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.	Open an elevated command prompt. To do this, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as Administrator.
2.	At the command prompt, type bcdedit -enum all, and then press ENTER.
3.	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.
4.	At the command prompt, right-click each entry that you find, and then click Mark.
5.	Use the pointer to select the following text, and then press ENTER: {xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}
6.	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}
7.	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
8.	Press ENTER, type exit, and then press ENTER.

If you have several computers that are experiencing this issue, you can generate the following logon script: This logon script runs the "Resume from Hibernate" entry to script the resolution.

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