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turn off hibernating

How to Turn Off and Disable Hibernate in Windows 7

Open an elevated Command Prompt with administrator rights by typing Cmd in Start Search, and then hit Ctrl + Shift + Enter keyboard shortcut.

Or, select Run as Administrator from the Cmd in search results.
Type the following command, and hit Enter:

powercfg /hibernate off

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 3 below.

Disable_Hibernate.reg

http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/tutorials/195512d1327778712-hibernate-enable-disable-disable_hibernate.reg

3. Save the .reg file to the desktop.

4. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

5. Click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK when prompted.

6. Restart the computer to apply the changes.


 
Why all the extra work

The one command with the single command switch will do it all. No need to download more folders to clutter your folders.
 
Second opinions help but my point is it creates 2 folders. One zip folder or archive and one extraced folder which after doing so many it gets ridiculous cleaning up everything you downloaded multiplied by 2. It isn't about the size it is about the clutter! Free disk space has nothing to do with clutter. That is what we have TRIM for 😉