Re: hang on resume from hibernate

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In news:44330071-E25A-44CA-8C5D-B10D858DE241@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
jhammer <jhammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Thanks for the tip but to no avail,There appears to be a conflict
> between
> the bios power management and xp Pro power management. But i
> discovered that the STR setting in the bios is similar in function to
> the windows hibernate feature but is quicker to implement.
> It shuts down the monitor, hard drives and fans but resumes right
> where it left off
> and is activated by the start menu shutdown- standby selection with
> the windows hibernate feature disabled.
> By the way the fix for the hang was achieved by using the windows
> recovery panel on the CD , After reinstalling the pata drivers you
> get to the c:\ (root directory) and delete the hiberfil.sys file and
> then windows will boot.! Thanks for the tip but i Couldn't figure out
> which combination of enabling/disabling ACPI or ACPIE in windows and
> enabling/disabling STR in the bios would allow the typical
> hibernation mode offered via windows. But the soluyion I came up with
> is the best of both worlds!

Excellent and thank you for letting us know what did eventually work out for
you. I've made a note of it and will look for this in the future. Much
appreciated and feel free to post back with either more questions or more
answers.

Galen
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Signature changed for a moment of silence.
Rest well Alex and we'll see you on the other side.


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