XP Hibernation Question
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XP Hibernation Question
I was wondering if I could hibernate XP and start another OS (either XP or Linux). I haven't been able to find anything on Google, and I can't try right now. It seems like whenever I've come out of hibernation, it doesn't go through the whole boot sequence (doesn't show the Compaq logo or anything). So is that just because I haven't had another boot medium in so it just goes straight to waking up, or is it because it can't boot anything else?
Nope. Not going to happen.
When the computer is in this state, the hdd may be off, the screen inactive, and in most cases the gpu and cpu as well. But the ram is still running, keeping the memory intact, hence the non-startup feature.
So nah, you can't.
When the computer is in this state, the hdd may be off, the screen inactive, and in most cases the gpu and cpu as well. But the ram is still running, keeping the memory intact, hence the non-startup feature.
So nah, you can't.
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I believe you're thinking of standby mode, hibernating copies the contents of the ram to the hard drive and does complete power down, I even unplugged my computer and it woke up the same. I just tried it, I put a linux liveCD in, hibernated, and linux booted up when I hit the power switch. Then I rebooted without the CD and it un-hibernated as usual. Now I'm wondering what would happen if I had 2 XP installs and hibernated between them (think the fast user switch, but with completely separate installs, and the other user's stuff doesn't hog the memory).
I believe you're thinking of standby mode, hibernating copies the contents of the ram to the hard drive and does complete power down, I even unplugged my computer and it woke up the same. I just tried it, I put a linux liveCD in, hibernated, and linux booted up when I hit the power switch. Then I rebooted without the CD and it un-hibernated as usual. Now I'm wondering what would happen if I had 2 XP installs and hibernated between them (think the fast user switch, but with completely separate installs, and the other user's stuff doesn't hog the memory).