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Old 27 July 2004, 04:27 PM
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Question hiberfil.sys

diskeeper has come up with this - hiberfil.sys, what is it?

report says : fragments - 2, file size - 511mb, filename - \hiberfil.sys [excluded]

windows xp pro BTW - is it something to do with a hibernate mode?
Old 27 July 2004, 07:29 PM
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Yes its the hibernation file. All the contents of the memory are written to it when u hibernate. Personally i would just turn off "allow hibernation" and reclaim the space
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that was going to be next question - cheers




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