From: John Beckett 

Gregg N  wrote in message news::
> Is there a reason you prefer hibernate over standby?

My POV is that I am too nervous to use either of these for a system that I
care about (although it's ok on a laptop where the hardware and drivers
really are designed and tested for this).

People using standby should be careful to save work first (and preferably
close apps IMHO) because a power fail would be a crash.

My computer boots XP Pro in 30 seconds (from cold power off). What's the rush?

John

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