Microsoft has been de-emphasizing the hibernation mode in Windows for years, perhaps to reduce confusion with the very similar sleep mode, which is available in the shutdown options. Even so, ...

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.

A friend asked me last week what that "hibernate" option meant when they clicked the power button on their Windows laptop. They'd seen it dozens of times but never knew what it actually did. As I ...