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Disable hibernation to delete hiberfil.sys?
  1. 14 Sep 2006 #1


    Wayne Abruzzo Guest

    Disable hibernation to delete hiberfil.sys?

    I have no intentions of using the hibernation feature and would like to
    reclaim the 2GB of disk space that the automatically created hiberfil.sys
    file consumes. In WinXP and Win2K you could just disable the hibernation
    feature and hiberfil.sys just disappeared. Doesn't seem to work the same
    way in Vista. Am I missing something? Any suggestions?

    Thanks,
    Wayne




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  2. 14 Sep 2006 #2


    Jane C Guest

    Re: Disable hibernation to delete hiberfil.sys?

    Disk Cleanup now has the option of checking the hiberfil.sys to remove it.

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    "Wayne Abruzzo" <waynage@gmail.com> wrote in message
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    >I have no intentions of using the hibernation feature and would like to
    >reclaim the 2GB of disk space that the automatically created hiberfil.sys
    >file consumes. In WinXP and Win2K you could just disable the hibernation
    >feature and hiberfil.sys just disappeared. Doesn't seem to work the same
    >way in Vista. Am I missing something? Any suggestions?
    >
    > Thanks,
    > Wayne
    >


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