Re: Can't delete Hiberfil.sys

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Remove the check mark and the file will be gone immediately! No need to
delete anything.

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Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)

If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!


"george" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> "Menelfloss" <Menelfloss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Running WindowsXP Professional.
>> Even though I have have my machine set for always on in the power dialog,
>> I
>> still have a huge hiberfil.sys file.
>> Every re-boot it has the current boot time and date. I have been told
>> that I
>> can perhaps delete it after booting into safe mode and using DOS command
>> line
>> to delete it.
>> Anybody have a clue as to how to get rid of it? I need the disk space and
>> do
>> not care for hibernation.
>> Thanks,
>> MN
>
> Having a machine's power options set to always on does not mean that
> hibernation is not set too.
> Uncheck hibernation on the relevant tab and you should be able to delete
> the file.
>
> george
>


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