Hibernation - Enable or Disable

Is there any way to bring hibernation back if that hiberfil.sys file gets deleted, accidentally or on purpose? Short of a complete reinstall?

SFC or repair install would work , right ? short of that, ya got me .

Hmmm. SFC is a good idea.

I ask because I'm currently doing some research on this for a problem I have with hibernation, and have read that Windows puts that file in a reserved space at the beginning of your installation partition. So I got the impression that if it gets deleted (and then replaced by other files, since the whole point is to free up some space) that it couldn't be set back up since those other files would be taking up that space it needs. So I'm curious about if I'm right about that or if it can be put anywhere on the partition, or if once you delete it you're just out of luck.

I don't actually have this problem though, so I can't test out your SFC idea. Darn

The other thing that comes to mind, is the extract files from the OEM or Install disk trick

IM not sure if the SFC would work in that situation. If it does not, I think this would do the trick
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/261616-extract-files-vista-installation-dvd-2.html

Maybe even a repair install
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88236-repair-install-vista.html

Slammer said:

Is there any way to bring hibernation back if that hiberfil.sys file gets deleted, accidentally or on purpose? Short of a complete reinstall?

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Hello Adam,

The hiberfil.sys file is only the file where memory is stored at when the system goes into hibernation. To restore it, you would just need to disable and enable hibernation to reset it. Afterwards, it will be restore the next time the system goes into hibernation.

Oh ok, thanks Brink. I didn't think it would be that easy. It must have much less stringent rules for using it than the darn page file does.

And thanks to Yard Dog and Rich for the info about extracting the files, I had no idea you could do that!

You're most welcome Adam.

Nar, you could pretty much do the same with the page file except it requires a restart after each off/on.

Well I'll be darned. Here I was thinking that these two files could hardly be looked at without causing some sort of system failure.

LOL, well that certainly could still be true though.

I've created a batch file to enable hibernation quickly and easily. Just save it and run it as an administrator by right clicking on it and clicking "Run as administrator".