Comments for Is it safe to use hibernate all the time?

Comment from Paul Walker on 2009-06-26

2009-06-26T19:54:29Z

Like SunHiker, my machine sometimes comes out of hibernation on its own. I once thought that it was an intruder, but never observed any bad virus, Trojan or what have you. So at the last thing in the evening, I turn the surge protector switch off.

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Comment from Bill MacMillan on 2009-05-19

2009-05-20T01:28:48Z

Ihave XP on one computer and Vista on another. I use hibernate on XP and sleep on Vista. What is the difference? Is sleep the same as standby, and if so how do I hibernate on Vista?

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Comment from shahnawaz on 2009-05-15

2009-05-16T04:43:35Z

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Comment from Dennis on 2009-05-14

2009-05-14T10:06:25Z

A point about updating the BIOS. My netbook's battery(well looked after) is cutting out when 20% power remaining and should go into hibernation but doesn't - needs a reboot. Tech support suggests a Bios update to fix this but warns this could damage the BIOS resulting in a useless compter and the company will take no resposibilty.
As I don't want to risk this I'm not updating - I'll just live with this glitch.

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Comment from newprouser on 2009-05-13

2009-05-14T05:00:30Z

Another problem with hibernate is that over time, garbage data gets stored in system memory due to certain faults in computer programs(memory leaks etc). Over a period of time this causes the system to slow down.
So as long as a system is restarted once in a while , its good to hibernate.

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Comment from Lee on 2009-05-12

2009-05-13T01:36:57Z

Good article Leo. I'm a long time reader, first time commenter; your site is great!

I was sleeping my desktop for a long time, shutting down over the weekends and sleeping it mainly through the week. Then one day I came back from sleep mode and nothing on my desktop worked! The icons where all there but everything I clicked on just came up with an error message. I had to revert to a restore point to fix it, but now I'm too scared to use sleep mode anymore. It's still tempting because I loved leaving things open and coming back to exactly where I was, but the trust is gone now. :(

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Comment from SunHiker on 2009-05-12

2009-05-12T22:55:01Z

Both my one-year-old laptop and my brand-new desktop will choose to come out of hibernation at their own whim. I suspect it happens when one of the apps I leave open tries to poll the Internet connection periodically; does that make sense? So, I've made a point of closing both my email client and my browser before I hibernate, and so far, so good.

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Comment from duane on 2009-05-12

2009-05-12T18:04:10Z

I've noticed that the date in the calendar of Microsoft Works doesn't keep the correct date if you hibernate overnight. Very minor indeed.

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Comment from Tracy on 2009-05-12

2009-05-12T17:46:25Z

Yes I use hibernate most of the time, (reboot maybe once a week.. not sure if it's my imagination but I think it might get slower and as the other poster said above to 'clean things up') .. however I did want to mention that yes, right about the drivers because one time I came out of either hibernation or standby, can't remember, and my mouse - when I moved back and forth the pointer went up and down, and when I moved my mouse up and down, my pointer went back and forth! woah! I restarted the computer and all was fine.. but THAT was weird!

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Comment from Danny on 2009-05-09

2009-05-09T15:23:06Z

Would these issues in hibernate also be a concern for Standby mode in XP and Sleep in Vista?

Standby does not write RAM to, or reload it from memory. Standby uses a small amount of power to keep RAM loaded. With that in mind, Standby will eventually either hibernate or shut down as the battery drains.

That said, in concept the rest of the issues remain the same, except that it's been my experience that Standby is more problematic with driver and other issues than Hibernate. If it works, great.

- Leo
08-May-2009

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Comment from Mark Jacobs on 2009-05-08

2009-05-08T17:23:24Z

Hibernate works great on my Asus eee 1000h. I rarely power down. Well, once every week or 2 I do just to clean things up. I may not need to but it seems like it might just free up resources.

My Toshiba Satellite A100 doesn't handle hibernation. It hibernates when I shut the lid but when it wakes up it goes right back to sleep like the groundhog when it sees its shadow. If anyone knows a fix for this I would appreciate it.

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