04-27-2011, 04:16 PM
You said that you put it into hibernation mode at first, which is what confused me. Sleep mode is not a powering off option for your computer, ONLY hibernation mode. The only difference is that Sleep mode will not retain some of your previous data, since it will close any unnecessary programs I believe. I'm not too sure about Vista, but Windows 7 which is what i'm running has a Hybrid sleep mode which is designed more for desktops than laptops. But it's a combination of sleep and hibernation.
Hibernation is designed for laptops though, not sleepmode.
Hibernation is designed for laptops though, not sleepmode.