How To Enable Windows 8 Hibernate Option

Windows 8 has come with a lot of changes which users are finding a bit annoying, and one of those is the Hibernation option, which is not visible by default. However, if you can’t find Hibernate option in the Charms bar power pane, the steps to enable Hibernate shortcut in Windows 8 is easy.

Hibernation is a feature of an operating system which allows the contents of RAM to be written to the hard drive, so that the system can quickly restart and restore to original state when waking up from off state.

Here How to Enable Hibernate in Windows 8

1. Open RUN dialog box by press “WIN+R” key, and then type powercfg.cpl and press Enter to open pwer options windows.Or, click battery icon in system tray and then select More power options.

   

2. Now select on “Choose what the power buttons do” option link given in left sidebar.
3. Then click on “Change settings that are currently unavailable“.
4. In the system setting windows, enable the Hibernation option by check Show Hibernate option.
5. Click Save Changes button when done.
6. Hibernation option will now be show and can be accessed from Charms Bar.