Willby,
If you have a desktop, why not just leaving it running?
You can set it to power down the Monitor and the Hard Drives after a period of time. When you want to use it again, it will ready to go with a movement of the Mouse.
I have never cared for Window's Standby or Hibernate. They never did get them completely right.
A good thread to look at is:
Turn it off or leave it on?
Take Care,
Richard