When a system goes into hibernation, Windows places a file on your hard drive that it uses to store data about your current computing session. If you do not use Hibernation Mode, or your computer does not properly support it, you may want to disable hibernation and clear the file off your hard drive to free up some space (the file will use as muchspace as you have in physical memory, so if you have 1GB of RAM, it’s going to use 1GB of your hard drive space).
There are two ways of disabling this: through the command prompt and through the Windows user interface.
To disable Hibernation using Disk Cleanup, do the following:
1. Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Cleanup.
2. In the Disk Cleanup Options window, click Files from All Users on This Computer.
3. If User Account Control prompts you to allow the action, click Continue.
4. If prompted to select a drive, select the drive in which Windows Vista is installed and click OK.
5. Disk Cleanup scans the hard drive and presents you with a list of options.
6. Check Hibernation File Cleaner, and then click OK.
7. When asked Are you sure you want to permanently delete these files?, click the Delete Files button.
Your power options don’t give you the option to disable Hibernation, but you can do it from the command prompt. To disable hibernation using the Command Prompt, do the following:
1. Click Start, All Programs, and then right-click Command Prompt.
2. From the context menu, click Run As Administrator.
3. If User Account Control prompts you to allow the action, click Continue.
4. In the command prompt window, type powercfg –h off.
5. Close the Command Prompt window.
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