How to Enable and Turn On Hibernation Feature in Windows Vista

Ability to hibernate is enabled by default on every Windows Vista installation. If you have disable and turn off hibernation feature, accidentally delete hiberfil.sys using Hibernation File Cleaner of Disk Cleanup tool, or you just simply cannot and unable to find the Hibernate button to put the computer into hibernation state, you can re-enable or try to enable and turn on the hibernation functionality in Vista again with the following command. In Windows Vista, users no longer able to enable or disable hibernation via desktop graphical user interface.

How to Enable and Turn On Hibernation Feature in Vista

  1. Click Start button, then type Cmd in the Start Search box.
  2. In the search results list, right click on “Cmd” and click on Run as Administrator item on contextual menu.
  3. In the command prompt window, type the following command:

    powercfg -h on


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24 Responses to “How to Enable and Turn On Hibernation Feature in Windows Vista”

  1. Vadim
    September 16th, 2009 01:46
    24

    Works for me.
    Lot of thanks.

  2. Ryan L
    September 9th, 2009 03:42
    23

    Gateway Netbook: Ran it on Vista Home from the Start->Run (DOS prompt) path. It accepted the command and when I looked to Shutdown, there it was! Voila! Muchas thanks!

  3. How to Enable or Disable Hibernate in Windows 7 » My Digital Life
    August 12th, 2009 21:09
    22

    [...] Hibernate feature allows operating system to save and write the running state and contents of RAM as a file or partition to non-volatile storage such as a hard disk, before powering off the computer. Hibernation allows system to quickly restart and restore to original state when hibernation was invoked, instead of having to close down and start up all the running programs again. In Windows 7, hibernate option should be enabled and turned on by default, However, if you can’t find Hibernate option in the Start menu power button, the steps to enable Hibernate in Windows 7 is easy, and is the same with how to enable and turn on hibernate option in Windows Vista. [...]

  4. Jessica
    August 9th, 2009 00:59
    21

    Thank you so much i thought i did something wrong.

  5. somebody
    July 21st, 2009 22:12
    20

    it works…thanks…

  6. Kellly
    July 14th, 2009 23:41
    19

    this didn’t work for me…. i still can’t get hibernation enabled…. any other suggestions?

  7. Slayer
    July 14th, 2009 03:46
    18

    fuck you a lot

  8. Gaurav Sethi
    June 14th, 2009 20:47
    17

    Thanks, this info was great help. Have been going crazy as to where did the Hibernate utility vanish … and tried almost all thinable procedures. This was very helpful indeed.

  9. ech
    May 29th, 2009 01:22
    16

    Thanks for the help. Not being able to put the my laptop into hibernation was driving me batty for two weeks. Ahh, I can sleep better at night now.

  10. janis
    May 15th, 2009 18:24
    15

    it works thx

  11. joe
    April 28th, 2009 00:22
    14

    yay thanks

  12. akshay
    April 16th, 2009 12:30
    13

    it does not work buddy
    please help
    me

  13. Prabin
    April 7th, 2009 08:43
    12

    Thanks. It helped me out.

  14. sujit
    March 3rd, 2009 14:44
    11

    i want to active hibernate . when i type ‘powercfg -h on’ i see the result i.e you have not permisson to change it

  15. jt
    February 4th, 2009 14:17
    10

    really tnx.

  16. Kelly
    January 1st, 2009 06:23
    9

    Evidence eliminator advise me to turn it of said it was a security risk to my dell computer

  17. Eric
    December 30th, 2008 03:01
    8

    It doesn’t appear on the menu on my start menu…

  18. Amiteshwar
    December 22nd, 2008 15:40
    7

    Thank you.
    I still hate Vista program, especially on a Dell computer.

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    November 27th, 2008 01:20
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    [...] of Vista. It’ll start up much faster. Unlike XP, it has to be activated via a command line. Details here. Hope that helps. __________________ Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he [...]

  20. sriram
    November 18th, 2008 11:41
    5

    thank u.

  21. madjik
    November 15th, 2008 01:14
    4

    thank you for the info.

  22. akimos
    October 31st, 2008 02:47
    3

    thanx alot, you helped me alot

    thank you…

  23. zyan
    September 26th, 2008 18:31
    2

    I’ve done the step you mention above

    but the system said there are more legacy drivers installed:UgaSave
    An Internal system component has disabled hibernation..

    what should I do??

  24. Suny
    September 10th, 2008 04:45
    1

    thanks a lot, your website helped me in a lot of ways.
    thank you.

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