08-14-14 07:18 TOM WALKER wrote to ED VANCE about Hibernating XP Burps!   
      
    TW> @MSGID: <53EDE386.13168.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    EV>I have been using the Hibernate option when I turn my XP computer OFF.   
      
    EV>When I turn the XP box ON the next time the Monitor shows me the POST   
    EV>information, the Time Line on the bottom of the screen shows it is   
    EV>reading the Data it stored on the HDD and then it will show the Log On   
    EV>Screen so I can sign on and use the computer.   
      
    EV>Just before I see the Log On screen I sometimes see the Hibernating   
    EV>Screen that I saw when I selected Hibernate on the previous Shut Down.   
      
    EV>Several times recently when I have Turned the XP computer ON again,   
    EV>I see the Monitor shows me the POST information and the Time Line on   
    EV>the bottom of the screen and then it goes Dark and Stays Dark and never   
    EV>shows the Log On screen.   
   -snip-   
    EV>I can still use Windows Updates to get Windows Defender and MSRT when   
    EV>Woody at askwoody.com says to update this XP box.   
      
    EV>Anyone have any ideas why my XP SP3 Media Center Edition pc is doing   
    EV>this?  Thanks.   
      
    TW> I belive it is doing that because you are Shutting off the   
    TW> computer power while the computer is in hibernate.   
    TW> You should NOT do that. Wake up the computer and then do a   
    TW> standard shutdown before cutting the power   
      
   Howdy! Tom,   
      
   Nope, any time I Hibernate or Shut Down the Windows XP computer, I wait   
   until I see its Power Light go out and the Num Lock LED on the Keyboard   
   also go out before pressing the Power Button on my UPS.   
      
   When turning this XP box off I also notice after the LED goes out on   
   the Keyboards Num Lock LED area I see the LED on the front of the WD   
   External Firewire HDD come On for a moment and then go Off.   
      
   Sometimes the LED on the WD HDD stays On after the Keyboard LED goes   
   Off, and I will go ahead and turn the UPS OfF because I know the drive   
   can't be doing anything with the Computer Off.   
      
   Or Can It???????????   
      
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