How to Hibernate your Windows 8 PC/Tablet If you want to hibernate your PC in window 8 you might not able to do it as it was earlier like in windows 7. Because the hibernate option is not shown in the windows 8 menu. So this article is for people who want to do it frequently. Go to the notepad and type "shutdown /h". Note that there is a space between the word shutdown and the forward slash. Then save the file as "Hibernate.bat" including the quotation marks. That's it. Now you will have a file which can hibernate your PC. That's it! Be sure to not to run this file accidentally since this batch script immediately works without user confirmation. Further Modification: This simple file can be modified as follows to get the user permission before it hibernates the PC. @echo off setlocal :PROMPT SET /P AREYOUSURE=Are you sure want to Hibernate(Y/[N])? IF /I "%AREYOUSURE%" NEQ "Y" GOTO END ...