Or use the slightly slower Hibernation because either mode will help you save almost as much energy as you do turning off your computer for the night, and you won’t have to endure the lengthy reboot process the next day. If you hate to wait for Windows to boot up, you can always put your computer into Standby to make it immediately available from its low power state. The argument about switching your PC on and off causing long term damage to components and hard drives has been pretty irrelevant for several years because today’s hardware is far more resistant to those type of problems. Even though desktop and laptop computers are more power efficient these days, it still doesn’t make sense to leave your machine on 24/7 consuming energy when it’s not required.
Many computer users don’t like to turn their computers off and prefer to have them immediately available to use the next day.
