Frustrated of hiberfil.sys

Hi Experts,

I am using Windows Vista Enterprise (32-bit) OS on hp 6910p model. This post is about hiberfil.sys which is a space hungry devil to me and I want to kill this damn file anyhow. What I have tried till date to remove this file-

1. Using an elevated command prompt, typing "powercfg -h off" and rebooting the system.
2. Changing setting "Hybrid Sleep" to "Off" and "Hibernate After" to "Never" in every scheme in Power Option.
3. Playing with registry powercfg and changing its values and rebooting several time.
4. Using elevated command prompt, tried to rename, delete and changing the attributes of the file but all in vain.
5. Just after entering "powercfg -h off", I quickly tried to create a dummy folder named "hiberfil.sys" (to prevent the system to auto-create hiberfil.sys) but surprisingly, the file was not deleted and it prompts that a file with the same name is already present.:sa:

Once I use the command "powercfg -h off" in an elevated command prompt, the file goes off just for a blink and after refreshing content, it comes again. :huh: :sa:

Now, I left searching about hiberfil.sys and joined this forum to get somewhat satisfactory response.

Please help me.
Thanks & Regards,
Sanjay

Welcome
Hope this helps
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/165508-hibernation-enable-disable.html
What is hiberfil.sys and How Do I Delete It? - How-To Geek

Hi,

I tried all that, but didn't work out for my system.

//Sanjay

Bring up an elevated command prompt. Tell me what you see by cursor.
If it is shown that you are in an elevated prompt try to remove by using disc cleanup
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76073-disk-cleanup.html

This is what it looks like when i run it as an administrator !!!

Ok you ARE in an elevated prompt. I thought that, maybe, you were not.

So, any way forward..???

Read my above post, try the disc cleanup.

It doesn't even show the hibernation file cleaner in Disk Cleanup utility. See attached images.

I know but sometimes the cleanup affects hiberfil.sys
If that does not work, try what you did before, but in safe mode. I bet some process is stopping it from being removed.

I also tried it in safe mode but no benefit. In safe mode, it doesn't show the file in root directory (C:\ drive). It also shows the free space of 2 GB which is consumed by the hiberfil in normal mode.

Try with a clean boot.
How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7

Problem solved. Download temporary file cleaner. Go to advanced and check hibernation. You will lose cookies to sign in and personalized web pages etc. This is not a big problem, the next time you sign into a site or set up the webpage the cookie will be returned.
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/files/file/187-tfc-temp-file-cleaner-by-oldtimer/

Hi Richard,

Any resolved response to solve this??? :huh:

richc46 said:

Problem solved. Download temporary file cleaner. Go to advanced and check hibernation. You will lose cookies to sign in and personalized web pages etc. This is not a big problem, the next time you sign into a site or set up the webpage the cookie will be returned.
TFC - Temp File Cleaner by OldTimer - Geeks to Go Forums

Click to expand...

This may work

TFC cleaned other temp files but didn't clean hiberfil. I rebooted system after TFC finished its task, but like devil's face, it came to root directory-seeming it has taken an oath not to leave the disk...

You have to go to advanced and check the file

Where is that option??? I don't see that any where..!!!