If you leave Windows hibernated for too long it takes a long time to start and recover. Explain?

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Published on 2010-04-01T17:19:56Z Indexed on 2010/04/01 17:23 UTC
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Following is a conversation I had on twitter. alt text

And I have faced it; and I am sure you have faced it too.

I will accept a real answer on why it is so slow when hibernated for long, unless the funny answer is really funny.

How do you think they make radioactive decaying software?!

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