Hibernation Not An Option?

This problem occurs on Vista machines for one of the following reasons:

• This Disk Cleanup Utility was used to delete the Hibernation File Cleaner
• The computer does not support the hibernation feature
• The hibernation feature is disabled
• The Hybrid Sleep feature is enabled

Note – The Hybrid Sleep feature puts the computer to sleep and generates a hibernation file when the used selects the Sleep option in any of the power option menus.  Therefore, Hibernate is not offered as a power option when Hybrid Sleep is enabled.

To resolve this issue, use the PowerCfg tool to enable the hibernation feature.  To do this, follow these steps.

Note – If the computer does not support the hibernation feature, you cannot enable the feature.  For information about how to use the PowerCfg tool to determine whether the computer supports the hibernation feature, see the ‘More Information‘ section.

1. Click Start , type command in the start search box, right-click Command Prompt in the Programs list and then click Run as administrator.
   Note – If you’re prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type your password, or click continue.
2. At the command prompt, type powercfg / hibernate on

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