Causes for failure of return from hibernation

[Guest Jeff]

I'm wondering what are the common causes for the failures of return from

hibernation in XP SP2. I have a one year old notebook that runs XP MCE

and I have it set up to hibernate when I close the lid. Despite hearing

of people having problems with hibernation in XP, I have rarely had

problems with the PC restoring itself from hibernation - till recently.

 

As of a month or so, it has become not uncommon for the notebook to try

to restore itself and after reading the file (progress meter goes to the

end) asks me to delete the saved file and restart Windows. I would not

complain except that this is a change for my system and I therefore

wonder why the hibernation file is now getting corrupted.

 

Could it be the C: partition is filling up? I have over 6 GB in my 18 GB

C:\ partition.

 

Could a recent Windows update have changed a OEM file that worked

before? Could there be a new conflict with some other new or updated

other program?

 

I regularly use Ad-Aware, Spybot, anti-viral software, Zone Alarm, and

defragmentation. Is there a way to know why the system is now having

more trouble with hibernation that it used to?

 

Thanks.

 

Jeff