Imoutgoodbye Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 For the last four months, I've been letting my computer go into Stand By. It's been shut off probably only three or four times since then. Is this going to cause me any problems? Is Hibernate the proper thing to do with the PC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evangelion Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 If you're running Vista, you probably have about 20 gigs of your hard drive dedicated to back-ups of the last four months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pali Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 Hell, my computer's been going for weeks without ever even being in hibernate/standby... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imoutgoodbye Posted July 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 Well, no harm, no foul. At least I know where that 22 Gigs went. But that's okay. I still have 158 Gigs free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mya Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 You should not hibernate always. A fresh reboot, is healty to your system stability. Microsoft programs are not Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudder Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 From what I understand, your PC will last longer if it is not shut down often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudder Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Psh, screw you a-g. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-guitarist Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 From what I understand, your PC will last longer if it is not shut down often. a-g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L-A Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 From what I understand' date=' your PC will last longer if it is not shut down often.[/quote'] Where did you get this gem from? Personally, hibernate/stand by just p!sses me off - mostly on laptops. That being said I haven't seen any issues with people who allow hibernate/stand by instead of shutting down. Of course, if Vista is taking more and more HDD room then you'll want to clean up those 'backups' it so 'helpfully' takes for you - I'm not running Vista at the moment so I can't tell you if there is a tool in Windows to do it somewhat gracefully. Either way, you'll want to make it part of your regular routine to get rid of any backups. Personally, I shut my PC down when I'm done everytime. Easier because it restart services etc when the PC is power cycled. Its probably going to end up personal preference - but I'd would restart weekly (or at the very least monthy) if I were you. L-A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudder Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Where did you get this gem from? L-A My roomie is an IT nerd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-D&Der Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 I think it's the opposite because hard disks have a limited life span. Hibernate and standby are fine I think, you just do need to reboot Windows now and then because of memory leaks. Also leaving it on wastes energy. Standby wastes less, hibernate doesn't waste any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyzarius Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Where did you get this gem from? Personally, hibernate/stand by just p!sses me off - mostly on laptops. That being said I haven't seen any issues with people who allow hibernate/stand by instead of shutting down. Of course, if Vista is taking more and more HDD room then you'll want to clean up those 'backups' it so 'helpfully' takes for you - I'm not running Vista at the moment so I can't tell you if there is a tool in Windows to do it somewhat gracefully. Either way, you'll want to make it part of your regular routine to get rid of any backups. Personally, I shut my PC down when I'm done everytime. Easier because it restart services etc when the PC is power cycled. Its probably going to end up personal preference - but I'd would restart weekly (or at the very least monthy) if I were you. L-A Running a pc nonstop rather than having cold-boots will prolong the life of your hard drive, video card, and motherboard components. Pc's are designed to run, not to be stopped and started over and over. The OS (Vista in this case) can cause problems with this, giving that old clash between software and hardware. Hell I have four servers all running windows server 2003 that have not been cold booted or even warm rebooted for over 700 days they run perfectly. Though server hardware i designed with an always run mentality, heavier duty fans and variable speed cooling controled by the motherboard temperature sensors which allows them to keep the computer a scool on day 1 as on day 1000 The benefit is more evident in older equipment. Newer power supplies and motherboards are designed to give the systems less of a jolt at start up, and newer hard drives have a rev up built in so the disc doesnt go from 0 - 5400/7200 rpms to quickly. The risk of damage is still there everytime you mash that power button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myrek Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 The only thing I can add to Kyz's post (which is spot on for hardware) is that some programs are poorly written. They can leave stuff floating in RAM. Restarting your PC can clean it up and make it run faster. There is software that will "defrag" your RAM that you can use instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imoutgoodbye Posted July 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Thanks. Hibernate it is. Probably do a restart monthly when some random program isn't updating and restarting the comp. And why does everyone think I run Vista? Nowhere did I say I was. You couldn't pay me to run that crap. I'll stick with XP for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mya Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Then you should look out. I used to Hibernate my XP (before SP2) and it started to get really buggy. Now with SP2 i dont have that problem. I does not alows me to hibernate it. Problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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