Sleep vs Hibernate

http://www.timeatlas.com/mos/Term_to_Learn/General/Understanding_Differences_Between_Hibernate_and_Stand_By/

http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=745

http://blogs.msdn.com/mthree/archive/2008/01/31/sleep-vs-hibernate-013108.aspx

hibernate writes the system state to a file and powers down.

sleep just puts it in standby-power mode, which stops HDD, and kills video, among other things.

What is your OS?

What did the splash screen indicate? For me, it indicated that the computer was hibernating.

When you were in suspend, what did you need to do to get the computer running again?

hibernate copies your session to the harddisk for safe keeping (removing power doesnt affect it toshiba say hibernate lasts for just over 20 days)

sleep is stored in ram, if you take power away from the laptop you los eeverything. Basically sleep is faster but supposed to be for shorter periods :)

Now I know why the run line is the same for both hibernate and standby.

Which brings me to the next question.
In TR, there had been a post about scheduling a task, with the wake up computer option selected, as a way to get a computer active after putting a period of hibernation.

I had scheduled a message pop up to wake the computer. It did not work. Then I put the computer on standby, but still it did not work. Which makes me wonder....