

This option is the default setting for desktop computers. It is the opposite for laptops, which ship with it disabled.

This can be useful for desktop computers, but not as much for a laptop. If a power failure occurs, Windows can restore your work from your hard disk drive. So that you can quickly resume your work. Hybrid sleep - a combination of sleep and hibernate. It puts any open documents and programs in memory and on your hard disk and then puts your computer into a low-power state. (This is like copying all open and running apps to media and shutting down, then reloading the saved apps and data on startup.)įor more information about Computer Power States, see the following documents: The working context can be restored if it was stored on nonvolatile media. Some internal components remain powered so the computer can wake from input from the keyboard, LAN, or a USB device. To maintain the computer states when it goes into hibernation. In this state, the computer saves the contents of the volatile memory to a hibernation file.

This mode uses the lowest level of power consumption, short of turning the computer off.
