is disabled above 4GB, not

> two. It looks like you should be hibernating.

>

> Have you tried "powercfg -h on"?

>

> If that does not work, maybe try "powercfg -h off" and then on again.

>

> "R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message

> news:3FE181CD-B220-400F-B22B-DB13CFBC1A19@microsoft.com...

>> Hi, Colin.

>>

>> Not intentionally.

>>

>> My computer had 2 GB originally, when I first built it and installed

>> Vista. Then I added 2 GB more a few months ago. I don't recall any

>> mention of hibernation at that time. Does ADDING memory trigger

>> different behavior than starting out with >2 GB?

>>

>> It doesn't bother me to have hibernation available, although I never use

>> it, because I have plenty of HD space - for now - and I hadn't even

>> noticed the big file was there until now.

>>

>> RC

>>

>> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

>> news:CB9DE2D9-D11B-4E2F-AA8A-25E8B1EC0DD0@microsoft.com...

>>> You can re-enable it so maybe you did.

>>>

>>> "R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message

>>> news:0730701F-2970-445F-86D9-F29AB36685DD@microsoft.com...

>>>> Hi, Colin.

>>>>

>>>> That must be true only for WinXP. My Vista Ultimate x64 w/4 GB RAM

>>>> shows hiberfil.sys (dated today) at 4 GB. (And another 4+ GB in

>>>> pagefile.sys, of course.)

>>>>

>>>> RC

>>>>

>>>> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

>>>> news:D6F30FB9-6D63-4C98-A690-D3AABD88E242@microsoft.com...

>>>>> Correct. Hibernation is disabled when you have more than 2GB of ram.

>>>>> Think about the size of the hiberfile. :)

>>>>>

>>>>> "UZA_Dave" <UZADave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>>>>> news:0CE29C06-4481-41B3-9AB0-882F9D24588F@microsoft.com...

>>>>>> Was just thinking - I have 16 GB RAM so I guess hibernation isn't a

>>>>>> good

>>>>>> option. I'll use suspend.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> "UZA_Dave" wrote:

>>>>>>

>>>>>>> I am using WinXP Pro 64bit. In the Power Options in Control Panel,

>>>>>>> there is

>>>>>>> no tab or anything mentioning hibernation. Anyone have any ideas?

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Thanks,

>>>>>>> David

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Hibernation

 

You only need the -h on (turn hibernation on) and -h off (turn hibernation

off). For this issue the others don't matter.

 

"R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message

news:B30CC03D-6FBC-4B48-A274-D1F638567248@microsoft.com...

> Hi, Colin.

>

>> Have you tried "powercfg -h on"?

>

> No, I haven't. And "powercfg /?" produces such an intimidating list of

> possibilities that I'm not ready to get into all that just now.

> Especially since things are running smoothly now with hibernation on and,

> as I said, I have disk space to spare, even with a big hibernation file.

>

> But thanks for the tip to store for the future.

>

> RC

> --

> R. C. White, CPA

> San Marcos, TX

> rc@grandecom.net

> Microsoft Windows MVP

> (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

>

> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

> news:8B2D9878-DEA4-4979-A89D-60500F3E11B7@microsoft.com...

>> My mistake. I looked it up and hibernation is disabled above 4GB, not

>> two. It looks like you should be hibernating.

>>

>> Have you tried "powercfg -h on"?

>>

>> If that does not work, maybe try "powercfg -h off" and then on again.

>>

>> "R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message

>> news:3FE181CD-B220-400F-B22B-DB13CFBC1A19@microsoft.com...

>>> Hi, Colin.

>>>

>>> Not intentionally.

>>>

>>> My computer had 2 GB originally, when I first built it and installed

>>> Vista. Then I added 2 GB more a few months ago. I don't recall any

>>> mention of hibernation at that time. Does ADDING memory trigger

>>> different behavior than starting out with >2 GB?

>>>

>>> It doesn't bother me to have hibernation available, although I never use

>>> it, because I have plenty of HD space - for now - and I hadn't even

>>> noticed the big file was there until now.

>>>

>>> RC

>>>

>>> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

>>> news:CB9DE2D9-D11B-4E2F-AA8A-25E8B1EC0DD0@microsoft.com...

>>>> You can re-enable it so maybe you did.

>>>>

>>>> "R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message

>>>> news:0730701F-2970-445F-86D9-F29AB36685DD@microsoft.com...

>>>>> Hi, Colin.

>>>>>

>>>>> That must be true only for WinXP. My Vista Ultimate x64 w/4 GB RAM

>>>>> shows hiberfil.sys (dated today) at 4 GB. (And another 4+ GB in

>>>>> pagefile.sys, of course.)

>>>>>

>>>>> RC

>>>>>

>>>>> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

>>>>> news:D6F30FB9-6D63-4C98-A690-D3AABD88E242@microsoft.com...

>>>>>> Correct. Hibernation is disabled when you have more than 2GB of ram.

>>>>>> Think about the size of the hiberfile. :)

>>>>>>

>>>>>> "UZA_Dave" <UZADave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>>>>>> news:0CE29C06-4481-41B3-9AB0-882F9D24588F@microsoft.com...

>>>>>>> Was just thinking - I have 16 GB RAM so I guess hibernation isn't a

>>>>>>> good

>>>>>>> option. I'll use suspend.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> "UZA_Dave" wrote:

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> I am using WinXP Pro 64bit. In the Power Options in Control Panel,

>>>>>>>> there is

>>>>>>>> no tab or anything mentioning hibernation. Anyone have any ideas?

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> Thanks,

>>>>>>>> David

>

[Guest Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: Hibernation

 

Also, FWIW, using shutdown -h should force a hibernation even when you don't

see the option.

 

--

Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/xperts64

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

 

 

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

news:36F9B49E-321B-4557-84A7-B8E022EAED55@microsoft.com...

> You only need the -h on (turn hibernation on) and -h off (turn hibernation

> off). For this issue the others don't matter.

>

> "R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message

> news:B30CC03D-6FBC-4B48-A274-D1F638567248@microsoft.com...

>> Hi, Colin.

>>

>>> Have you tried "powercfg -h on"?

>>

>> No, I haven't. And "powercfg /?" produces such an intimidating list of

>> possibilities that I'm not ready to get into all that just now.

>> Especially since things are running smoothly now with hibernation on and,

>> as I said, I have disk space to spare, even with a big hibernation file.

>>

>> But thanks for the tip to store for the future.

>>

>> RC

>> --

>> R. C. White, CPA

>> San Marcos, TX

>> rc@grandecom.net

>> Microsoft Windows MVP

>> (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

>>

>> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

>> news:8B2D9878-DEA4-4979-A89D-60500F3E11B7@microsoft.com...

>>> My mistake. I looked it up and hibernation is disabled above 4GB, not

>>> two. It looks like you should be hibernating.

>>>

>>> Have you tried "powercfg -h on"?

>>>

>>> If that does not work, maybe try "powercfg -h off" and then on again.

>>>

>>> "R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message

>>> news:3FE181CD-B220-400F-B22B-DB13CFBC1A19@microsoft.com...

>>>> Hi, Colin.

>>>>

>>>> Not intentionally.

>>>>

>>>> My computer had 2 GB originally, when I first built it and installed

>>>> Vista. Then I added 2 GB more a few months ago. I don't recall any

>>>> mention of hibernation at that time. Does ADDING memory trigger

>>>> different behavior than starting out with >2 GB?

>>>>

>>>> It doesn't bother me to have hibernation available, although I never

>>>> use it, because I have plenty of HD space - for now - and I hadn't even

>>>> noticed the big file was there until now.

>>>>

>>>> RC

>>>>

>>>> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

>>>> news:CB9DE2D9-D11B-4E2F-AA8A-25E8B1EC0DD0@microsoft.com...

>>>>> You can re-enable it so maybe you did.

>>>>>

>>>>> "R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message

>>>>> news:0730701F-2970-445F-86D9-F29AB36685DD@microsoft.com...

>>>>>> Hi, Colin.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> That must be true only for WinXP. My Vista Ultimate x64 w/4 GB RAM

>>>>>> shows hiberfil.sys (dated today) at 4 GB. (And another 4+ GB in

>>>>>> pagefile.sys, of course.)

>>>>>>

>>>>>> RC

>>>>>>

>>>>>> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

>>>>>> news:D6F30FB9-6D63-4C98-A690-D3AABD88E242@microsoft.com...

>>>>>>> Correct. Hibernation is disabled when you have more than 2GB of

>>>>>>> ram. Think about the size of the hiberfile. :)

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> "UZA_Dave" <UZADave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>>>>>>> news:0CE29C06-4481-41B3-9AB0-882F9D24588F@microsoft.com...

>>>>>>>> Was just thinking - I have 16 GB RAM so I guess hibernation isn't a

>>>>>>>> good

>>>>>>>> option. I'll use suspend.

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> "UZA_Dave" wrote:

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>> I am using WinXP Pro 64bit. In the Power Options in Control

>>>>>>>>> Panel, there is

>>>>>>>>> no tab or anything mentioning hibernation. Anyone have any ideas?

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>> Thanks,

>>>>>>>>> David

>>

>

[Guest Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: Hibernation

 

you are correct - with >4GB of RAM, hibernation is automatically disabled in

all versions of Windows. Use suspend, or use shutdown, as appropriate.

 

--

Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/xperts64

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

 

 

"UZA_Dave" <UZADave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:0CE29C06-4481-41B3-9AB0-882F9D24588F@microsoft.com...

> Was just thinking - I have 16 GB RAM so I guess hibernation isn't a good

> option. I'll use suspend.

>

> "UZA_Dave" wrote:

>

>> I am using WinXP Pro 64bit. In the Power Options in Control Panel, there

>> is

>> no tab or anything mentioning hibernation. Anyone have any ideas?

>>

>> Thanks,

>> David