Hybrid sleep missing on Windows 10 after a major update

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Hybrid sleep is a combination between sleep andhibernation, allowing your computer to write out all its RAM to the hard drive, and then go into a low power state that keeps RAM refreshed. This state allows users to quicklyresume their computers from sleep, and also restore them fromhibernationin case there’s a power failure.

It appears that theAnniversary Updatedoesn’t get along well with the hybrid sleep state, as many users are reporting this feature is missing altogether from the power option list.

Hybrid sleep is missing in the Anniversary Update

Can anybody explain why and how to get it back?I go to power options –> advanced settings and under sleep I only get Hibernate after where as beforeupdateI got Hybrid sleep option as well. Before Anniversary Update I got the above. I now only see Hibernate after.

It is worth mentioning that certain motherboards and BIOS systems don’t support the hybrid sleep feature. To see that power states your computer supports, run the commandpowercfg –availablesleepstatesin Command Prompt.

Hybrid sleep is missing – how to fix this

Solution 1 – Restore the default settings in the power plan

Sometimes, a personalized power plan may disable a series of features. To enable the default power plan, follow these steps:

Check theBalanced plan> selectChange plan settings>Restore default settings for this plan.

Solution 2 – Update your drivers

Make sure both your hardware and software drivers are updated – you can useWindows Update. If there are any new drivers available, install them, restart your computer and then check to see if the hybrid sleep option is available.

All your drivers need to be updated, but doing it manually might be annoying, so we recommend you to use a dedicated third-party tool (100% safe and tested by us) to do it automatically.

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Solution 3 – Tweak the Registry Editor

Right-click and exportHiberFileTypeas a backup.
Now delete the HiberFileType file (if it’s available on your computer).
Make sure the value for theHiberbootEnabledfile is 1.
Restart your computer. Hybrid sleep should now appear in your options and work properly.

Hybrid sleep missing on Windows 10 after a major update#

Hybrid sleep is missing in the Anniversary Update#

Hybrid sleep is missing – how to fix this#

Solution 1 – Restore the default settings in the power plan#

Solution 2 – Update your drivers#

Outbyte Driver Updater#

Solution 3 – Tweak the Registry Editor#