cannot enable hibernation

[Guest]

I am unable to enable hibernation. I get an error message as follows: Power
Policy Manger unable to reserve hibernate file. Process cannot access the
file because it is being used by another process. This issue just popped up.
I was able to use the option before. Any suggestions?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi egram,

This might be caused by a third-party filter driver. See this, from Darrell
Gorter[MS]

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I have seen some reports about Adaptec Take 2 software causing this.Do you
have that installed?

Usually this type of error is when a driver, service, or app is preventing
hibernation from taking place.Is there an associated event ID?

Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MS]

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You may use DriverQuery tool to list out all the device drivers installed in
your system.
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/driverquery.mspx

-or-

Use "LoadOrder" to view/copy the device driver list:
http://www.sysinternals.com/files/LOADORD.ZIP

Feedback from Lukas:

" I had a dvd simulation application installed and I uninstalled it and it
worked. Maybe it had something to do with adaptec...no matter what, it
was that what prevented system from enabling hibernation. "

Ref:
http://groups.google.co.in/groups?selm=Oqv#[email protected]