Hiibernation uses no power. Standby does. It looks like your laptop is going into
Standby mode, not Hibernation.

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:59:06 -0700 (PDT), RedPenguin wrote:

-|I have a Compaq Presario FW739WM laptop with Windows Vista Home
-|Premium.
-|
-|I like for obvious reasons to put it in Hibernation (quicker access
-|and can save work) when I'm not using it.
-|
-|Now, Vista seems to hibernate and the whole machine seems to turn off.
-|
-|Now when the machine is turned on soon enough, it will go to "Resuming
-|Windows" and it looks all good.
-|
-|Yet if I wait a day or two to turn on the laptop, the battery is dead,
-|and a different Windows prompt shows.
-|
-|It says something like, Windows has shutdown due to critical battery
-|life. This says to me, that for some reason the machine wasn't even
-|off, because if the battery died on it's own, I would think Windows
-|would not know it, then when plugged in, would say, "Resuming
-|Windows".
-|
-|Is Windows still running stuff killing the battery when under
-|Hibernation?

On Oct 17, 9:24*am, Herman D. Knoble
wrote:
> Hiibernation uses no power. Standby does. It looks like your laptop is going into
> Standby mode, not Hibernation.
>
> On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:59:06 -0700 (PDT), RedPenguin wrote:
>
> -|I have a Compaq Presario FW739WM laptop with Windows Vista Home
> -|Premium.
> -|
> -|I like for obvious reasons to put it in Hibernation (quicker access
> -|and can save work) when I'm not using it.
> -|
> -|Now, Vista seems to hibernate and the whole machine seems to turn off.
> -|
> -|Now when the machine is turned on soon enough, it will go to "Resuming
> -|Windows" and it looks all good.
> -|
> -|Yet if I wait a day or two to turn on the laptop, the battery is dead,
> -|and a different Windows prompt shows.
> -|
> -|It says something like, Windows has shutdown due to critical battery
> -|life. This says to me, that for some reason the machine wasn't even
> -|off, because if the battery died on it's own, I would think Windows
> -|would not know it, then when plugged in, would say, "Resuming
> -|Windows".
> -|
> -|Is Windows still running stuff killing the battery when under
> -|Hibernation?

Is this possible, even though the machine appears to be turned off and
seems to power down? I mean I have to press the power button, wait for
the Compaq Logo, and then resume windows, so I though it literally was
Hibernation.

Check your Power options in Control Panel/Power Options, Advanced tab.
This determines what happens with what action you take.

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:51:51 -0700 (PDT), RedPenguin wrote:

-|On Oct 17, 9:24*am, Herman D. Knoble
-|wrote:
-|> Hiibernation uses no power. Standby does. It looks like your laptop is going into
-|> Standby mode, not Hibernation.
-|>
-|> On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:59:06 -0700 (PDT), RedPenguin
wrote:
-|>
-|> -|I have a Compaq Presario FW739WM laptop with Windows Vista Home
-|> -|Premium.
-|> -|
-|> -|I like for obvious reasons to put it in Hibernation (quicker access
-|> -|and can save work) when I'm not using it.
-|> -|
-|> -|Now, Vista seems to hibernate and the whole machine seems to turn off.
-|> -|
-|> -|Now when the machine is turned on soon enough, it will go to "Resuming
-|> -|Windows" and it looks all good.
-|> -|
-|> -|Yet if I wait a day or two to turn on the laptop, the battery is dead,
-|> -|and a different Windows prompt shows.
-|> -|
-|> -|It says something like, Windows has shutdown due to critical battery
-|> -|life. This says to me, that for some reason the machine wasn't even
-|> -|off, because if the battery died on it's own, I would think Windows
-|> -|would not know it, then when plugged in, would say, "Resuming
-|> -|Windows".
-|> -|
-|> -|Is Windows still running stuff killing the battery when under
-|> -|Hibernation?
-|
-|Is this possible, even though the machine appears to be turned off and
-|seems to power down? I mean I have to press the power button, wait for
-|the Compaq Logo, and then resume windows, so I though it literally was
-|Hibernation.