That way when you start the computer again, even months later, it starts much faster than a fresh boot of the computer, so it’s up in about thirty seconds.
Hibernation shuts power use off completely-zero battery drain-and stores the state of your computer in the hard drive. I know most of you are aware of the differences between hibernation and sleep on a computer. These may be especially important if you are using a Windows tablet, but they are also useful for laptops, and they all have to do with hibernation and sleep. Out of the box, Windows 10 comes with some power settings that, depending on your usage habits, probably should be changed.