Should I turn off my computer every night?

Is it better to have it Hibernate?

Should I have set it to Standby?

XP: Enable or Disable Hibernation

What is the best option for my computer?

I get these questions all week when people are asking about their home PC’s.

I believe the jury is still at on what is the best answer.

Windows

Instead of going into a long explanation I advise people about what I do.

Depending upon how much you use your home PC should determine what route you take.

This will allow you to quickly restore the computer state between usage.

When the data is stored in RAM it will be able to resume much more quickly.

The session will take longer to come back from Hibernate mode versus Sleep.

Also, additional disk space is required to Hibernate.

Click Apply then OK.