Guide On How To Enable Hibernate in Windows 8, 8.1 And Windows 10

A coursemate of mine bought a new Hp 250 which came with a factory OS of Windows 8.1, surprisingly to her, Hibernate isn't included in the power options. So she thought it was a fault from the PC without knowing that default, Windows 8 or 8.1 doesn't have to hibernate, and it needs to be enabled manually. So first things first, I did a fresh install of the Windows 8.1 to remove the bloatware, made a complete installation the drivers so as to improve the performance of the PC, then proceeded to enabling hibernate, but before I go on, let me quickly tell you what Hibernate means. 

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Hibernation in computing is a command which instructs the computer to suspend its operations and powers down the computer while retaining its state. Upon hibernation, the computer saves the contents of its random access memory (RAM) to a hard disk or other non-volatile storage. Any unsaved data is not lost during the process, and the user can also continue working on the once he/she boots up the computer again.

How To Enable Hibernate in Windows 8 and 8.1

Before Enabling Hibernate

====>>>>    Go to your Desktop Background and click on your Battery Icon

====>>>>    Once you click on the Battery Icon located on your desktop background, the battery notification will pop-up and then click on More Power Options as seen in the screenshot above.

====>>>>    Clicking on the more power options will automatically take you to the control panel settings for Power Options, then click on Choose What Closing The Lid Does. Scroll down and You will notice that hibernate isn't available

Scroll down, and You will notice that hibernate isn't available

====>>>>    Click on Change Settings That Are Currently Unavailable then scroll down again you'll notice that option for selecting Hibernate is now available. Select Hibernate and change your settings, (no need for reboot).

====>>>>    Now go back to your power menu and you'll see that option for hibernate is now available.

After enabling Hibernate

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