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Old 05-15-05, 08:52 AM   #13 (permalink)
Jukov
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Originally Posted by wooch
Not exactly hibernating, more like "Standby". In Hibernation, all data in memory is written to the hiberfile.sys file on the hard drive, thenthe device completely powers down. In standby mode, the data is not written to a file, but the machine is placed in a very low power state, thus consuming battery power.
@ wooch - BTW this is why after a while the hybern. state gets slow and clunky - you have to clean up the hiberfile.... :)
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