Windows 10: Enable or Disable Hibernate in Windows 10

Odd. You might try in Safe Mode to see if it may be able to disable then.

 

Excellent thinking,restarted,didnt make it to safe mode (damn them SSD's are fast),gave it a shot whilst "wide open",no error,hibernation and its file gone.
Great to have you by our side,thanks for the quick response and help,bless you Admin!

 

Since I have 16 GB of physical memory, disabling hibernation saved me 12 GB of valuable space on my boot drive.

Thank you!

 

Glad it could help Satchmo. *Smile

 

Thanks again.

I wonder whether hibernation is always turned on by default on all new installations.

 

It's been enabled by default for me so far, but just not checked to show in the Power menus.

 

This tutorial is great, but it's missing the quickest way to enable/disable Hibernate that I think most users are looking for. Open Power Options from the Control Panel (classic), click on "Choose what the power button does", click on "Change settings that are currently unavailable", and then select Hibernate from the Shutdown options menu.

 

Hello TheKarateKid, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

That's not for enabling hibernate.

Instead, that's for adding or removing Hibernate from the Power menu. Of course, Hibernate has to already be enabled before you could do this.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/7...dows-10-a.html

 

I tried all the options above to restore the hibernate option with no success. In win 7 my computers always hibernated. When I look at the settings, they all say Hibernate, but on the power button or the right click on start/shutdown or sign out, there is no indication of hibernate at all. Tried them all on three computers including a lap top.
My Hyperfil is set to full, My hard disk is set to turn off after 15 minutes inaction, sleep after 45 minutes, hibernate after 31 minutes, power button setting is hibernate, sleep button hibernate. All set and still no hibernate.

 

Hello Hwalker1, *Smile

Is the tutorial below the one you checked with to make sure the hibernate is turned on to show on the power menu?

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/7...dows-10-a.html

 

Yes that is the one that I used.

 

Double check you UEFI settings to see if there may be a hibernate option to enable.

https://www.windowsphoneinfo.com/threads/boot-to-uefi-firmware-settings-from-inside-windows-10.7650/

If that doesn't help, then please post back with screenshots showing all of your hibernate settings and power menu to see if anything may stand out.

 

BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 080015, 10/07/2008
Perhaps a bit early for UEFI?









Hope this is what you need.

 

Do you have Hibernate checked like below?

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/7...dows-10-a.html

 

Missed that one as it does not show until the screen is scrolled. Must remember to check that for future use.
That's fixed it. Thanks a lot.