Delete Vista hiberfil.sys ???

Discussion in 'Software' started by Hal4511, Oct 29, 2007.

  1. Hal4511

    Hal4511 Private E-2

    I have turned off hibernation in Vista Home Premium, hiberfil.sys is still occupying 2.99MB of disk space .... is it possible to delete it ???
     
  2. Hal4511

    Hal4511 Private E-2

    Whoops make that 2.93GB .... just used RegSeeker its still there and you can't delete it ...
     
  3. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    Did you reboot?
     
  4. rjc862003

    rjc862003 Corporal

  5. Adrynalyne

    Adrynalyne Guest

    So much work, for a problem so minute.

    Click the orb, in the search box type,

    Disk Cleanup

    Its an option right in there.
     
  6. Hal4511

    Hal4511 Private E-2

    Well its not an option on Disk Cleanup and its still there after reboot ...

    2.93 GB (3,152,535,552 bytes)
     
  7. Hal4511

    Hal4511 Private E-2

    Fixed it guys .... had to change the permissions in Vista but it worked got back almost 3GB and computer is running fine ...

    Thx
     
  8. Adrynalyne

    Adrynalyne Guest


    Interesting, because I am looking right at the option Home Premium.

    Oh well.
     
  9. Hal4511

    Hal4511 Private E-2

    Honestly it was not there .. wish it had been
     
  10. Adrynalyne

    Adrynalyne Guest

    Computers are fickle. I only know its (usually) there because I broke my Vista hybrid sleep function by deleting it.
     

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