Windows Vista hibernate

When your computer hibernates it stores whatever is in memory on your hard disk and then shuts down. when it comes out of hibernation it returns to its previous state.

It starts much faster because it does not have to retrieve all your files, ect.

Branson

Thank you , Branson.

i get it Branson, but then why should anyone use "Shutdown" at all ?

You need to shut down periodically because memory management isn't perfect in your average computer, there are "holes" in memory because of inadequate "garbage collection" by application software in use, so the memory area grows and fragments over time and usage. Additionally, there are a number of small upgrades that come along periodically, especially if your automatic upgrade feature is turned on, that need to occur during a fresh reload of the operating system. And, sometimes, these trigger the need for reload of your application software as well.

Is that helpful?

Well put guest

Well , thanks guest , but if an application neefs a restart it is a special case and we don't have a choice ,if you defrag regularly that should take care of the holes.so barring these special occasions why shutdown? don't mind .

abhay

Hello ABHAY,

when you say that you defrag regularly, you are probably defragmenting your hard disk. A restart will defragment the PC's memory (ram).

Cheers,

John

Hello John,

Thanks a ton ! i never thought abt this. I am restarting my laptop now !

The question is answered , the discussion closed. thanks all of you.

To know that you do not know is knowledge,

hubernate is when you want to power down and yet be able to come back to what you were doing--with windows already opened for you. It's also employed under UPS shutdown and restarts--a little known fact. However, resources for hibernate is no unlimited...sometimes the machine will not permit hibernate. You are correct in the assertion that if you computer loads quickly--it is not configured to open much beyond essential services--there might not be significant difference in time to simply start up from shutdown. For system stability, complete restart (cold booting) is essential on a more or less regular basis.