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Resolved WinXP slow to wake up.

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by billf, 2011/12/11.

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    billf

    billf Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Just started getting a problem with IDrive. I have it scheduled to wake the computer up from hibernation to do a backup at 0030. It never does this, it actually does the backup at 0130 when I have a Windows task set to run CCleaner. IDrive has an option to carry out a missed backup when the computer next starts.

    I've a feeling it is something to do with Widows taking longer than it used to to "come on line" and thus the internet connection may not be there when IDrive looks for it. Used to work fine until recently and I haven't installed anything except recent Windows updates.
     
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    Did you try a System Restore back to a point when it was working correctly?
     
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    billf

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    Hi. Yes I did. That didn't work so I used a Ghost backup to go back to a time when it was OK and that hasn't worked either.
     
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    Arie

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    Set it to wake up at a time you can observe, then see what's happening.

    Have a look in Event Viewer if you can spot some clues to a cause.
     
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    wildfire

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    If the backup starts exactly 1 hour later than it should (as you suggest) it's very likely to be a timezone issue.
     
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    billf

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    Thanks Arie, will have a go. Have just heard from IDrive and they now tell me that their programme will not work if the computer is put into hibernation manually, which I sometimes do if I finish early. It only works if hibernation takes place as per the power option settings. Strange!!!
     
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    billf

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    Hi Wildfire. The 1 hour is a coincidence. It is when I have another programme set to wake the computer up and IDrive takes advantage of it. Have just heard from IDrive and they now tell me that their programme will not work if the computer is put into hibernation manually, which I sometimes do if I finish early. It only works if hibernation takes place as per the power option settings. Strange!!!
     
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    wildfire

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    Very strange, I honestly can't see any reason for this but run a couple of tests and let us know how things go.
     
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    Arie

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    I think some people are confusing hibernation & sleep.

    When your system is hibernated, there is no software that can wake it up. Only if you have "Wake up on LAN" activated can the system be woken up through the network.

    Hibernation switches of a system completely. The only difference is that the contents of memory are written to a file on your hard disk (Hiberfil.sys) which is read back into RAM when the system is powered on again.

    Now if a system is in a sleep state, software will be able to wake up a system.
     
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    wildfire

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    Arie, I am probably one of those people, but for years now systems can be woken from a BIOS alarm yes? This would be from a situation where the computer was technically off with only a trickle current running through the system and indeed IIRC it's exactly the same as the way WOL works.

    I do agree though, perhaps the OP is mistaken Hibernate and Sleep but that doesn't account for the fact that later tasks do wake up the system.
     
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    Oh, Yea, that would be the exception, although that doesn't seem to apply here...

    Still the software wouldn't be able to wake up the computer. You'd need to set the software to run after the computer has been started using the BIOS alarm.
     
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