Hiberfil.sys large file on XP

This file is sitting on the root of the system drive on XP machines. It's rather large, so was wondering what it was.

Turns out it's the file where the RAM state is flushed when the machine goes into hibernate mode. (Apparently on by default in XP, even for desktops! )

Turn this off in Control Panel, Power Options, Hibernate, Enable Hibernation.
Poof !! The file is gone.

Thanks to this post for the info on this one.



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