Hibernation mode in Window is one of the energy saving features you can enable for the operating system. It allows shutting off the computer by saving the state of each software you use. It’s middle way between suspension and shutting off normally. It has advantages and issues depending on your needs.
Hibernation lets you restart your projects wherever you left them saving more energy than using suspension mode. It’s a great solution for portable devices and laptops. However, the data is kept “in process” and it slows down turning off and on processes. In combination with SSD drives, the speed loss may seem inexistent. You can turn on your computer in less than 10 seconds thanks to SSD technology.
Advantages of using Hibernation mode
The main advantages of using Hibernation mode on your PC include three key points. This list explains and describes them.
Saving energy
It’s the evolution of Suspension mode in terms of saving energy. You can use your computer or device more efficiently thanks to this new method.
Keep your work
Thanks to Hibernation mode you can save all the programs and documents you have already opened in your session. The disk will allocate a specific spot for all the information until the moment you restart the device.
Security against energy cuts
Hibernation saves the data so you won’t suffer information loss even if there’s an energy cut. You won’t lose any data when restarting your computer.
Hibernation problems and disadvantages
There are also certain problems when you use Hibernation mode. You should take them into account before choosing Suspension, Hibernation or Shut off for your device.
Turning on and off times
Hibernating the operating system and restarting activity makes Hibernation more slow than traditional shutting off or Suspension. The disk has to work in order to save data and there’s additional reading on the storage devices.
Storage space consumption
The file for Hibernation in your storage devices may be heavy. In a standard hard drive you shouldn’t have problems but if you are using a small storage drive the situation may get messy.
Possible poor performance
The continuous use of Hibernation forces the system to restart and it may affect performance in the long run. RAM and other components are not correctly clean during the process. This can generate residual temporal files and processes that the operating system doesn’t eliminate correctly. You may experience a loss in speed and system performance.
Hibernate mode is a valid option and you may use it in case you need to resume work quickly in your computer. It’s easy and quickly to set up.