On 9/21/05, James Button wrote:
2Gb? hiber.sys file - well it takes slightly more than the system memory if
> you have hibernate enabled
> ( if you disable hibernate, check after the re-boot that it has deleted
> the hiber.sys file)
If your BIOS and power supply support it, I'd consider S3 standby
(suspend-to-RAM) over hibernate. Rather than dump all the memory contents to
your hard drive, the system trickles power to the RAM to keep it refreshed.
The result is a standby/power off/power up/resume cycle that's a matter of
seconds. It's not only much faster than hibernation, since your system
doesn't have to POST, redetect all your drives, then load the hibernation
file, but it also doesn't require any hard drive space.
The disadvantage is that it's powering the RAM, so if the power goes out,
you can't resume and have to do a full reboot. Since the drives, CPU, etc.
are all powered down, though, this is mostly just an inconvenience and won't
usually lead to data loss. That is, unless you have a habit of going into
standby with open unsaved documents, which isn't a good thing to do even
with hibernation.
Most computers are set to use S1 standby (the type that keeps the computer
running and just slows things down) in the BIOS by default, so you'll
probably have to go into the BIOS to set it. Then, just
Start/Shutdown/Standby and watch in amazement as your system shuts down in
record time.
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Troy
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