Many owners of computer terminals or laptops often enough encounter the problem that they need to interrupt their work for some time, but they don’t want to close the necessary programs and turn off the computer. They use the so-called hibernation mode. Let's see how to enable hibernation in Windows 7 using the simplest methods.
What is hibernation?
Let's start with the very concept of hibernation. Many have come across this, but few know that in fact this is the most common sleep mode with reduced power consumption, but with unloading data about running programs and active processes from RAM.
However, before proceeding to resolve the issue of how to enable hibernation mode in Windows 7, we will see what advantages it gives the user. Firstly, all open programs and running applications when they exit sleep will again fully function. Information about all active processes is stored in a special hiberfil.sys file. Secondly, the use of this mode is often very appropriate for laptop owners who use it in stand-alone operation (battery), and there is no possibility to connect a charger for any reason. Thirdly, the power consumption is so low that devices without recharging can last quite a long time, and without disconnecting and losing data.
How to enable hibernation in Windows 7: quick guide
Now directly about the "seven". How to enable hibernation mode of Windows 7? It turns out to be simple.
To do this, use the standard “Start” menu button familiar to everyone, where shutdown is selected. After that, the system will prompt you to select exactly the action that the user currently needs. As already understood, sleep is selected (or hibernation), after which the computer or laptop goes into sleep mode.
How to enable hibernation in Windows 7 via the command line
There is another alternative method using the command line. Of course, it is somewhat more complicated in the number of operations performed, but nevertheless it can be useful if, for some reason, activating sleep from the Start menu does not work.
First, call the command line (cmd) from the Run menu (Win + R), and then write powercfg -hibernate on or abbreviated: powercfg -h on. To disable the configuration involved, a similar command is used, only off is written at the end.
Setting automatic transition to hibernation mode
Now let's see how to enable hibernation in Windows 7 so that the computer or laptop goes into sleep mode automatically and without user intervention.
In the “seven”, the power section located in the standard Control Panel is used for this. Here on the left are the lines for setting the display to turn off and put the computer system into sleep mode. The adjustable parameters in both sections are almost the same.
It is worth paying attention to the moment that if you set only the display off, there can be no talk of any full-fledged hibernation mode. Here you need to enable and disable hard drives. The time period for inactivity of the system, which in the first, in the second case, it is better to set the same. It remains to save the changes and all.
For laptops, the question of how to enable hibernation in Windows 7 can be solved in another way, namely by closing the lid on which the screen is located. To configure the mode, again, the power section is used. Only in this case, you need to configure the actions when closing the lid, although with equal success you can configure the power button in the same way. Along the way, you can ask for a password upon waking up, if there is one (this is also true for stationary PCs), and just like that, using one of the configuration options, you can get rid of it so that when you exit sleep in your session, do not enter it every time.
Conclusion
That, in fact, is all that relates to how to enable hibernation in Windows 7 to put the computer system into sleep mode. As for the practical application of hibernation, there are a few points to consider. It’s best to use manual transition. And that's why. Suppose the user is constantly absent from somewhere, the automatic mode puts the computer into a sleep state - all this is good. But didn’t you think that, for example, the same boot processes in this case simply freeze and do not work in the background? Well, if this is downloading from a torrent tracker, and if downloading is done through a browser in which there is no possibility of downloading or pausing the download? You have to start again. And it will be a shame if the same film has already been downloaded, say, 90 percent. So be careful.