[tsp]

i have the dell mini 9 1gb RAM 8gb HD with windows xp home pre-installed

ever since receiving the notebook 2 months ago, i dont recall it having a Hibernation option.

Currently the machine has 4gb free -plenty of temp/swap space for hibernation storage. i have checked the Power options to explicitly enable hibernation mode, reboot, and i dont see the hibernation option. BIOS was just updated and all settings are default from manufacture

[mortel]

Try this:

-Open a Command Prompt.
-At the command prompt, type powercfg.exe /hibernate on, and then press ENTER.

It's worth a try.

[tsp]

ran the command line, rebooted, and still no hibernation. most/all drivesr are updated. im running all windows update for OS patches now

[acabtp]

do you use the welcome screen? if you do, try pressing shift when you have the shutdown options open and see if it becomes available.

[jefito]

Originally Posted by tsp

Currently the machine has 4gb free -plenty of temp/swap space for hibernation storage. i have checked the Power options to explicitly enable hibernation mode, reboot, and i dont see the hibernation option. BIOS was just updated and all settings are default from manufacture

I don't know what the cause of your problem is, but under Windows, the hibernation file does not use swap or temp file space. My experience is shat the hibernation file is a permanent file called hiberfil.sys, located in the root directory of your main drive (there may be a way to relocate/rename it, but I don't know what that is) -- this file has a fixed size equal to the amount of RAM in your machine, plus a little more. If you enable viewing of system files in Explorer, you should be able to find it there.

~jeff

[acabtp]

here's some more info on that (it is the expected behavior)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893056

[tsp]

Originally Posted by acabtp

here's some more info on that (it is the expected behavior)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893056

beautiful!!! i googled extensively hoping to find ms doc on it but never managed to stumble upon that one!