Hibernation was designed mainly for laptops. Hibernate uses less power than sleep and when you start up the PC again, you’re back to where you left off (though not as fast as sleep). Hibernating will use C:\hiberfil.sys file to save all your workspace.
Use hibernation when you know that you won’t use your laptop or tablet for an extended period and won’t have an opportunity to charge the battery during that time. First check to see if this option is available on your PC and if it is, turn it on from Step 5. If you cant find hibernation in the option list then follow these steps to relist.
- Open the Command Prompt as Administrator.
- Type following command to enable hibernate feature
powercfg /hibernate on
- Run the following command to expand the hibernation file type to full size
powercfg /h /type full
- Type following to restart
shutdown -r -f -t 0
- Go to following Control Panel Option
Power Options>Choose what power buttons do>Change Settings that are currently available - Tick Hibernate in Shutdown settings List & Save the changes.
From now you will find the Hibernate options in your Power menu.