Re: hiberfil & pagefile in c> drive
I used to use hibernate a lot when I used XP, I don't use it as often now
I'm running vista I either use sleep (if I am away for 10 or 15 minutes) or
if I am away some hours I turn the machine off.
I noticed from your reply to DB that you were surprised at the file size.
Actually the more memory you have the larger the file will get. Your machine
has, I believe, 512MB RAM so your hiberfil is 512MB. In my case I use 2GB
RAM so, had I had hibernation enabled on my machine my hiberfil size would
have been 2GB.
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"chrissyd" <chrissyd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks, John. This figures - I've had the PC years but only just started
> to
> use the hibernate function.
>
> "John Barnett MVP" wrote:
>
>> Hiberfil is the file that stores your PCs hibernation status. When you
>> use
>> hibernation all the contents of your PC's memory are stored in the
>> hiberfil.sys file so that when your PC returns from hibernation
>> everything
>> is ready for you just as you left it.
>>
>> Pagefile is another term for 'virtual memory' The page file is
>> automatically
>> created by Windows. For further details see this link:
>> http://www.theeldergeek.com/paging_file.htm
>>
>> Alternatively this link covers both:
>> http://www.cknow.com/faqs/What/HIBERFIL.SYSandPAGEFIL.SY.html
>>
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>> "chrissyd" <chrissyd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:7003E8AA-2FFC-4D16-9A1E-8AC67D61ACE4@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi, can anyone tell me what the system files hiberfil (521mb) and
>> > pagefile
>> > (786mb) do? These appeared in my C drive (not in any subdirectory)
>> > about
>> > an
>> > hour ago but both were created in Feb 2004. I've been unable to delete
>> > them.
>> > Thanks, chrissyd.
>>
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