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Can you disable Fast Startup but keep Hibernation option?
It is possible to keep Windows Fast Startup enabled for shutdowns but remove "Hibernate" as a shutdown option by running the elevated command powercfg /h /type reduced, but what about the ...
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Windows 10 crashes while in hibernation or sleep mode
Recently when I put my intel i5-9400f PC into hibernation or sleep mode, it enters that mode for some time then it crashes.
Crashes as in the next time I boot up the PC I get messages from the ...
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Windows 10 shuts down when sleeping or hibernating
When I try to put my computer to sleep or hibernate, it stays on for a few minutes, and then proceeds to shut down. I have fast startup disabled, but for some reason the option to "Allow the ...
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Windows shuts down unexpectedly on hibernate
I've just bought a new Dell Inspiron 7501 (i7 10750H, nvidia 1650), and after setting up a dual boot with ubuntu 18, i've noticed that the pc fails to restore the previous state when booted up after ...
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Turn off/on vs Keep running: which gives longer lifespan?
Powering off a PC component, and powering it on, are stressful events that may lower its lifespan. In my own experience, long lasting components almost never broke mid-use. Rather, once turned off, ...
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force windows 8 to properly shut down instead of quick shutdown/hibernate (login issue as well)
So I'm working on some laptops for an uncle of mine and he's got two, few year old laptops that have passwords that were forgotten. This SHOULD be a fairly straight forward process with just loading ...
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Unable to Shutdown or Hibernate Windows 10
I just had the fans in my laptop replaced as they had got spoilt and since then, for some reason, I haven't been able to shutdown or hibernate my laptop from within Windows. I tried a few things, one ...
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Is there any way to tell Windows to hibernate, and then reboot, not hibernate, then shut down?
Is there any way to tell Windows to hibernate, and then reboot, not hibernate, then shut down?
Why do I want it. I have dual boot ubuntu18.04/win7 on a 2008-year machine. Windows runs rather slow ...
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Computer encountered critical error and started cleanly instead of resuming after hibernation
I had a problem with my computer - last night I hibernated it, which I assume completed fine, as it turned off but I didn't monitor it closely or anything. I am running Windows 10 Pro.
Today when I ...
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Ethernet plug light no longer shuts off, even when laptop completely shut down
The ethernet light used to shut off and stay off when I close the lid (hibernate) or even sleep. Now as of a few weeks ago it turns off briefly then comes back on and stays on even if I shut down. I ...
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Shutdown vs Hibernate boot speed
I want to know is booting after hibernation faster or booting after shutting down in windows 10. (Fast startup enabled). I know that windows 10 fast startup is similar to hibernation but I want to ...
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Hibernate/(Shutdown with fast-startup) in windows 10 doesn't work. Only complete shutdown/restart works
I recently updated my windows 10 to v2004. But now whenever I try to shutdown(with fast startup enabled) or hibernate, the screen goes blank and goes to the lock screen. (I don't want to disable fast ...
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Weird power/shutdown behaviour with a windows 10 laptop
I've got a Windows 10 Pro Dell Latitude e7440. I'm having a few power issues, which appear to have something to do with shutting down.
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Every time I hibernate my laptop, and turn it ...
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Windows 10 pc keeps shutting down when I hibernate [duplicate]
I recently got a new PC. As I always do, I wiped the SSD & reinstalled windows 10 from scratch.
Since installing v1903 it has randomly started shutting down when I hibernate - whether through ...
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Remove "shutdown" but keep "hibernate" in Windows 10 Pro's start menu
I have a PC which I would like never to shutdown but always hibernate instead. I want to be able to use Wake-on-WAN and have problems due to the PC losing its entry in the router's ARP table when it's ...
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My PC does not sleep, hibernate, or shutdown properly
I´ve been struggling with this problem for a while now, when I command my computer to shutdown, sleep or hibernate it does not. I´ve tried: Updating windows, updating drivers, changing power plans. ...
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Power on laptop with lid closed from shutdown/hibernation
here is my situation:
I have an Aspire A315-41 that I use with an external monitor and an external wired keyboard.
The laptop is closed and positioned below the monitor stand.
I want to specify that I ...
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Lenovo Laptop Shutdown, sleep and hibernate issues
I have a Lenovo B590 laptop. Its old. I'm having a issue in it.
Windows 10:
When I shutdown the screen turns off but the lights stay on. When I sleep, it doesn't wake up and when I hibernate it, it ...
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Windows 10 Laptop Hibernate and Shutdown Freeze Midway to Complete Power Down
When I choose hibernate or shutdown from the power menu, it turns off everything, even the HDD spins down but the fan remains on (probably at the last speed it was on), the processor/GPU apparently is/...
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Sometimes, my PC don't turn off after shutting down
When shutting down, hibernate or going to sleep, sometimes the power supply remains on (I can hear the fan). I must turn it off by pressing and holding the on/off button for 5 seconds. If it went to ...
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Why Windows doesn't delete the hiberfil file after restoring it's content into the RAM? [closed]
Why don't Windows engineers allow the system to just delete and restore allocated space taken by hiberfil file?
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Difference between Hibernate and Shutdown in Windows?
I know that hibernate saves the currently opened programs and tasks to the hard drive while shutdown completely kills off all tasks and power down.
But what if I power on my pc and then immediately ...
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Looking for a solution to an issue, where screen goes blank after upgrading an old laptop to windows 10
Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I can't seem to find a solution to my problem, regardless of how many suggestions I have found from searching the web.
I am currently using a spare ...
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Windows 10 hibernates instead of shutting down, even though fast startup is disabled [duplicate]
I had recently installed a major windows update (Version 1709, build 16299.125), and since then I have noticed a strange problem: whenever I shutdown the computer having open programs, I still see ...
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Does putting a computer to sleep pause shutdown timer?
I have a script I use to shutdown all of the computers at my work location after 4 hours that I run everyday. Lately, I've been getting reports of users computers shutting down in the middle of the ...
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Hibernation turned to shut down in Windows 10
The critical level of my battery is 7%. But recently, the laptop shuts down at 17% although I have set to hibernate from the Power options when the battery reaches 7%. Any ideas?
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Computer lost power, and restarted with all the programs open
I had a power outage recently while I had a few programs open. When I turned it back on, all the programs were still open. It was an actual power loss, and I don't have hibernate enabled on the ...
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Why Windows 10 won't wake up from prolonged sleep (or hibernate or shutdown) conditions?
I have a ThinkPad T420 running Windows 10 with this characteristics:
CPU: Core i5 2520m
RAM: 16 GB Crucial
Graphics: Intel HD and NVIDIA NVS 4200
Storages:
SAMSUNG SSD EVO 850 (as OS disk in a ...
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Notebook with SSD: Added a HDD and now hibernation and shutdown are slow
I have an Asus N56VZ notebook. It have a 1 TiB SSD on which I installed windows 8.1. I used this configuration for about 2 years. Yesterday I added a 2 TiB HDD and now the hibernate is very slow and ...
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Shutdown, hibernate and suspend not working
I just installed ElementaryOS on my laptop (ASUS ROG GL552VW-CN273T). I got everything working just fine except for when I want to suspend, hibernate, or shut down my laptop.
Shutdown:
If I shutdown, ...
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Shutdown leads to hibernation instead
I've been attempting to shutdown my laptop via Start menu > Power > Shutdown, but for some bizarre reason the laptop goes into hibernation instead.
The (very lazy) solution from the laptop ...
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Why is Windows hibernating when I shut down? [duplicate]
I just shut down Windows and rebooted into Linux. When I try to enter the Windows partition it says Linux cannot mount it because the Windows partition is hibernated. This means that Windows 10 only ...
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Google Drive (googlesyncdrive) preventing PC from shutting down or hibernating
Everytime I try to shutdown or hibernate the PC I have this nag screen that comes up telling me that Google Drive is shutting down and the system is waiting for it. The problem is that the system can ...
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how to cancel a scheduled command for CMD
i just scheduled a hibernate command:
at 13:00 shutdown /h
Is there any command to abort this scheduled operation?
shutdown /a didn't work, it said there is no scheduled shutdown.
At 12:59 shutdown ...
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Why Doesn't Hibernate Just Shut Down Without Clearing the RAM
Most people know that RAM memory is cleared when shutting down a computer. Since RAM is a type of memory/storage, why can't we just keep everything in the RAM, and shutdown without clearing it. ...
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WIN Task Scheduler - Wait before shutdown [duplicate]
I have a laptop which performs a task scheduled by Windows task scheduler every 30 min. It is running in the background in the "hidden" mode. It takes about 2-3 min for task to finish.
If I then ...
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Windows hybernate vs shutdown + boot up times: Why choose for hibernate? [duplicate]
After reading this post, a comparison between the different boot times and hibernate times of the different windows OS's of today, I wondered why would I want to hibernate my pc/laptop?
Considering ...
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How to setup power button to sleep instead of shut down in Windows 10?
I pressed the power button 0.1 seconds and I was surprised that the system shut down.
I just wanted to hibernate it or to make it sleep such that all windows will be the same when I next time login.
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Hibernation, Standby, Shutdown or Lock when using the Laptop often [closed]
I'm a student and have an ASUS Netbook with Win10. I have to change my location very often per day. Now I need to know what is the best way to do this when looking at battery, windows, usability, ...
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Antergos Linux gnome3 powerbuttons disapeared
I installed Antergos Linux a few days ago (sdb5). I'm new to Linux so I just used most the defaults (changed Chrome to Firefox) and used sdb8 as /home and sdb9 as swap.
I changed a few setting, ...
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Windows Hibernation increases startup/shutdown speed
A few weeks ago, I installed AVG PC TuneUp on my Windows 8 laptop. It recommended that I disable hibernation - this would increase performance. From that point, start-up and shut-down became ...
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Battery drains during hibernation (to disk) and even when completely shut down
I have a Thinkpad x220 (Debian Stretch) with a 6 cell battery which seems to be ok, according the the xfce4-power-manager. .
The odd thing is that the battery drains during hibernation (to disk) at a ...
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Is there a way of shutting down a Windows 7 computer after sleeping for X amount of time?
Just like you can set Windows 7 to hibernate after sleeping for X amount of time, can you also make it shutdown after a sleeping for a specific number of hours too?
There doesn't seem to be a direct ...
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Disabling pagefile (Windows 8.1) causes system crash on boot
Actually... it's way worse than a simple crash - it's more like the machine suddenly loses all power and is shut down forcibly. I get not further than the boot logo and the machine just kinda dies.
I ...
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Can you ever lose saved information from a bad hibernation/boot on Windows?
Modern Windows versions hibernate by default rather than shutting down. I remember hearing that you can lose data, even when you have saved it to disk, if the hibernation process or the boot up goes ...
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Hibernate and Sleep shutdown the PC instead of Hibernating and Sleeping - I lose my session and programs
For some reason my HP desktop computer whenever it hibernates or sleeps, it is like it shuts down, I lose all my open programs... it is very annoying. Some say I should update the display drivers, ...
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Remove HDD while the computer is shutdown but sitll plugged in
I have 2 internal HDDs and it happens a lot that I need to unplug one of them or swap the SATA cables to make one or the other 'Master'.
what I do now is shutdown/hibernate and unplug the power cord ...
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Hibernate function not working
Just yesterday, using Sysinternals autoruns, I cleared some unwanted start-up applications, such as Nero Burning ROM. After I re-booted yesterday night, my hibernate function is not working, but is ...
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Laptop hangs before sleeping, hibernating or shutting down
I installed a new Samsung EVO 840 SSD on my Asus K53SD laptop. Now the laptop hangs when it tries to go into sleep mode. I have to force a shutdown to get back into Windows.
I have installed all ...
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Ubuntu sometimes immediately shuts down when power button is pressed (but only sometimes)
I'm running Ubuntu 13.10 on my Lenovo Y500 laptop, and I'm getting strange behavior surrounding the power button. The series of events goes something like this:
I turn on my computer and enter Ubuntu ...
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