What is HIBERFIL.SYS?

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David Jones

This is a hidden file used by the OS when you hibernate.
The size is equal to the amount of RAM your machine has -
when you choose to hibernate, the OS writes everything in
RAM to this file.

If you do not hibernate, you can turn it off (and remove
this file) from Control Panel->Power Options, and
clicking the Hibernate tab.
 
Find the file from the command prompt and use the ATTRIB command to remove
the System, Hidden, and Read Only flags. Once you do this, use the regular
delete command.

ie:

attrib -S -R -H HIBERFIL.SYS
del HIBERFIL.SYS

It is safe deleting the file, it will be recreated if you choose to
re-enable hibernation.
 
x-no-archive: yes

Or simply enable and re-disable hibernation, then check that the file is
removed.
 
djs said:
x-no-archive: yes

Or simply enable and re-disable hibernation, then check that the file is
removed.
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djs,

Thank you for your comments and help. I did what you suggested above and the
contents of the file were cleaned out.

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