Standby, Hibernate or Shutdown?

[Ricardo]

Hi,
When leaving my PC for a few hours I never know whether to put it into
standby, hibernate or shut it down. Any advice please?

[Malvern]

"Ricardo" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
> When leaving my PC for a few hours I never know whether to put it
into
> standby, hibernate or shut it down. Any advice please?
>
Personal "rules of thumb"--these have worked for me.

-I use Standby if I'm going to be away form the computer BUT still home,
because it is still on albeit in reduced power level.

-I use Hibernate if I'm leaving home ; bad experience in unrelated matters
taught me that leaving electronic equipment unattended is not a good idea.
As I understand it, this puts the current Desktop on HD free space and
removes electrical power. Does take a bit longer to come back up, re: the
graph at the bottom of screen.

-I Shut Down nightly. This is probably a remnant from my old Windows 9x
days, but it was stated back then that only a full shutdown would allow the
computer to do some necessary "house cleaning", like clearing many temp
files and other reorganization matters. (Bet I hear about this one ((: )

Again, these are personal preferences, passed along FWIW.

Malv

[Sharon F]

On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 09:58:02 +0100, "Ricardo"
> wrote:

>Hi,
> When leaving my PC for a few hours I never know whether to put it into
>standby, hibernate or shut it down. Any advice please?
>

You've already received some good thoughts. Just wanted to add: if you
decide to use hibernate, be sure to power up and shutdown normally
before adding any new hardware.

Sharon F
MS MVP
[Windows XP - Shell/User]

[Ricardo]

Thanks all...........


"Sharon F" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 09:58:02 +0100, "Ricardo"
> > wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> > When leaving my PC for a few hours I never know whether to put it
into
> >standby, hibernate or shut it down. Any advice please?
> >
>
> You've already received some good thoughts. Just wanted to add: if you
> decide to use hibernate, be sure to power up and shutdown normally
> before adding any new hardware.
>
> Sharon F
> MS MVP
> [Windows XP - Shell/User]