system hibernate vs shutdown

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I have Windows 8, despite that it's have fastest boot-up sequence among windows family i didn't want wait until all things will load, so i'm curious, now i going sleep and hibernate my computer. I plan to full shutdown computer from time to time but i wonder does hibernate it's better when i wake-up in the morning and check-up current news on internet?

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“The tech stated that Windows 8 doesn’t really shut down when you click the shutdown icon (or go to Power via the Charms bar/Settings). Instead, Win8 goes into a sort of ‘deep sleep’ mode, similar to hibernate. This is one of the techniques the OS uses for fast boots. However, when booting from this ‘deep sleep’ mode, you can’t enter the BIOS via F2. You can get into the BIOS only after a ‘hard’ shutdown (for lack of a better term).

It appears you are already hibernating. You need to press the SHIFT key when clicking "shutdown" and press SHIFT the entire time you select and watch your PC shut down. If you aren't doing that you are just in a deep hibernation state. As for selecting hibernate... I have a hard time seeing how that is going to speed you up much as you are already in a hibernation state...

I could be wrong.. I only help my Dad with his Windows 8.. I personally find this operating system to be horrible... Sorry to not be more help.

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I remember posting something similar to this, only it pertained to Windows 7

https://www.wrongplanet.net/postt226555.html

If you sleep the computer, the computer continues to be on, consuming electricity at a rate lower than normal. Most components in the computer are shut down but power to memory, for instance, is maintained so that the contents of memory are not lost. When you wake the computer, the components shut down during sleep are powered back up, and you can continue from where you left off.

If you hibernate the computer, its something else entirely. Basically, the contents of memory are written out to your hard drive, and then the computer is powered off completely. When the computer is powered back on, the contents of memory that you had when you initiated the hibernation are loaded back in to memory so that you can continue from where you left off.

So basically, sleeping the computer is faster. Components are powered off, and when you resume, basically all that happens is components are powered back on. But you consume electricity while the computer is sleeping.

Hibernation is slower - when you initiate a hibernation, the contents of your system memory (several gigabytes) must be written to your hard drive. When you resume, the computer must boot, recognize it was hibernating, and load the contents of memory back in to memory from the hard drive before you can resume working. So its slower, but while you're hibernating, you're not consuming electricity.

Thanks, it's really helpful.
Recently i noticed some problem, when i hibernate my PC before i go to bed, computer boot-up without me interference around 3 AM, it's repeated several times, it does not happen when i fully shutdown system only when i hibernate.
Can someone explain to me what may cause this???

I do believe many people are having hibernation issues on Windows 8 - it goes back to what I told you already. Windows 8 already is hibernating when you simply shut down.

To NOT hibernate when you shut down you need to press the SHIFT key the entire time you press the shutdown button until the entire PC/laptop goes off.

It takes configuration files for Windows 8 to shut down in this hibernation way that it does. Therefor from what I read it appears that file interferes with the actual act of you asking it to go into hibernation.

Go Here to disable the fast start up/hibernation. If that does not fix your issues then there may be more configging to do and in that case I would contact the store you bought your laptop from and see if they know of a solution.

Good luck.