What is the difference between hibernate and stand by?

hibernate save your last activity and shut down to your computer, while the stand-by only reducing electricity consumption during idle. Where as if more than a few minutes left better you are using hibernate.

I will have to read up on this one. I turn my computer on and off. I have often wondered what these two options were all about. Thanks for starting this one. I think we both will learn some interesting information.

kaka hi I do not have a laptop. Guess I am the only one but I have a desk top and stand by uses a little power, not much, but I do not have a hibernation setting on my old desktop computer. I will not get a laptop until they can be made so that if one part goes kerflooey you can repair it yourself instead of having to take it to the repair shop for the slightest thing.

Hi, kaka135. Hibernate means to save your session and turn off the computer. When you turn on your computer, Windows restores your session. That is what it says on our laptop here. We don't have a stand by. But we do have a sleep mode. I guess stand by would mean, where you put the computer on a low power state so that you can resume Windows when you refresh Windows. I think that I have a stand by mode on my desktop computer too.

I Think Hibernation is better than Standby Stand By is a power saving mode tht resumes windows sessions quickly but the battery power runs in the circuit boards. Hibernate saves all the sessions on harddisc and then Shut Down Happy Mylotting :)