Disable hibernation in windows xp
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This tutorial will explain how to disable hibernation in Windows XP.
The main benefit of disabling hibernation is freeing up hard drive space.
Contents
Disabling Windows Hibernation
- right-click the desktop and click on and click on "properties".
- click the screen saver tab.
- click the power settings button
- in the power options properties dialog box click the hibernate tab.
- uncheck the enable hibernation check box.
- click OK then click OK again
Now that hibernation is disabled you may check the root directory of your hard drive to see if a file named hiberfil.sys exists. If it does can deleted, you may have to restart your computer first.
Video Tutorial
Bibliography
- Microsoft® Windows® XP Inside Out, Second Edition
- Windows XP For Dummies 2nd Edition
- Windows XP Home Edition: The Missing Manual
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