Additionally, if you dual-boot Windows and Linux, hibernation can lock the Windows partition in a suspended state. This ...

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If you're running Windows on your business computer and trying to reduce your machine's energy usage, you can modify the hard drive standby time. Advanced power settings, such as hard drive standby, ...

Before we move on, it is important to understand what is the difference between putting the PC to Sleep/Hibernate mode. That is so that you can understand where you should, or should not enable it.