"Dan" wrote

| I have 16GB RAM in my desktop. Do I need this file Hiberfil.sys?
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| I do not put my computer into standby.
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Java Jive explained the details and the difference
between hibernation and standby. Since you don't
seem to want/use hibernation, just check the Control
Panel power settings to make sure you don't have
it set for a hibernation option.

I use standby quite a bit with my desktop. I never
use hibernate. So I delete hiberfil.sys. When I use
a laptop I don't normally use it unplugged, so I
also don't need hibernation then. The only sensible
situation for hibernate would be a laptop that you
want to put on standby for a notable period of time
and can't plug in. In that case, hibernate won't
use power the way that standby would. But even
then the usefulness is questionable. Hibernate
shuts down the computer. So what's the point, really?
It just allows you to not bother saving your DOC
and closing MS Word before shutting down.


I also put a swap file on D:\ of set size. That keeps
it from growing. Then I set no swap on C. The normal
situation has pagefile.sys on C drive and it can be
quite large, even if you have a massive amount of RAM.
It's a standard that's outdated, going back to the time
when no one had a D drive and no one had enough RAM.