Disable Hybrid Sleep Mode in Windows

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Since Windows Vista Microsoft has introduced a new on-by-default feature called Hybrid Sleep. This feature tends to be problematic and is related to Windows going to a blank screen and locking, or not shutting down properly. It can also cause the harddrive to show the windows partition is a locked state which makes certain types of recovery difficult.

Recommendation: Disable Hybrid Sleep in versions of Windows including Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 and 10.

The hybrid sleep mode was designed with laptop computers in mind, as a way to increase battery life and more rapidly resume from sleep mode. However, the feature is enabled by default on desktops also. The feature causes more trouble than is justified by the limited benefit.

Hybrid Sleep Mode in Windows Vista

  1. Press the windows key + R
  2. Type: powercfg.exe and press ENTER
  3. choose "Change advanced power settings".
  4. find the "Sleep" option and under it "Allow hybrid sleep," change all options to "Off" including when on battery and plugged in.
  5. look for any other references to hybrid sleep and disable them
  6. APPLY, and exit

Fast Startup and Hibernate in Windows 10

Fast startup requires that hibernate be enabled. Windows 10 hibernate is problematic. Problems include computer does not wake up from sleep or hibernate mode, and the drive where Windows is installed is locked error message. Using Hibernate and Fast Startup can reduce the chances of successfully crash recovery if you have a problem with your system. DISABLE HIBERNATE.

  1. Press the windows key + R
  2. Type "control /name Microsoft.PowerOptions"
  3. Change "Put the computer to sleep" to NEVER
  4. Click "Change advanced power settings"
  5. Under SLEEP change "Allow hybrid sleep" to OFF
  6. Under "Sleep after" and "Hybernate after" change to NEVER
  7. APPLY, and exit

The Window 10 Hybrid sleep is designed primarily for desktop computers. Hybrid sleep is a combination of sleep and hibernate puts any open documents and programs in memory and on your hard disk, and then puts your computer into a low-power state. The problem is that not all systems wake up successfully from this state. Furthermore, it leaves the drive locked so that other operating systems (such as Linux on a dual boot system) and disk repair software cannot access the drive. It makes service of the system more difficult.

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