Linkin Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Windows 8 offers a wide variety of New features. But, a typical windows user will search for Hibernate option in Windows 8 and windows 8.1 and is really easy to enable hibernation mode inwindows 8. It is better to Shut Down and Start windows 8 because, Windows 8 has a New feature called Fast Start Up which is Smarter than Hibernation mode in Windows 8 Where is Hibernate option in Windows 8? Win 8 hibernate - The committee of members who removed the Start menu from Windows 8 hidden the Hibernate option. The reason behind this hiding is, Windows 8 can Start and Shutdown faster that hibernation. The happy news is that, a User can enable or Disable the power options, namely: Shut-Down, Sleep, Hibernate and Restart. Steps - how do i hibernate windows 8 Step 1 : Go to "Power Options" First, you will need to search in Settings : Press "Win Key" + W In the Charm search box that appears, Type "Power Options" Select "Power Options" from the Results Step 2 : Select What Power buttons do In the "Power Options" dialogue window, see the left pane with a number of options to tweak the power settings of your PC. In the "Left Pane", select : "Choose what the power buttons do" Step 3 : Enable Hibernation mode In the window that appears, Select : "Change settings that are currently Unavailable" Now, Scroll down the window. There you will see "Shutdown settings". Under that, you can "Check" the box that represents "Hibernation" and Click "Save Changes" button. Now, you have successfully enabled the Hibernation mode in Windows 8 Now, Open Windows Charm, Settings -> Power You will see Hibernation option listed.Note : In the power options window, you can now enable "Hibernate on Power button press", "Hibernate on Close lid" in windows 8. An alternate way: If you don’t want to do all the tweaks, you can use Wise Auto Shutdown instead: Open Wise Auto Shutdown---->Choose Hibernate---->Set time(we recommend that you set 1 minute from now)---->Start Task---->Confirm. Your Computer will hibernate automatically in one minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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