When you wake a computer that is running Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) from hibernation, you may receive the following error message:

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This issue occurs when the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) store contains incorrect information for the Resume from Hibernate entry.

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To resolve this issue, follow these steps:

1.	Click Start, and then click Run.
2.	Type cmd in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
3.	At the command prompt, type bcdedit -enum all, and then press ENTER.
4.	Examine the output from this command. Look for the following entries: Resume from Hibernate --------------------- identifier {xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx} Note In this step, x may represent a letter or a number.
5.	At the command prompt, right-click each entry that you find, and then click Mark.
6.	Use the pointer to select the following text, and then press ENTER: {xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}
7.	Type bcdedit /deletevalue, right-click at the location of the cursor, and then click Paste. When you do this, the following text will appear: {xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}
8.	At the end of this text, type inherit. When you do this, the command line at the command prompt resembles the following: bcdedit /deletevalue {xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx} inherit
9.	Press ENTER, type exit, and then press ENTER.

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