moving hyberfil.sys to different partition!

[azev]

Is there a way to move hyberfil.sys to different partition than where windows is installed ?

Thx

 

[Navid]

Originally posted by: azev
Is there a way to move hyberfil.sys to different partition than where windows is installed ?

Thx

I don't think so.
Do you need hibernation? If not, you can disable it and the file will be deleted.

 

[xtknight]

Nope, it is linked to whatever the %SystemDrive% variable is, and I don't think you can change the system drive.

 

[azev]

This is a laptop computer, so I hybernation actually comes handy sometimes. The only issue is that I'd like to keep my os partition as small as possible, but with 2gb of ram hyberfil.sys is 2gb in size.
My os partition is 10gb and it is currently using almost 5gb just for winxp and some built in apps.
I am pretty sure there are ways to do move the hyberfil.sys, probably by modifying some registry entry.
Have someone research far enough to find out how to do this ?

Thanks

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: azev
The only issue is that I'd like to keep my os partition as small as possible, but with 2gb of ram hyberfil.sys is 2gb in size.

No, and from your explanation it really doesn't make any sense, its an OS file, why wouldnt you want it on the OS partition?

 

[Nothinman]

My os partition is 10gb and it is currently using almost 5gb just for winxp and some built in apps.

So change your partitioning layout, a 10G partition is practically anemic these days and you don't really gain anything by putting the OS on a seperate partition anyway.

I am pretty sure there are ways to do move the hyberfil.sys, probably by modifying some registry entry.
Have someone research far enough to find out how to do this ?

And then how would the bootloader find the file to load it before the OS and registry is available?

 

[Navid]

Why is it that you want to keep the partition small?

An alternative is to make it a habit not to leave any unsaved files open, at least when you leave your laptop. Then, you should be able to use ShutDown instead of hibernation.