PC at a time when it is not used, can be either completely disabled or may be in sleep mode.Hibernation - is one form of the idle state.It appeared relatively recently and is available on Windows 7, and 8. What are the advantages of hibernation and when advantageous to use this mode?This will be discussed in this article.
What is the essence?
Hibernate - a state the computer is in standby mode, in which the device consumes minimal electricity.At the same time all the processes that were running on the system before moving it in this mode are saved.Let's look at what happens to your PC when activated state of hibernation.At that moment, when the user selects the above-mentioned mode via the "Start" (or pressing the power button), or when the translation of the planned system under certain circumstances (for example, when the computer is idle for more than 10 minutes), all the programs that have beenare active and editable documents are instantly stored in the computer's memory.Their trip does not happen, then there is the resumption of work they will be open.During hibernation occurs Freeze system with its previously saved, and therefore there is no need for a power supply.Of course, the computer continues to use electricity, but in very small quantities.
How does the inclusion of hibernation and shutdown?
Activate this mode the user can either manually or by the system automatically if given the necessary parameters.Available hibernation on Windows 7 and 8. Entering the "Start" menu, next to the button you can see off a few extra options for conditions in which you can convert your PC.Among them "dream", and "Hibernate".The user must simply click on the desired item and activate one or the other mode.How to turn off hibernation mode?To display system from a given state must be easy to commit any action on the keyboard or the mouse.Recover all previously running processes quickly.To install automatic start of this regime will need to go to "Control Panel" and choose "Power".It can be specified through a period of time the PC will be "put to sleep".The user may want to exclude from the "Start" menu mode "hibernation."This can be done as follows:
- launch a command prompt (this must be done by an administrator of the computer);
- prescribes command «powercfg -h off».
Summary
Hibernate - a universal way to preserve battery power level (if it is a laptop) without losing data.Turn off the device is not necessary, simply activate the above functions.A similar mode can be used on a conventional desktop computer, if necessary to leave it for a while.The main difference from sleep mode - is the preservation of the status of all processes that were active in the system at the time of the launch of "waiting", which is a very convenient feature.
