Hibernation

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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
 
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
 
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
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> 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
 
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
>
 
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
 
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
>
 
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
>
 
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
 
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
>
 
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
 
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
>
 
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
>>
>
 
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
 
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