Which power option reduces the damage when computer shuts down unexpectedly?

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Elidicious View Member Profile	Jul 28 2010, 06:04 AM Post #1
Member Group: Members Posts: 119 Joined: 9-April 09 From: Tirana, Albania Member No.: 12,209	My UPS is not working at the moment and if the electricity runs out my PC would shut down incorrectly and unexpectedly. I was wondering if I should put the computer in a sleep mode / hibernate mode [when I'm not working] so that when the electric power runs out, it won't cause the computer any damage even if it's shut down unexpectedly. Does it help? Or maybe the power options are irrelevant to the electric power running out and an unexpected turn off would cause the same damage to the computer? -------------------- Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.

Shingo View Member Profile	Jul 28 2010, 06:13 AM Post #2
Tech Freak Group: Support Staff Lv2 Posts: 4,162 Joined: 19-July 08 From: The garden city Member No.: 8,601	Hibernate is better. Hibernate is actually another state for shutdown except that it is not a full shutdown. So even if power is cut, it does not matter. Sleep mode is still turned on, except that it saves a lot of battery power. Good for netbooks that will take a hell lot of time to restart from a fresh boot. -------------------- My website\|I recommend Windows 7 \|Solved cases Archive Those who prefer the old CHF skin, please log in and go all the way to the bottom left of this forum and change the Universal to CHF Dark Blue. Are you bored?

Elidicious View Member Profile	Jul 28 2010, 06:36 AM Post #3
Member Group: Members Posts: 119 Joined: 9-April 09 From: Tirana, Albania Member No.: 12,209	how can I choose hibernate in Win. 7? -------------------- Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.

syber View Member Profile	Jul 28 2010, 08:19 AM Post #4
cyber samurai Group: CHF Management Posts: 3,260 Joined: 17-September 04 From: Canada Member No.: 323	its a hidden feature. I will give you a link as its got a lot of steps. it wont be an option if you have more than 4gb of ram Linky

Elidicious View Member Profile	Jul 28 2010, 05:42 PM Post #5
Member Group: Members Posts: 119 Joined: 9-April 09 From: Tirana, Albania Member No.: 12,209	QUOTE (syber @ Jul 28 2010, 04:19 PM) its a hidden feature. I will give you a link as its got a lot of steps. it wont be an option if you have more than 4gb of ram Linky When I go to the shut down button, the "hibernate" mode seems to be activated. Anyway, I tried to follow the steps of the link you gave me. The first step is to activate the hibernate mode but this is what I get. My OS is 64 bits but it's not recognized because it gives me the same error as with "system32" when I write "system64",instead. What's the right path to write? Also, I don't see the "hybrid sleep" option on the advanced settings. I only see hibernate and sleep option. Maybe I should write the right path on cmd, at first? This post has been edited by Elidicious: Jul 28 2010, 05:43 PM -------------------- Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.

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Jul 28 2010, 06:37 PM

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when you go to cmd from the start button then accessories...make sure you right click then run as administrator. that will give you a cmd prompt like below.

you hibernate is already activated though...from your screenshot

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Elidicious View Member Profile	Jul 29 2010, 03:31 AM Post #7
Member Group: Members Posts: 119 Joined: 9-April 09 From: Tirana, Albania Member No.: 12,209	Thank you. -------------------- Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.