How to Delete Hibernation File Windows 10 Hibernation is more frequently used if you are going to leave for a longer time and you are worried about your machine's battery dying. When the desktop is powered on, your sessions will be transferred to the RAM. With hibernation, you could resume right where you left off. Instead of saving your session in RAM (which will be lost without power supply), hibernation saves it to hard drive then shuts down the desktop. When you get back, you can instantly reach where you left off.ĭifferent from Sleep Mode, Hibernation Mode goes one step further. Sleep Mode saves your current session to RAM and then puts Windows in a low-power state. Usually, when you are to leave your PC for a short while, you may put your PC into Sleep Mode.
To explain, we need to mention another term named Sleep Mode. In fact, hiberfil.sys is a file created by OS (operating system) when computer goes into Hibernation Mode. Usually, to explore all files saved on the drive, you need to change the View settings of the Folder Options.īy selecting Show hidden files, folders, and drivers, unchecking Hide protected operating system files (Recommended), and oppressing OK, you will find a hiberfil.sys file in the root directory of the C drive, which usually takes up several GBs or even more disk space.ĭo you know what hiberfil.sys file is and is it possible for Windows 10 hibernate off? We show you all. If your PC is running on low disk space, you are likely to go through the C drive and check what files are taking disk space.
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