Windows Could, But Cannot Hibernate

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I got a second hand laptop infected with loads of awful stuff, and
filled with junk the previous owner had... It had 60 GB but he even
messed that up, so now it only has 32 GB of HD.
I got annoyed so i just reinstalled EVERYTHING (Actually i just
formatted HD and installed windows) and now, for some reason, the
HIBERNATE and STANDBY buttons are missing, and no, there is no general
tab in my power options...
Also, the display driver installer that came with the laptop got
formatted, and now the screen is too big for the display...

I have a SONY VAIO, about 500 MB RAM, 32GB internal HD and 153 EXTERNAL
free space...
I also have a useless sticker that says "Graphics By ATI (logo goes
here)" and when the graphics actually were by ATI, Hibernate and
standby worked fine...

Oh yeah, I have a:
Windows XP SP2 Proffesional, with about 2 programs installed... so i
don't suppose it's the programs...

Now do i need a new driver or what?
 
I got a second hand laptop infected with loads of awful stuff, and
filled with junk the previous owner had... It had 60 GB but he even
messed that up, so now it only has 32 GB of HD.
I got annoyed so i just reinstalled EVERYTHING (Actually i just
formatted HD and installed windows) and now, for some reason, the
HIBERNATE and STANDBY buttons are missing, and no, there is no general
tab in my power options...
Also, the display driver installer that came with the laptop got
formatted, and now the screen is too big for the display...

I have a SONY VAIO, about 500 MB RAM, 32GB internal HD and 153 EXTERNAL
free space...
I also have a useless sticker that says "Graphics By ATI (logo goes
here)" and when the graphics actually were by ATI, Hibernate and
standby worked fine...

Oh yeah, I have a:
Windows XP SP2 Proffesional, with about 2 programs installed... so i
don't suppose it's the programs...

Now do i need a new driver or what?
Click to expand...
If you have access to the net any other way try going to the Sony Vaio's
website.

this link is for the VAIO support and click on the drivers and updates
section

http://www.vaio-link.com/index/index.asp?l=en
 
Standby and Hibernate ONLY work if windows has the proper hardware drivers
to make it work. If your install of Windows is fresh, you need to install
all the proper hardware drivers, and run Windows Update to get Hibernation
and Standby to run.
 
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