Standby vs. Hibernation

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  1. Syzygys As a mother, I am telling you Valued Senior Member

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    What is the difference between those 2? It seems to me they do the same, except computers sometimes don't wake up from Hibernation....

    Here is what Microsoft says about it:

    "Standby reduces the power consumption of your computer by cutting power to hardware components that you are not using. Standby can cut power to peripheral devices, your monitor, even your hard drive, but maintains power to your computer's memory so you don't lose your work."

    "Hibernate saves an image of your desktop with all open files and documents, and then it powers down your computer. When you turn on power, your files and documents are open on your desktop exactly as you left them."

    Summary:

    "When your Tablet PC goes into hibernation, your opened files and your desktop are saved to the hard drive and your computer shuts down.

    With your Tablet PC, you should use standby to conserve battery power when you are away from your office and you should use hibernate as a backup system so that if you lose all battery power your information will be saved."

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    I had problems with hibernate in the past and I just want to cut the energy consumption, so I guess I go with the Standby...
     
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  3. s0meguy Worship me or suffer eternally Valued Senior Member

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    from what i gather, standby just keeps all the work on the system memory and lets you resume from that (system memory needs power in order to keep its contents, if you cut power to it, it'll lose its data), while hibernation saves the system memory contents to the hard disk and completely shuts down the pc. this would mean that you can disconnect the pc (or more likely laptop) from the power grid and continue later, as with stand-by, only with stand-by the pc has to remain connected to the power grid, or use battery power instead, although the power required to maintain power on the system memory is tiny.
     
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  5. Asguard Kiss my dark side Valued Senior Member

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    i prefer Hibernation, even if i have nothing on the computer that im currently working on it starts up MUCH faster without all the silly log on stuff AND its still using Zero power
     
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  7. Syzygys As a mother, I am telling you Valued Senior Member

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    What are you talking about? From Standby it comes back immediately....

    Just tested it quickly, it took 5 secs to come back from Standby and 30 secs to do the same from Hibernation.

    The only advantage of the Hibernation is the data saving, but if you are just generally cruising the net and such, there is no reason to use Hibernation for saving energy, you might as well just turn the computer off....
     
  8. John99 Banned Banned

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    go with standby.
     
  9. Dr Mabuse Percipient Thaumaturgist Registered Senior Member

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    Standby.

    Windows actually messes up hibernation, and comes out of hibernation in an unstable state, on many different system types.
     
  10. RubiksMaster Real eyes realize real lies Registered Senior Member

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    +1. I've had so many problems with Windows hibernation. I don't even use it anymore.

    Right. Hibernate and poweroff are the same thing, except that hibernate will (in theory) boot up to the same state where you left off (all of your open documents, media player playlist, etc). If you have no use for this session-saving, then just turn it off.
     
  11. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    In standby mode your computer is still on.
    In hibernation is it off.
     
  12. Michael 歌舞伎 Valued Senior Member

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    what the difference between sleep and hibernation?
    My HP has hibernation and sleep and my Toshiba only has sleep.
     
  13. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    Sleep is the same as standby.
     
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