How to Enable and Disable Hibernate in Windows 7

Hibernation is a power-saving state designed primarily for laptops. While sleep puts your work and settings in memory and draws a small amount of power, hibernation puts your open documents and programs on your hard disk and then turns off your computer. Of all the power-saving states in Windows, hibernation uses the least amount of power. On a laptop, use hibernation when you know that you won’t use your laptop for an extended period and won’t have an opportunity to charge the battery during that time.

In Windows 7, hibernate option should be enabled and turned on by default, However, if you can’t find Hibernate option in the Start menu power button, Follow the step below for How to Turn On and Enable Hibernate in Windows 7
1. Open an elevated Command Prompt with administrator rights by typing Cmd in Start Search, and then hit Ctrl + Shift + Enter keyboard shortcut.
Or, select Run as Administrator from the Cmd in search results.
2. Type the following command, and hit Enter:

powercfg /hibernate on

Hibernate option should now be available for selection in Start menu power button. If for some reason Hibernate is still not available, try to disable Hybrid Sleep in Windows 7 with the following steps:
1. Go to Control Panel -> System and Security -> Power Options.
2. Click on Change plan settings link of the active power plan.
3. Click on Change advanced power settings link.



4. Expand the Sleep tree.
5. In the drop down box of Allow Hybrid Sleep, select Off as new setting to disable and turn off Hybrid Sleep.

How to Turn Off and Disable Hibernate in Windows 7
1. Open an elevated Command Prompt with administrator rights by typing Cmd in Start Search, and then hit Ctrl + Shift + Enter keyboard shortcut.
Or, select Run as Administrator from the Cmd in search results.
2. Type the following command, and hit Enter:

powercfg /hibernate off

Computer tips: Windows does not support hibernation on system with 4GB or more RAM memory.

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