9/25/12

Stand By - Hibernate - Shut Down - Restart

For most user's the words Shut Down and Restart is easy to understand because user's always do this. But when it comes to Stand By and Hibernate, their is always a confusion because the two things do a similar job with a difference.
In plain English if you stand by and the power goes out you loose your data in Stand By mode. When if you Hibernate and power goes out, your data is saved.

Stand By - loose data if PC looses power
Hibernate - saves your data 
Shut Down - turns off your computer
Restart - restarts your computer