Why doesn't Hibernate work any more (Windows 7)?

I am having a problem with Hibernating my Windows 7 PC. When ever I try to hibernate, the screen goes blank for a while, there's disk activity and then I am presented with the Login Screen.

I've tried enabling/disabling hibernation, not helped. When I run shutdown /h I get a error: "The system cannot find the file specified.(2)"

I've checked and "hiberfil.sys" does exist.

How can I get hibernation working again?

EDIT: Just ran shutdown /h and monitored it with Process Monitor (something I should have done at the beginning) and the only file it cannot find is "C:\Windows\rescache\rc0008":

08:10:24.6198561 AM shutdown.exe    3684    CreateFile  C:\Windows\rescache\rc0008  NAME NOT FOUND  Desired Access: Read Attributes, Disposition: Open, Options: Open Reparse Point, Attributes: n/a, ShareMode: Read, Write, Delete, AllocationSize: n/a

I went to "C:\Windows\rescache" and saw:

rc0006 (Folder)

rc0007 (Folder)

ResCache.mni (File)

Now I tried just copying rc0007 and rename it to rc0008 but I get a access denied error (even when running as Administrator). Should I bother going into safe mode and copying and renaming rc0007 to rc0008. Will it help? Does this shed some light on the problem?

Kryten

Posted 2010-06-22T09:32:22.160

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Do you use original Windows 7? I mean.. loaders and mods can cause this. A lot of people were talking about such problems and finally I found out that their loader ruined it. (Just an idea, no offense.) – Apache – 2010-06-22T09:39:51.287

No, none that I know of. Is there a way to tell if there is one installed (I'm thinking a virus/another user...)? – Kryten – 2010-06-22T10:03:23.703

Answers

Fixed the problem. On the "advice" from a friend, I set the active partition from the 100mb "System" to C:. Restarted, "Windows Boot Manager Failed to Load Windows". Inserted installation DVD and select "Repair your Computer". When it was searching OS's it came up and said I had a boot manager problem and do I want to repair it? I did and Windows loaded. I can now hibernate! I can also see Windows 7 listed in the “Start-up and Recovery” Options (see this question). Windows boots instantly and is actually a lot snappier! I have no idea how this could have helped, but it did. The only problem is that the Windows Boot Screen is the old "Vista" style (i.e. just a progress bar at the bottom), so anyone knows how to fix this, then please say.

Kryten

Posted 2010-06-22T09:32:22.160

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1I don't understand you friend's advice to change the partition marked as "active" (bootable). This strikes me as a kludge to force "Repair your Computer". You should have been able to boot the Win 7 install DVD and "Repair your Computer" without mucking around with your partitions. Oh, well. – irrational John – 2010-06-23T16:50:00.043

Because your system partition is not active anymore.

Click start - right click "Computer" - click "Manage" - go to Storage - Disk Management - Right Click Windows Partition And "Mark Partition As Active".

i2gh0st

Posted 2010-06-22T09:32:22.160

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I use Linux in dual boot with Windows, it didn't even cross my mind that changing the active partition caused the issue. Interesting issue. – gogeccc – 2016-05-21T00:17:46.550

Try recreating the hibernate file:

Open cmd.exe in admin mode, by typing cmd in start menu and pressing Ctrl+Shift+Enter
Type powercfg -h off
Type powercfg -h on

Check if you can hibernate now.

KalEl

Posted 2010-06-22T09:32:22.160

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No it still doesn't work. Tried running "shutdown /h" again and got "The system cannot find the file specified.(2)"... – Kryten – 2010-06-22T10:15:21.950

Was there any error when you tried to turn -h off or -h on? – KalEl – 2010-06-22T11:04:42.500

No, there were no errors (there was actually no output at all). I also ran "sfc /scannow", but still not working... – Kryten – 2010-06-22T11:06:37.893

Have just done a System Restore: still nothing – Kryten – 2010-06-22T11:59:56.503

Did this start happenning after you did something specific? – KalEl – 2010-06-22T13:40:08.793

Not really. I just tried to hibernate and couldn't. What I don't understand is that I used to hibernate before and all went fine. I haven't installed any programs for a while, so I don't know what could be causing it. Now I am beginning to consider sending it in for repair or doing a re-installation/repair from the Windows Disc. Can you still do a System Repair as I couldn't see that option when booting the install DVD (apart from "Repair your Computer" which is not the same as the option on my old XP Disc. – Kryten – 2010-06-22T16:03:33.140

Got the same problem:

>shutdown /h
The system cannot find the file specified.(2)

My solution was enabling automount via diskpart.exe:

Microsoft DiskPart version 6.1.7601
Copyright (C) 1999-2008 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: FELIX-T420SI

DISKPART> automount

Automatic mounting of new volumes disabled.

DISKPART> automount enable

Automatic mounting of new volumes enabled.

DISKPART>

Following a restart, hibernation now works.

feklee

Posted 2010-06-22T09:32:22.160

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