Why hibernate Windows 8? [closed]

It seems to me that in Windows 8 classic, hibernate is slower than the fast shutdown.

Is there any meaningful reason to hibernate a Windows 8 machine (as opposed to fast shutdown or sleep)?

Solution 1:

Though hibernate is slower than the fast shutdown, sometimes you may want to preserve the opened programs and other stuff. You could do it by sleep, but that will consume battery, so it's better to hibernate if you want to save battery.

Hibernate option is by default disabled in Windows 8. Now I think this was due to fast shutdown.

Solution 2:

Hibernation preserves system state - which can be useful if you're in the middle of something. While impressively fast, the fast shutdown/bootup method does not.

Solution 3:

I guess it depends on your configuration but for me:

• Shutdown makes startup slower but is of course best for battery life on my laptop
• Sleep is fastest but slowly consumes battery life over time
• Hibernate is in between. It takes some time, but startup is faster than shutdown and the battery isn't consumed because it doesn't take any power.