# Win 7 Hibernate

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-7-hibernate/586493>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 22, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-7-hibernate/586493 "2011-06-22T22:29:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![robcaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@robcaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robcaro)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-7-hibernate/586493/1 "2011-06-22T22:29:47Z")

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I have Windows 7 Home Premium. I still haven´t figured out how to go to Hibernation. Can anyone here help?

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**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-7-hibernate/586493/2 "2011-06-22T22:36:16Z")

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> [@robcaro](#):
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> I have Windows 7 Home Premium. I still haven´t figured out how to go to Hibernation. Can anyone here help?

Do you have other options when you click the tiny right arrow next to the ‘Shut down’ button? You should see restart, logoff, etc.

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-7-hibernate/586493/3 "2011-06-22T22:37:25Z")

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Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Power Options\Edit Plan Settings

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**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-7-hibernate/586493/4 "2011-06-22T22:38:16Z")

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Click on the arrow to the right of “shut-down.” The cascaded options give you the option to “sleep.” Right click on that and that should give you the hibernation option.

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**Author:** ![Al\_Bundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@Al\_Bundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al_Bundy)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-7-hibernate/586493/5 "2011-06-22T23:55:54Z")

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I don’t have W7.  
On XP you hover over the Stand By option and press the SHIFT key to bring up Hibernate. Don’t know why they would change it in W7.