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In order to automate testing in Windows, it could be useful to save multiple hibernate states and running them to see whether a new version of some software behaves appropriately in the different states. Is it possible to save multiple hibernate states?
I assume you are talking about Windows saving the current memory contents in a hibernate file.
My first thought was, sure, just boot that machine with a different OS (may be linux or even a second Windows) and copy the file to a archive. However, you probably also need to save thw pagefile than too. I am not sure what else you need. So the safest way would be to backup the whole hard drive.
That said, it might be the easiest to use a virtual machine. Than you can hibernate your Windows and backup the whole virtual machine. You can later restore it several times or restore different hibernate scenarios.
