Where sleep is a low-power mode, hibernate is a zero-power mode. It saves the state of your computer, to include all applications in memory, open documents, window positions, basically everything ...

A hibernate option in Windows 10 under Start > Power. Hibernation is kind of a mix between a traditional shut down and sleep mode primarily designed for laptops.

I have not quite 2 year old HP G42 laptop, Windows 7 Home 64 bit. Just started doing this yesterday, out of the blue... If it goes into sleep or hibernation the screen will not return. It runs ...

Any 'optional' Cumulative Windows Update Previews pending? There are issues with the optional update previews preventing sleep and hibernation.

Are you not able to use Hibernation as expected? If Hibernate does not restore the previous state of the Windows 11/10 PC, take this step.