Which power option might reduce the damage when computer shuts down unexpectedly?

Elidicious

Elidicious

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My UPS is not working at the moment and if the electricity runs out my PC would shut down incorrectly and unexpectedly.
I was wondering if I should put the computer in a sleep mode / hibernate mode [when I'm not working] so that when the electric power runs out, it won't cause the computer any damage even if it's shut down unexpectedly.
Does it help? Or maybe the power options are irrelevant to the electric power running out and an unexpected turn off would cause the same damage to the computer?
 
Use hybrid sleep if your computer supports it.
Here was the difference between the modes.
At least for windows 7 Pro

What's the difference between sleep, hibernate, and hybrid sleep?
Sleep is a power-saving state that allows a computer to quickly resume full-power operation (typically within several seconds) when you want to start working again. Putting your computer into the sleep state is like pausing a DVD player—the computer immediately stops what it’s doing and is ready to start again when you want to resume working.

Hibernation is a power-saving state designed primarily for laptops. While sleep puts your work and settings in memory and draws a small amount of power, hibernation puts your open documents and programs on your hard disk, and then turns off your computer. Of all the power-saving states in Windows, hibernation uses the least amount of power. On a laptop, use hibernation when you know that you won't use your laptop for an extended period and won't have an opportunity to charge the battery during that time.

Hybrid sleep is designed primarily for desktop computers. Hybrid sleep is a combination of sleep and hibernate—it puts any open documents and programs in memory and on your hard disk, and then puts your computer into a low-power state so that you can quickly resume your work. That way, if a power failure occurs, Windows can restore your work from your hard disk. When hybrid sleep is turned on, putting your computer into sleep automatically puts your computer into hybrid sleep. Hybrid sleep is typically turned on by default on desktop computers.
 
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