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    WinXP - Hibernate disappeared suddenly

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by coriolis, May 25, 2007.

  1. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Not sure why, it was there last week, haven't had a need to turn it off til now, but it seems that it doesn't have the option to anymore. I found it weird that everytime I tried to Hibernate, it didn't turn off, it went to Stand By!

    I don't know whats wrong, my HD has 13~gb of free space, should be enough? Under Power Options, there is no Hibernation tab, but under "When I <insert action here> on my computer...", Hibernate appears but even when I apply or Press OK, it goes to Stand By.

    I haven't done anything in terms of installing new programs for about a month.

    A Google search did nothing neither...

    Hope I can get some help :)
     
    coriolis, May 25, 2007
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  2. Jalf

    Jalf Comrade Santa

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    My Thinkpad does that from time to time too... Any pointers as to what causes it would be really nice... (I'd thought it was some kind of conflict between Windows' power management, and Lenovo's, but I'm open to better explanations ;))
     
    Jalf, May 25, 2007
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    aigle Notebook Consultant

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    Not sure but I think if somehow u delete ur hibernation file Hiberfil.sys, u might get this issue. I am not sure though, I repeat.

    Google for hiberfil.sys cleaning etc.
     
    aigle, May 25, 2007
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  4. Jalf

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    Mine isn't deleted though. It's right where I'd expect it to be.
     
    Jalf, May 25, 2007
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  5. Mark

    Mark Desktop Debugger

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    I've had this issue as well. It started happening after I reinstalled XP.

    You can hold down shift when in the shutdown menu to get the standby key to go to hibernate. That is a way around it. As to why it goes away, I am not sure, but I know I made a post on it a while ago asking the same question.
     
    Mark, May 26, 2007
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  6. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Still nothing, hrmmmm.


    I'll see what happens in the next few hours, if nothing fixes, I guess I'll have to reformat.
     
    coriolis, May 26, 2007
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    Free up disk space in the Windows partition,
    Also delete the Hiberfil.sys It usually works.
    (It seems that XP needs some extra disk space to hibernate properly)
     
    mujtaba, May 26, 2007
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  8. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    It appears that Windows may disable hibernation if it thinks that there is a device driver incompatible with hibernation. Did you update any driver recently?

    John
     
    John Ratsey, May 26, 2007
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  9. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Nope, nothing of recent, except uninstalling Diablo 2 which I've had on my HD for a long time, haven't touched it once :p
     
    coriolis, May 26, 2007
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    coriolis, Jun 8, 2007
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  11. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Good searching ;) I was about to post that... I ran into the same issue with my machine.
     
    Pitabred, Jun 8, 2007
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