hibernate or sleep - which is safe?

hibernate or sleep - which is safe?

Hibernate - Puts your system sleep for a while(like shutdown) without losing the data. Whenever you start the system, you can recover your data, applications, etc,..what ever you done in the previous session. This state would be applicable if you are about leave your system for a long term.



Sleep - Puts your system sleep for a short period(won't shut down). Acquires low power and stores your session in system memory. You can resume your session once you logon. This state would be applicable, if you are about to leave your system for a period of time(like break time) and resume your work.

Both saves power.


Power consumption is the important factor to be considered!!!!!.........