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    Windows 8 I Don't Use Hibernate; Is It OK to Uninstall hiberfil.sys?

    I have a Dell Venue 8 pro running desperately low on memory. I ran SequoiaView on it to see what was taking up so much space and it says hiberfil.sys is taking up 1.2 GB. I'm wondering if it's OK to uninstall it? I don't even have Hibernate on my tablet but I've read online that hiberfil.sys is...
    • SEB12
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    • boot speed dell venue hiberfil.sys hibernation memory optimization storage tablet uninstall windows 8
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Hibernation=disabled but "hiberfil.sys" still updated ?

    I disabled Hibernation in Win 7 a couple of weeks ago. I verfied this by viewing START--->Dropdown menu shows now "hibernate" entry. When I look now on C:\ then I can see - hiberfil.sys is still existing - hiberfil.sys is still updated (last modified date=today) How else can I check if...
    • pstein
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    • disable hibernation file management hiberfil.sys hibernation power options storage system files tech support windows 7 windows management
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 8 Hiberfil.sys Size Increase After April Windows Updates

    Hello all, After installing the April batch of Windows 8 Updates, I noticed there was a dramatic increase in my 60 GB SSD hard disk usage (almost a 5 GB increase right after the Updates). To cut to the quick, I determined that the updates had arbitrarily increased the size of my hiberfil.sys...
    • pagroundhog
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    • disk usage fast boot hard drive hiberfil.sys ram ssd storage system settings update windows 8
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Software
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    Windows 7 pagefile.sys and hiberfil.sys are deletable?

    Hi All, The files pagefile.sys and hiberfil.sys are 8GB and 6GB accordingly. Are they important? Can I delete them or at least reduce them? Thanks Shaul
    • BigBingo
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    • delete files hiberfil.sys memory pagefile.sys performance settings storage system windows
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 hiberfil.sys returns after reboot

    I'm running Win7 Pro x64. I have an SSD and 10GB RAM. I don't like having hiberfil.sys burn so much space and never use hibernation. Disabling all hibernation features via Control Panel doesn't get rid of the file, or allow me to delete it. Running "powercfg -h off" from an elevated prompt...
    • jmt
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    • control panel disk space file management hiberfil.sys hibernation powercfg ram reboot issues ssd windows 7
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 W7 hyberfil.sys and choosing fonts

    W7 hiberfil.sys and choosing fonts Well, I had my W7 x64 setup as I like it, all worked fine, that is with not a problem. As we know some x32 programs will and do work in W7 x64, so with that i mind I installed Spybot. It seemed to go well so I resumed my computing. I restarted the computer and...
    • 6imac6
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    • bsod computer setup custom fonts hiberfil.sys hibernation memory issues power settings registry spybot windows 7
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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