SOLUTIONS: Methods for turning on the hibernate option in VISTA

 

NOTE: You may be disabling the hibernate option each time you run disk clean up and you have a checkmark on the hibernate box. So uncheck this next time! See screenshot :

First method to bring back the HIBERNATE option:

Go to the command prompt icon in the Start menu under Accessories and right click the icon: click "Run as administrator".

Paste: "powercfg.exe /hibernate on" and hit Enter and also paste "powercfg -h on" and hit enter just to be safe.

Alternative method if previous method does not resolve problem:

If the above doesn't fix your problem, you can use these steps.

• Go to the command prompt icon in the Start menu under Accessories and right click the icon: click "Run as administrator".
• Paste: "powercfg.exe /hibernate on" and hit Enter and also paste "powercfg -h on" and hit enter just to be safe.
• Open Control Panel and type in "Hibernate" in the Search.
• Click "Turn hibernation on or off"
• Click "Change advance power settings"
• Scroll to and expand the "Sleep" option.
• Select "Off" to the "Allow hybrid sleep" option.
• Scroll to and expand the "Power buttons and lid" option.
• Select "Hibernate" for the "Sleep button action" option. 10. Select "Hibernate" for the "Start menu power button" option.

Written by computerboom on October 9th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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