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    New Member Question - Hibernate

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by techiegirl, Apr 28, 2008.

  1. techiegirl

    techiegirl Newbie

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    I'm a new member who just bought a TZ a few days ago. I'm new to Vista but not new to Windows. I am a recent convert from Mac though.

    After changing some settings yesterday, I noticed I lost the hibernate mode. It just gives me the option of shut off, restart, log off, or sleep. When I first got the computer on Friday, there was a hibernate mode. I'm not sure what the setting is to turn the hibernate mode on.

    Second, what's the difference between hibernate and sleep? I noticed with hibernate, it asks for a password when it comes back from hibernate. When I wake up from sleep, it doesn't as for PW.

    Thanks.
     
    techiegirl, Apr 28, 2008
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  2. HellDemon

    HellDemon Notebook Consultant

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    I dunno about vista, cuz I don't use it, but sleep moves all ur information into ur ram, but requires power for it to keep the information there, so it uses up your battery life, but has a much quicker start-up
    hibernation moves ur information into ur HDD, so that u don't waste battery life when it's off. Although it takes longer to suspend and turn on.

    I think on vista it's called Suspend to RAM and Suspend to Disk or something. Not sure about that.
     
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    Martiuis Notebook Enthusiast

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  4. techiegirl

    techiegirl Newbie

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    That's exactly what I did. That fixed it. Seems like a silly thing for a disk cleaner to get rid of. I wonder what else did I get rid of.


    Thanks.

     
    techiegirl, Apr 28, 2008
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    gamebrigada Newbie

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    Actually its a bug in the Vista system, I think they fixed it in the SP1.
     
    gamebrigada, Apr 29, 2008
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    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    No, it is not a "bug". It is there by design and is still there in Sp1. There is a knowledge base article about this.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Apr 29, 2008
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