How to enable the Hibernation feature in windows XP

In windows environment, the hibernation is a built-in feature used to increases your work

performance adn also minimizes the windows startuptime. For example, if you have to keep opena lot of files and windows applications then you can leave you system in hibernate modewithout closing the open programas. When you restart computer after hibernation, all the running files and application will be restore as you have left them.

Windows store the all hibernated information in the hiberfil.sys file using system root folder.

The size of this file is roughly equal to the RAM of your system.


Follow the fiven steps to activate the hibernation in windows XP:

First click on start button>control panel, click on performance and Maintenance then click on power options.

A new "power options properties" dialog box will appear, select Hibernate tab and then select the "Enable hibernation" check bos to enable the hibernate feature.

If your system does not support the hibernation feature then the hibernation tab will not available there.

Now click on Apply button to implement the changes then click on ok button to end the configuration process.

After enabling the hibernation feature click on start button

then click on " turn off computer". In the "turn off computer" dialog box,

press the "Shift" for some thime and click on hibernate button.

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