![]() ![]() So how do you enable Hibernate in Windows 8? Go to the start screen (press windows key) and then type "Change what the power buttons do", click on "Settings" and then click on "Change what the power buttons do". If you have went through the effort of using smart cards, you might as well use them the most secure way. This improves the security of Bitlocker a great deal compared to using sleep mode since sleep mode allows resuming without re-entering the pre-boot passwords. That's pretty cool.īenefit #2: If Bitlocker is already configured to required TPM and/or pre-boot PIN, resuming from hibernation will require this authentication to be required again before Windows loaded again. Microsoft says that if the system's battery runs extremely low, the computer will actually be put into hibernate mode instead of sleep automatically even if it was sleeping for several hours. With my second generation Intel SSD, hibernate seemed to be about the same speed as sleep. Depending on the speed of your storage, hibernate may take longer then sleep. ![]() However, Hibernate writes system memory to disk and completely powers off. There are 2 main benefits to "Hibernate" compared to the regular "Sleep" mode.īenefit #1: Sleep mode continues to use some power, which can drain a battery, albeit much slower then normal. ![]() I just found out that Windows 8 has a hidden "Hibernate" sleep mode which works the same as previous versions of Windows. ![]()
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