XP hibernate - restoration image is corrupt
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From: Sandy Anne on 13 Jun 2005 10:28 About a month ago I had my PC cleaned/stripped and XPpro + SP2 installed. As I don't like my PC to be powered on while I'm not working (and I often go away meaning to come back and don't), I have set the power options as follows: Monitor - 15 minutes; Hard disc - 1 hour; Standby - never; Hibernate - 1 hour. It hibernates OK but when I switch the power on, I get the following message on the black screen "The system could not be restarted from its previous location because the restoration image is corrupt. Delete restoration data and proceed to system boot menu". In the absence of any instructions I have been pressing enter which gives me the Windows XP screen followed by the welcome/log in screen as normal. So far I haven't lost anything as I've saved before wandering off but isn't hibernate supposed to protect unsaved data? Can anyone tell me what my problem and how I can solve it? Thank you
From: Galen on 14 Jun 2005 09:40 In news:F3BF0E68-81F3-45BA-BAA7-16039F47F9EF(a)microsoft.com, Sandy Anne <SandyAnne(a)discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say: My reply is at the bottom of your sent message: > About a month ago I had my PC cleaned/stripped and XPpro + SP2 > installed. As I don't like my PC to be powered on while I'm not > working (and I often go away meaning to come back and don't), I have > set the power options as follows: Monitor - 15 minutes; Hard disc - 1 > hour; Standby - never; Hibernate - 1 hour. It hibernates OK but when > I switch the power on, I get the following message on the black > screen "The system could not be restarted from its previous location > because the restoration image is corrupt. Delete restoration data > and proceed to system boot menu". In the absence of any instructions > I have been pressing enter which gives me the Windows XP screen > followed by the welcome/log in screen as normal. So far I haven't > lost anything as I've saved before wandering off but isn't hibernate > supposed to protect unsaved data? Can anyone tell me what my problem > and how I can solve it? Thank you First, hibernation isn't really a reliable method for saving important data. It just writes everything to RAM and shuts the power down and then on restoration of power it resumes the last system state. Instead of thinking of it as a saving grace it might help to think of it more as a tool to help you boot faster. That's my take on it. As for your hibernation problem... Give this a shot... Start > Run > Type "cmd" without the quotes and press enter > in the command prompt window type "del C:\hiberfil.sys" without the quotes and press enter. Next press Start > Click Shutdown > Press the SHIFT key and the hibernation mode should appear > hibernate and then turn the power back on to see if that works. Galen -- "And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby." Sherlock Holmes
From: Sandy Anne on 14 Jun 2005 15:35 "Galen" wrote: > First, hibernation isn't really a reliable method for saving important data. > It just writes everything to RAM and shuts the power down and then on > restoration of power it resumes the last system state. Instead of thinking > of it as a saving grace it might help to think of it more as a tool to help > you boot faster. That's my take on it. > > As for your hibernation problem... > > Give this a shot... Start > Run > Type "cmd" without the quotes and press > enter > in the command prompt window type "del C:\hiberfil.sys" without the > quotes and press enter. > > Next press Start > Click Shutdown > Press the SHIFT key and the hibernation > mode should appear > hibernate and then turn the power back on to see if > that works. > > Galen Thank you for your advice. The data-saving was a fail-safe bonus - my main concerns are to save energy and time rebooting but with this problem, although I get to save the planet, I have to go through the whole rigmarole. I tried what you said but couldn't delete hiberfil.sys that way or from Explorer. I remembered other threads which mention this file and from them deleted it OK by unchecking hibernation in Power Options. I reset hibernation (which worked fine) but unfortunately when I switched the power on again, I got the same error message as before. The new hiberfil.sys has the create date/time when the PC would have hibernated and I can see that it was modified when I rebooted. I guess from that that it IS a new file and it IS being opened and used in some way when I power up. I'd be grateful for any other suggestions about what could be corrupting this file.
From: Galen on 15 Jun 2005 09:13 In news:04E10BB6-909A-4DAE-BC1D-CA59B97B7B28(a)microsoft.com, Sandy Anne <SandyAnne(a)discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say: My reply is at the bottom of your sent message: > Thank you for your advice. The data-saving was a fail-safe bonus - > my main concerns are to save energy and time rebooting but with this > problem, although I get to save the planet, I have to go through the > whole rigmarole. > > I tried what you said but couldn't delete hiberfil.sys that way or > from Explorer. I remembered other threads which mention this file > and from them deleted it OK by unchecking hibernation in Power > Options. I reset hibernation (which worked fine) but unfortunately > when I switched the power on again, I got the same error message as > before. > > The new hiberfil.sys has the create date/time when the PC would have > hibernated and I can see that it was modified when I rebooted. I > guess from that that it > IS a new file and it IS being opened and used in some way when I > power up. > > I'd be grateful for any other suggestions about what could be > corrupting this file. Curiouser and curiouser... I've been reading through Google and read a bunch of the information. This isn't entirely uncommon. When was the last time you checked the disk for errors and defragged? And are you getting any errors as it goes into hibernation? They might pop up only for a quick second as it's on it's way out. One more odd guess. Do you have a lot of USB devices or dongles attached? What happens if you disconnect them and give it a whirl? Galen -- "And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby." Sherlock Holmes
From: Sandy Anne on 16 Jun 2005 15:10
"Galen" wrote: > (1) When was the last time you checked the disk for errors and defragged? > (2) And are you getting any errors as it goes into hibernation? > > (3) One more odd guess. Do you have a lot of USB devices or dongles attached? What happens if you disconnect them and give it a whirl? Thank you for your continuing interest. (1) I had run chkdsk and defragged only about a week before I started to use hibernate. I have just done both again but still same problem. (2) I've only once seen it go into hibernation and it looked OK - just the going into hibernation screen (3) I have only the basic USB stuff - mouse, keyboard, printer, scanner, speakers, modem, ethernet (maybe other things I don't realise are USB things) - no game consoles, joysticks, external drives or anything. I don't have any dongles I'm aware of. I haven't got the confidence to disconnect things (although the scanner is disconnected anyway). I suppose I could disconnect the printer and speakers without worry, couldn't I? I'd be grateful for any more thoughts ... |