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How come Windows Me doesn support the Hibernate power management feature?

April 26, 2017feature hibernate Management power support Windows

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How come Windows Me doesn support the Hibernate power management feature?

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Actually, Windows Me does support Hibernate, which allows you to save the contents of RAM to the hard drive and then recover it all when the system comes out of hibernation: This allows you to leave programs running and then have them return to normal when the system comes back up. But Hibernation in Windows Me is very restrictive and it won’t work on all systems. First, you need an ACPI-compliant BIOS, as you do in Windows 2000. But then the complications set it: If any of the drivers on your system are not hibernation compatible, the feature will not work, or even appear in the UI. At this point in time, most installs of Windows Me do not include hibernation. PC makers will include the necessary drivers for hibernation in their Windows Me systems. If you had hibernation working and it suddenly disappeared, it’s probably because of a new driver installation: Many hardware drivers aren’t compatible with hibernation. Check nohiber.txt in c:\windows for details.