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Resolved hiberfil.sys & pagefile.sys

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by lvr181, 2013/04/18.

  1. 2013/04/18
    lvr181

    lvr181 Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601)

    Currently my hiberfil.sys and pagefile.sys are at sizes 2.9GB and 3.9GB respectively :confused:

    Can I reduce this use of hard drive space? If so, how?

    Thanks, in advance. :)
     
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  2. 2013/04/19
    PeteC

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    I would suggest turning off Hibernation completely - it can lead to issues on 'awakening'.

    The Page File is best left to be managed by Windows, but can be changed ......

    Start > Control Panel > System > Advanced System Settings (in LH column) > Performance - Settings > Advanced tab > Virtual Memory > Change

    If you have more than one drive/partition ensure that a page file is set only for the C:\ drive.

    For manually sizing the old adage of 1.5x installed RAM still holds good, although, as I mentioned above, a System managed page file is preferred.

    If you are concerned about a few gig of hard drive space it sounds like it is time for a larger hard drive :)
     
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  4. 2013/04/19
    Admin.

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    lvr181, please enter your System Details. It helps us in answering your questions!
     
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  5. 2013/04/26
    lvr181

    lvr181 Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Thanks for your reply PeteC - I guess I will live with it.
     
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  6. 2013/04/26
    Christer

    Christer Geek Member Staff

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    Sorry for the late response but I agree with Pete to leave the pagefile alone. The size you report is 3.9 GB (managed by Windows, I guess) and the old "rule of thumb setting" would increase it to 6 GB.

    Hibernation is a different matter. I myself have disabled it, following this guide

    Windows 7: Hibernate - Enable or Disable

    which will remove hiberfil.sys and the option to hibernate.
     
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