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I run a quad-boot with Fedora, Ubuntu, ChromiumOS, and Windows 8. I have discovered that Windows 8 will no longer hibernate - it just brings me back to the lock screen. When I run it from command-line, I get this: The requested system device cannot be found.(15299)

The problem is, Windows also can't do it's fast-startup thing because that involves kernel hibernation. The only way I can shutdown is with shutdown /s /t 0 or a shortcut that invokes it.

Apparently, this problem is tied to Windows having its boot manager in control. That's great, but if I hibernate Windows, its boot manager won't let me start up anything else, defeating the whole point of a multiboot. Using GRUB, you can hibernate an OS and start up another, then come back to the other one.

How can I keep my multiboot and also be able to hibernate Windows 8?

WindowsEscapist
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I honestly don't know what the rules are here for linking to another forum, but given the amount of time this question has been open, I am going to do so and hope you get this resolved.

Take a look at this thread over on the Microsoft Community Forums -

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-system/hibernate-on-windows-7-with-dual-boot/030ba6d6-d6a2-4d76-875e-78a1fe7b929d

If you go to Page 2 of the replies, there is a response from captainu replied on February 1, 2010 that details a possible workaround for you.

Then on Page 3 of the replies, there is a response from skariks replied on September 16, 2010 that details a more complex possible solution.

I hope this helps you out!

Chris E. Avis
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