I am using windows XP ... would like to know what is the difference between hibernate & shutdown .. which one to use ?1 person needs an answerI do too

In article <4fdde05a-2dd5-430d-898f-Email removed for privacy>, dap_June2010 says...I am using windows XP ... would like to know what is the difference between hibernate & shutdown ..  which one to use ?In book analogy, Shutting down is like closing book.Hibernation is like closing book, if you previously put a bookmark insideto know where to continue.Many people use shutdown, even if it is not exactlywhat they would really like to do.But shutdown is what they know.Shutdown closes all programs and processes and switch off the computer.When started again, it does know what programs you had open nor their working status.You need to launch programs and open documents or whateverfrom the scratch.Notes that if you were requested to reboot after some updated,and going to switch off PC, this is what to be done. Reboot after hibernation does NOT count as reboot needed by updated.Hibernation ( simplified ) first makes a snaphot of computer memory to the hiberfil.sys files.Than it switches of the computer too.When started, it loads content of hiberfil.sys,bringing computer to previous state.PoutnikThe best depends on how the best is defined.

In article <8f2e2929-6664-4bb5-bb44-b66a8fe079d0@communitybridge.codeplex.com>, Email removed for privacy says...When started again, it does know what programs you had open nor their working status.Should be "it does not know...."PoutnikThe best depends on how the best is defined.