Turning off Hibernation

Having issue with windows crashing when waking up from hibernation.

Since hibernation settings apparently are interrelated with 'fast startup' I want to do this right.

Windows 11 Pro version 24H2

Assistance would be appreciated.

Tranas said:

Since hibernation settings apparently are interrelated with 'fast startup' I want to do this right.

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Fast Startup is a form of hibernation where just the kernel state is saved, and reloaded at startup. It's of most help if you have an HDD, with an SSD it hardly makes any difference. Fast Startup can be turned off independently in Control Panel > Power Options, doing so may help with your crash issues.


If not, then to turn off all forms of hibernation, open an admin command prompt or Terminal and type the command:
POWERCFG /HIBERNATE OFF

I turned off all hibernation and just use sleep. I have a UPS and all NVMe drives in my machine. It sleeps very quickly and wakes up in seconds, hibernation used to take 25-30 seconds to wake up.

Bree said:

Fast Startup is a form of hibernation where just the kernel state is saved, and reloaded at startup. It's of most help if you have an HDD, with an SSD it hardly makes any difference. Fast Startup can be turned off independently in Control Panel > Power Options, doing so may help with your crash issues.

Turn On or Off Fast Startup in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off fast startup in Windows 11. There are three startup modes in Windows: Cold (traditional) Wake-from-hibernation Fast Starting with Windows 8.x, the default shutdown and restart scenario has been updated and named fast startup. Fast startup...

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If not, then to turn off all forms of hibernation, open an admin command prompt or Terminal and type the command:
POWERCFG /HIBERNATE OFF

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Thanks. I turned off Fast Startup and also did the command prompt line.

The only thing that still raises questions is the 'Turn off hard disk after' in advanced settings. Could this also be related to the crash issue? Does this setting also apply to attached drives? We have a TR-004 USB Type-C Direct Attached Storage as part of the system...

I turn off hibernation and fast start up on all PCs. Standard start up up is fast enough if you have a SSD. I always power off the PC is not used for a while or sleep for a short break.

I always turn off fast startup but always turn on hibernation. I have multiple machines that don't get along with fast startup but have NEVER encountered a problem with hibernation.

Also, at least for me, hibernation is simply too useful a feature. I might be in front of my laptop with 30+ browser tabs opening as I research something, a Word doc or two open, a couple of VMs open, and more. When the time comes to pack up and leave, I can simply use hibernation. That way, the next time I power on the laptop I will have everything running exactly as it was when I packed up. Save me a lot of effort.

As for fast startup, I despise that "feature". I have one machine that cannot come out of sleep when it is enabled. On another machine, it interferes with Wake On LAN. On the machine I am in front of now, if I perform a reboot, all is well. If I shutdown, then the next time I power on I will get a bluescreen long before ever reaching the desktop. That happens 100% of the time. Fast startup is evil!

Tranas said:

The only thing that still raises questions is the 'Turn off hard disk after' in advanced settings. Could this also be related to the crash issue? Does this setting also apply to attached drives? We have a TR-004 USB Type-C Direct Attached Storage as part of the system...

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That setting only applies to HDDs.

The Turn off hard disk after setting only applies to HDDs.
This does not apply to SSD, M.2, or NVMe drives.

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Change Turn Off Hard Disk After Idle Time in Windows 11

I don't think your usb-connected Qnap raid array would be seen as a simple HDD. It has its own operating system to control and give access to its drives.
Specs here: TR-004 | Hardware Specs

Tranas said:

Having issue with windows crashing when waking up from hibernation.

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Do you mean a BSOD? If you still have crashes after turning off hibernation, then carefully read the posting instructions and post on the BSOD Crash Analysis forum.

Bree said:

That setting only applies to HDDs.

Change Turn Off Hard Disk After Idle Time in Windows 11

I don't think your usb-connected Qnap raid array would be seen as a simple HDD. It has its own operating system to control and give access to its drives.
Specs here: TR-004 | Hardware Specs


Do you mean a BSOD? If you still have crashes after turning off hibernation, then carefully read the posting instructions and post on the BSOD Crash Analysis forum.

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Thanks. The same QNAP link has a software tab which describes the following 'feature':
System sleep during USB cable disconnection and host device hibernation* or shut down. *Some hosts may not be supported.

These are relatively loud units and disk activity is obvious. You can hear the startup after wake from sleep. Not so clear about hibernation, as the machine simply shuts down. So what the QNAP does on disk shutdown is still not clear to me. Guess I need to contact QNAP to clear up the semantics.

Am dealing with the BSOD in another thread - but after a BIOS update and turning off both fast startup and hibernation, all is well for now. Thanks for the link.