Vista - hibernation disappeared off my list of shut down options.

Im not sure what it is that I did but hibernation no longer appears in the
list of options for shutdown of my computer and sleep doesnt work (computer
wakes up immediately after going to sleep) so perhaps someone can tell me
how to get hibernation back into the list since I know that hibernation
works on my computer.

thanks,

"Lakesidezx" <lakesidezx@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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> Im not sure what it is that I did but hibernation no longer appears in the
> list of options for shutdown of my computer and sleep doesnt work
> (computer wakes up immediately after going to sleep) so perhaps someone
> can tell me how to get hibernation back into the list since I know that
> hibernation works on my computer.
>
> thanks,

It is possible you deleted the hibernation files during a disk cleanup...

To get it back, go to All Programs...Accessories, and right-click on Command
Prompt, and select "Run as Administrator"

Then type in powercfg /hibernate on

Reboot, and it should be back.

Dave

Did you accidentally delete the Hibernation Files in Disk Cleanup? I
almost did that yesterday, which would have automatically removed
Hibernation as on option.

On Feb 8, 12:29 pm, "Lakesidezx" <lakesid...@nowhere.net> wrote:
> Im not sure what it is that I did but hibernation no longer appears in the
> list of options for shutdown of my computer and sleep doesnt work (computer
> wakes up immediately after going to sleep) so perhaps someone can tell me
> how to get hibernation back into the list since I know that hibernation
> works on my computer.
>
> thanks,

"Lakesidezx" <lakesidezx@nowhere.net> wrote in message
news:3B5B983A-2E13-4FDF-A99A-F164964A3830@microsoft.com...
> Im not sure what it is that I did but hibernation no longer appears in the list of options
> for shutdown of my computer and sleep doesnt work (computer wakes up immediately after going
> to sleep) so perhaps someone can tell me how to get hibernation back into the list since I
> know that hibernation works on my computer.

More than likely you had the option checked in Disk Cleanup
to delete the hibernation file, that turns off Hibernation, too.

Type this into Start Menu's search bar, powercfg -h on
hit Enter. That should work, if not, open an elevated
command prompt, copy and paste that, hit enter.


-Michael

Thanks, I can set the power button in the start menu to hibernate but
hibernate doesn't show up in the popup menu when I click on the other
shutdown options. Is there a way to make it show up again in the other
shutdown options menu (the one that is activated by the right arrow button
on the start menu)?


"Dave Quail" <davequailNOTVALID@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Lakesidezx" <lakesidezx@nowhere.net> wrote in message
> news:3B5B983A-2E13-4FDF-A99A-F164964A3830@microsoft.com...
>> Im not sure what it is that I did but hibernation no longer appears in
>> the list of options for shutdown of my computer and sleep doesnt work
>> (computer wakes up immediately after going to sleep) so perhaps someone
>> can tell me how to get hibernation back into the list since I know that
>> hibernation works on my computer.
>>
>> thanks,
>
> It is possible you deleted the hibernation files during a disk cleanup...
>
> To get it back, go to All Programs...Accessories, and right-click on
> Command Prompt, and select "Run as Administrator"
>
> Then type in powercfg /hibernate on
>
> Reboot, and it should be back.
>
> Dave