Laptop stuck on Hibernating screen

Because your laptop is stuck on Hibernating screen, you cannot perform troubleshooting until you pass the Hibernating screen. Therefore, the first step is to pass the Hibernating screen. To do so, you have to drain the residual power from your laptop.

How to drain residual electricity from laptops with removable battery

The above steps should bypass the Hibernating screen.

How to drain residual electricity from laptops with a non-removable battery

If your laptop has a non-removable battery, go through the following steps to drain the residual electricity. Now, the laptop should show the login screen. If the above methods do not work, go through the following steps to bypass the Hibernating screen. You should be able to log in to your system this time. If the issue still persists, you have to perform Startup Repair. We will talk about this later in this article. After performing the above steps, you should be able to log into your system. Now, perform the troubleshooting steps so that the problem could not appear again. Let’s see these solutions in detail.

1] Run the Power Troubleshooter

The Power Troubleshooter fixes the problems occurring due to the power issues. The problem where the laptop gets stuck on the Hibernating screen might occur due to the power issues. Hence, running the Power Troubleshooter can fix this problem.

2] Restore your Power Settings to default

As described above, the problem where Windows gets stuck on Hibernating screen might occur due to the power issues, restoring the Power Settings to default can prevent the problem from occurring again in the future. The following steps will guide you on how to restore the Power Settings to default.

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3] Update your drivers

Your drivers should be up to date. Outdated drivers create several issues on a Windows computer. The Optional Updates page of Windows Updates shows the updates available for drivers. Go to “Windows Update > Advanced Options > Optional Updates” and see which driver requires an update. If an update is available there, install it. Read: Hibernate shuts down Windows computer

4] Perform Startup Repair

If you are not able to log in to Windows, you have to perform Startup Repair. Because you are stuck on the Hibernating screen, you can launch the Startup Repair tool from Windows Recovery Environment. To enter Windows Recovery Environment, you have to interrupt the normal startup process. The following steps will help you.

Force shut down your laptop by pressing and holding the power button.Press the power button to turn your laptop again.When you see the Windows logo, press and hold the power button immediately until the laptop shuts down.Repeat step 2 up to three times. After that, Windows will automatically enter the Recovery Environment. You will see the Automatic Repair screen.Click Advanced Options.Now, go to “Troubleshoot > Advanced Options.”Click Start-up Repair.

After performing the Startup Repair, the problem should get fixed.

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Why is my computer stuck on Hibernating?

The problem where the laptop gets stuck on the Hibernating screen may occur due to the power issues. To fix this problem, turn off your laptop, remove its battery, then press and hold the power button for up to 60 seconds. This process will drain the residual electricity. We have covered this issue and its solutions in detail in this article. Read: Windows laptop will not Hibernate

How do you fix Hibernating problems?

To fix the Hibernating problems, you can run the Power Troubleshooter, restore your Power Plan settings to default, and update all your drivers. To check for your driver updates, go to the Optional Updates page of Windows Updates. If your laptop is stuck on the Hibernating screen, this article describes how to get rid of this issue. Hope this helps, Read next: Windows is stuck on loading some screen.