Hibernate and Standby

**Tuffgong4** · July 24th, 2002

I'm not sure if this is the place I'm supposed to put this thread?..

eventhough I really don't use Standby but I wanted to see what it was like to use hibernate so I enabled it but it won't work...a couple of months ago I installed an update that would fix standby issues and it never worked(I'm wondering if that has anything to do with it) I've tried different things and I can't get my system to hibernate. please help!

**chastity** · July 24th, 2002

It would help to know a little bit more about the problem/question and some system spec's like what os u r using. My best guess is either Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP as to the best of my knowelge they r the only ones that support both standby and hibernate

**Tuffgong4** · July 24th, 2002

WinXP Home
1.6 p4
128MB DDR I know I need more!
40gb HDD
GeForce2 MX 440 64MB
SoundBlaster Live 5.1
24x10x48 CD-R
I'm not sure what else I need to put

January 16th, 2003

see this link

**GoNz0** · January 16th, 2003

glad i had a pop up stopper when i clicked that link !!!!!!

January 16th, 2003

Yeah it's only 1 pop-up but that's 1 too many, isn't it?

**Alex_is_Axel** · January 16th, 2003

a few months ago.. a friend of mine decided to put hibernation on to see what happened.. to his suprise.. his computer wouldnt turn on for another 6months.. it started up to the logon screen and it said "your computer is under hibernation mode.. your computer will automaticlly shut down and will auto load in 6months time".. something like that.. funny as hell i reckon.. thats not suposed to happen is it?

**Taurus** · January 16th, 2003

Originally posted by Alex_is_Axel
a few months ago.. a friend of mine decided to put hibernation on to see what happened.. to his suprise.. his computer wouldnt turn on for another 6months.. it started up to the logon screen and it said "your computer is under hibernation mode.. your computer will automaticlly shut down and will auto load in 6months time".. something like that.. funny as hell i reckon.. thats not suposed to happen is it?

you're not serious, are you? sounds like a joke. no reason at all that would happen.

tuffgong.. what exactly happens when you try to put it into hibernation?

**Alex_is_Axel** · January 16th, 2003

im serious taurus, that really did happen.. infact still is i think from the last i heard.. ive seen his computer start up and come up with that pop-up message then watched it automaticlly shut down

ste_w · January 16th, 2003

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**Taurus** · January 16th, 2003

must be a virus, then.

take a pic and post it! it would be a good for a few laughs.

**Zedric** · January 16th, 2003

Originally posted by red74soxm
Yeah it's only 1 pop-up but that's 1 too many, isn't it?

1? I got 4 (four!) plus a spyware installer! Got some practice in clicking "No" and "X".

Alex_is_Axel: I don't believe you for a second. Unless it's a really tacky virus.

**Alex_is_Axel** · January 16th, 2003

Its ok Zedric.. im not trying to get you to believe me about it.. i would prove it to you if i could but its hard to take a screen shot when it doesnt even give a chance to log on & be able to save the image.. I was just letting you know, maybe it was a virus, proberbly was tho actually.. ive heard somethings around like that with timers but its a good idea though isnt it to attach it onto the Hibernation and then give it 6months to like sleep :happy: ... pretty funny i though

**Geffy** · January 16th, 2003

Just to correct Chastity, all of the versions of Windows, from I think Win98 have been able to Hibernate, there were some issues with the original implementations in Win98, it needed a dedicated hibernation partition so no one really bothered.
Windows ME does hibernate in much the same way as Windows 2k and XP do.
Most people that have Manufacturer built WinME machines will know this. If you built your machine and installed WinME then chances are they you would not have Hibernation support.

Since WinME and Win2k, there have only been two things that dictated whether or not a machine could hibernate.
1. Correct Graphics Card Drivers
2. WDM (Windows Driver Model) Audio drivers.

It was the second of the two that normally prevents self built WinME machines from being able to Hibernate. This was due to most manufacturers including VXD (dunno the acronym for this one) drivers which dont support the S3 power mode. So no hibernation.

Alex_is_Axel
Your friends machine (if its for real) probably has some kind of virus on it or else he really screwed it up, if he has WinXP then he can press F8 at the section when the computer is reloading the RAM context from the hard drive and choose the option to "Boot Normally", this will wipe the hiberfil.sys file or atleast remove boot references to it and will force the computer to boot properly. Or he could use some form of DOS (might have to use the NTFS DOS driver from SysInternals and then delete hiberfil.sys from the OS Root directory (ie C:\)

**Geffy** · January 16th, 2003

Originally posted by Alex_is_Axel
Its ok Zedric.. im not trying to get you to believe me about it.. i would prove it to you if i could but its hard to take a screen shot when it doesnt even give a chance to log on & be able to save the image..

Use a camera at the crucial moment maybe?

January 25th, 2003

Hibernation vs. Standby......

Hibernation for me ....system acts like it is actually shutdown ( all powered down monitor as well as drives ) with all settings saved. So when you reactivate it in mere seconds you are up and running.
I know of some who have been in hibernation for close to a year.
( then they get up and finally get their A$$ to work)lol

July 24th, 2002	Top \| #1
Tuffgong4 The Donger Need Food!!!! Joined: June 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,465 Reputation: 840 Power: 153	Hibernate and Standby I'm not sure if this is the place I'm supposed to put this thread?.. eventhough I really don't use Standby but I wanted to see what it was like to use hibernate so I enabled it but it won't work...a couple of months ago I installed an update that would fix standby issues and it never worked(I'm wondering if that has anything to do with it) I've tried different things and I can't get my system to hibernate. please help!

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Alex_is_Axel .:: FTPAlex ::. Joined: June 2002 Location: Cheshire, United Kingdom Posts: 1,156 Reputation: 10 Power: 133	a few months ago.. a friend of mine decided to put hibernation on to see what happened.. to his suprise.. his computer wouldnt turn on for another 6months.. it started up to the logon screen and it said "your computer is under hibernation mode.. your computer will automaticlly shut down and will auto load in 6months time".. something like that.. funny as hell i reckon.. thats not suposed to happen is it? .:: My PCSpecs ::. .:: My Site ::.

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Taurus hardware monkey Joined: May 2002 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 3,206 Reputation: 90 Power: 155	Originally posted by Alex_is_Axel a few months ago.. a friend of mine decided to put hibernation on to see what happened.. to his suprise.. his computer wouldnt turn on for another 6months.. it started up to the logon screen and it said "your computer is under hibernation mode.. your computer will automaticlly shut down and will auto load in 6months time".. something like that.. funny as hell i reckon.. thats not suposed to happen is it? you're not serious, are you? sounds like a joke. no reason at all that would happen. tuffgong.. what exactly happens when you try to put it into hibernation?

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Alex_is_Axel .:: FTPAlex ::. Joined: June 2002 Location: Cheshire, United Kingdom Posts: 1,156 Reputation: 10 Power: 133	im serious taurus, that really did happen.. infact still is i think from the last i heard.. ive seen his computer start up and come up with that pop-up message then watched it automaticlly shut down .:: My PCSpecs ::. .:: My Site ::.

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Zedric NTFS Guru Joined: January 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 4,006 Reputation: 890 Power: 175	Originally posted by red74soxm Yeah it's only 1 pop-up but that's 1 too many, isn't it? 1? I got 4 (four!) plus a spyware installer! Got some practice in clicking "No" and "X". Alex_is_Axel: I don't believe you for a second. Unless it's a really tacky virus. Did I help you? Please use the reputation system. Click the icon on the left! Proud host of the OSNN.net folding sigs. Want one? Check the folding thread! http://zedric.no-ip.com/

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July 24th, 2002	Top \| #2
chastity OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: July 2002 Location: Arizona near the Grand Canyon Posts: 2,109 Reputation: 613 Power: 147	It would help to know a little bit more about the problem/question and some system spec's like what os u r using. My best guess is either Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP as to the best of my knowelge they r the only ones that support both standby and hibernate

July 24th, 2002	Top \| #3
Tuffgong4 The Donger Need Food!!!! Joined: June 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,465 Reputation: 840 Power: 153	WinXP Home 1.6 p4 128MB DDR I know I need more! 40gb HDD GeForce2 MX 440 64MB SoundBlaster Live 5.1 24x10x48 CD-R I'm not sure what else I need to put

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red74soxm Unregistered Posts: n/a	see this link

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GoNz0 NTFS Stoner Joined: March 2002 Location: the year 2525 Posts: 2,781 Reputation: 350 Power: 155	glad i had a pop up stopper when i clicked that link !!!!!!

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red74soxm Unregistered Posts: n/a	Yeah it's only 1 pop-up but that's 1 too many, isn't it?

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ste_w OSNN Senior Addict Joined: May 2002 Location: UK Posts: 756 Reputation: 40 Power: 130	steven says - y arnt u in shool? alex says -you say your ill so why the hell are you up at 3 30 in the morning? jake says -u twat. cya al only messin

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Taurus hardware monkey Joined: May 2002 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 3,206 Reputation: 90 Power: 155	must be a virus, then. take a pic and post it! it would be a good for a few laughs.

January 16th, 2003	Top \| #13
Alex_is_Axel .:: FTPAlex ::. Joined: June 2002 Location: Cheshire, United Kingdom Posts: 1,156 Reputation: 10 Power: 133	Its ok Zedric.. im not trying to get you to believe me about it.. i would prove it to you if i could but its hard to take a screen shot when it doesnt even give a chance to log on & be able to save the image.. I was just letting you know, maybe it was a virus, proberbly was tho actually.. ive heard somethings around like that with timers but its a good idea though isnt it to attach it onto the Hibernation and then give it 6months to like sleep :happy: ... pretty funny i though .:: My PCSpecs ::. .:: My Site ::.

January 16th, 2003	Top \| #14
Geffy OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: March 2002 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 7,805 Reputation: 1490 Power: 217	Just to correct Chastity, all of the versions of Windows, from I think Win98 have been able to Hibernate, there were some issues with the original implementations in Win98, it needed a dedicated hibernation partition so no one really bothered. Windows ME does hibernate in much the same way as Windows 2k and XP do. Most people that have Manufacturer built WinME machines will know this. If you built your machine and installed WinME then chances are they you would not have Hibernation support. Since WinME and Win2k, there have only been two things that dictated whether or not a machine could hibernate. 1. Correct Graphics Card Drivers 2. WDM (Windows Driver Model) Audio drivers. It was the second of the two that normally prevents self built WinME machines from being able to Hibernate. This was due to most manufacturers including VXD (dunno the acronym for this one) drivers which dont support the S3 power mode. So no hibernation. Alex_is_Axel Your friends machine (if its for real) probably has some kind of virus on it or else he really screwed it up, if he has WinXP then he can press F8 at the section when the computer is reloading the RAM context from the hard drive and choose the option to "Boot Normally", this will wipe the hiberfil.sys file or atleast remove boot references to it and will force the computer to boot properly. Or he could use some form of DOS (might have to use the NTFS DOS driver from SysInternals and then delete hiberfil.sys from the OS Root directory (ie C:\)  • blog • tumblog • lastfm • flickr • #rubyonrails • @twitter "I could be replaced with a very small shell script"

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Geffy OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: March 2002 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 7,805 Reputation: 1490 Power: 217	Originally posted by Alex_is_Axel Its ok Zedric.. im not trying to get you to believe me about it.. i would prove it to you if i could but its hard to take a screen shot when it doesnt even give a chance to log on & be able to save the image.. Use a camera at the crucial moment maybe?  • blog • tumblog • lastfm • flickr • #rubyonrails • @twitter "I could be replaced with a very small shell script"

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Grymblayd Unregistered Posts: n/a	Hibernation vs. Standby...... Hibernation for me ....system acts like it is actually shutdown ( all powered down monitor as well as drives ) with all settings saved. So when you reactivate it in mere seconds you are up and running. I know of some who have been in hibernation for close to a year. ( then they get up and finally get their A$$ to work)lol