Is It Safe To Delete Hiberfil.Sys In Vista

What are HIBERFIL. SYS and PAGEFILE. SYS HIBERFIL. SYS AND PAGEFILE. SYS are system generated files. They are used by Windows for hibernation and virtual memory control. HIBERFIL. SYSHIBERFIL. SYS is a file the system creates when the computer goes into hibernation mode. Windows uses the file when it is turned back on. If you dont need hibernation mode and want to delete the file you need to turn the hibernation option off before Windows will allow you to delete the file. The procedure for turning hibernation off differs markedly between Windows XP and Vista. The file size depends largely on the size of active RAM in the computer as the contents of the file are basically a RAM image. PAGEFILE. SYSPAGEFILE. SYS is the virtual memory file Windows uses. Typically, on install, Windows sets the size of the file at around 1. Its not uncommon to run out of disk space. A free utility can help tell where your disk space is going so you can determine what steps to take. The wmiprvse. exe process is part of Windows Management Instrumentation of Microsoft. Here are further details of wmiprvse. A superior resource website which bridges many of the gaps between existing PGP FAQs and the use of official Windows versions of PGP. Technical articles, content and resources for IT Professionals working in Microsoft technologies. The command prompt is an antiquated, but powerful Windows tool. Well show you the most useful commands every Windows user needs to know. Disable Hibernate and Erasing hiberfil. Windows 7. In the first article in this series on Windows 7 Safe Mode, we looked at what to do when the F8 method of starting up Windows in Safe Mode just wont work. Troubleshooting Windows 7 sleep problems. Sadly, its all too common to experience Windows 7 computers failing to wake from hibernation. By knowing where to find the. Hello allSo, having an issue with my wifes desktop. Recently got it back from sager had to be sent in for repairs because it was shutting down by itself by. Please VOTE as HELPFUL if the post helps you and remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if. Most will find the default size works fine but it can be changed. Windows uses this file for its normal operation however if you really need the space you can delete it after turning the virtual memory option off but be aware that this can cause extreme instability in Windows to the point where it might stop so do this at your own riskComments from the original 52. Darren. Said this on 2. At 0. 9 0. 3 am. Thanks very much for a simple and easy to understand explanation and methodI was wondering about those massive files and now I know I can get rid of hiberfil and not pagefile5. Mayson Arnagiri. Said this on 2. At 0. 7 3. 3 am. Good Day. The above was done on a Lenovo X6. Once completed, I tried enabling the hibernation feature when logged as admin. Once clicking apply the tick is dlt of the checkbox. Can this be a virus infection on the. Might be that a virus linked up with the HIBERFIL. SYS or the PAGEFILE. SYSHows about an answer for this. Da. Boss. Said this on 2. At 1. 1 0. 4 am. In reply to 5. A virus sounds unlikely but I assume youve used anti virus software to do a scan. Does your admin account require a password to log on If not that could be the problem. Windows restricts ALL accounts with no password in what the user can do. Also, there is the possibility that you dont have enough disk space to recreate the hibernate file. Mayson Arnagiri. Said this on 2. At 1. 1 1. 7 pm. Thank you. Mc. Afee was run on machine, nothing was detected. There is enough storage space on the machine due to it having 1. GB Hrd drve. Can i then delete the hiberfile When running on SAFE mode, windows doesnt enable hibernation feature. I thought it was the power manager driver that was at fault, highly unlikely. In a task, logged with any profile ticking the enable hibernation and then apply, this automatically unticks the box again. This is a tricky one, as its the first of its kind for me. Da. Boss. Said this on 2. At 1. 1 2. 7 pm. In reply to 7. As I recall, in SAFE mode Windows has no hibernate mode and so from SAFE mode you should not be able to do anything to it via the graphical interface. Im not certain what else to suggest so Ill take the easy way out and refer you to Microsoft. They have an article about troubleshooting hibernation here http support. I dont allow links in the comments. Good luck. 1. 1DmitryBond. Said this on 2. 00. At 0. 1 4. 0 am. The problem with PAGEFILE. SYS on Vista is even if paging is turned off at all Vista still locking that file and left it without changes. Quite stupid Vista functionality as for me. And quite stupid that Vista still wants a HUGE pagefile on 4. Gb memory. Thus, seems the only solution is to boot computer from other OS or from recovery CD and delete that file manually. Da. Boss. Said this on 2. At 0. 1 2. 8 pm. In reply to 1. If you insist on deleting the file you really should let Windows have its paging capability you can try Unlocker to unlock the file in order to delete ithttp ccollomb. DmitryBond. Said this on 2. At 0. 3 5. 9 pm. Could anybody recommend article explaining WHY Windows Vista wants pagefile having size equal or greater than size of RAM Othewise if pagefile is smaller it hanging for 3. I can agree with it if RAM size is less than 1 2. Gb but I have 4. Gb RAM I belive that must be enough for stable OS work without the huge pagefilePerhaps also can agree if there are heavy applications running. But it is not the case there were only Windows Explorer Outlook Borland Delphi 7 nothing also That has very low memory consumption. I have tested pagefile size 2. Beef Cattle Ration Formulation Software Companies. Mb, 5. 12. Mb, 1. Mb, 1. 53. 6Mb all variants works unstable, computer constantly hanging Crazy stuff I have 4. Gb of RAM and that stupid OS cannot work with pagefiles smaller than 3. Gb What the. Does everybody knows the reason Note question is not to the 3. Gb size, but why it wants SUCH BIG pagefile1. Da. Boss. Said this on 2. At 0. 6 5. 6 pm. In reply to 1. Assuming 3. Vista, the OS itself will only use and be capable of addressing about 3. GB of the 4 you have. The rest may be used for drivers and the like but is not available for general use by the operating system why most Windows 7 installs are recommended as 6. Creating a page file at least the same size as memory if not more is fairly standard with XP and Vista. Not having one is known to create memory holes as programs bring things into and out of memory for their operation and eventually these holes cause more general problems unless they are managed. The page file system is designed to help with this management. Why your particular system with those things running slows so much I would consider a mystery as Im not familiar with the needs of the programs. Perhaps the compiler uses quite a bit and Outlook has never been known to be nice. One way to speed up operation with a page file is to put the page file on a different drive than the boot drive so the operating system and page file operation are not competing for the same drive controller and the drive itself therefore does not work as hard. The Elder Geek article referenced above has details on that. Jan. Said this on 2. At 0. 2 4. 7 pm. This was very informative, TY I looked and saw my HD was almost used up on my laptop. This is not possible. I clicked on c and saw pagefil and hiberfil were big. But, it now says 1. Da. Boss. Said this on 2. At 0. 9 4. 4 pm. In reply to 1. Hard to say without looking at the whole disk directory in sorted order but if you have lots and lots of small files keep in mind that each file will take up however many full sectors needed even if the last one of those is almost empty. If the sector size allocated by the FORMAT command is large then each small file will take up that large size even if its only a single byte in physical size. If you have lots of files you dont use very often consider zipping them together into a ZIP archive that Windows will handle like a folder. That way they are all in a single file with much less wasted space and when needed individual files can be pulled out of the archive, modified, and inserted back into it by dragging and dropping in Windows or by using a ZIP archive program of some sort. Added For file size finding software see http lifehacker. Said this on 2. 01. At 0. 4 5. 5 pm. In reply to 1. One hidden culprit that uses up disk space is system restore. While it is a useful program and can really help out, it needs to be cleaned up periodically. When doing a disk clean up, be sure to check the other options, one of which is deleting all but the most recent system restore points.