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noels7

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New computer. Fresh install of Windows 11 Pro Version 22000.376
I cannot delete permanently hiberfil.sys from C Drive despite trying various methods.

Any advice/assistance would be greatly appreciated.

noels7
Noel Southam
 

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noels7 said:
New computer. Fresh install of Windows 11 Pro Version 22000.376
I cannot delete permanently hiberfil.sys from C Drive despite trying various methods.

Any advice/assistance would be greatly appreciated.

noels7
Noel Southam
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Did you try POWERCFG /HIBERNATE OFF from an elevated command prompt? This will disable hibernation (if that's what you want) and will delete HIBERFIL.SYS

Rob
 

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Intel Core i9 11900K
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Thanks Rob for your assistance. Tried that and many other methods yesterday but on reboot
item reappeared. Have just done procedure again, turned off computer, restarted and item is gone.

Wait a minute. It has returned!

Noel
 

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windows 11 all updates installedi9 12900K32gig 36002080ti
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windows 11 all updates installed
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n/a
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i9 12900K
Motherboard
gigabyte Z690 gaming x ddr4
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32gig 3600
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2080ti
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noels7 said:
Thanks Rob for your assistance. Tried that and many other methods yesterday but on reboot
item reappeared. Have just done procedure again, turned off computer, restarted and item is gone.

Wait a minute. It has returned!

Noel
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Noel: Here's a link to a tutorial that gives you 3 ways to do this, including the one that magically undoes itself:

www.elevenforum.com

Enable or Disable Hibernate in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable hibernate and restore or delete the hiberfil.sys file in Windows 11. Hibernate is a power-saving state designed primarily for laptops, and might not be available for all PCs. (For example, PCs with Modern Standby may not have hibernate...
www.elevenforum.com www.elevenforum.com

Rob
 

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Intel Core i9 11900K
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ASUS PRIME Z590-P
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Talk to Shawn, he should know alot about this issue.
I`ve disabled hibernation just by using the command, and all his been good.
 

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This is a real longshot, but are you running any OEM software for a UPS (battery backup) device? I previously used an APC UPS and the software that came with it (PowerChute) used to issue a warning if you disabled hibernation. It didn't try to re-enable it but it did issue a warning. Are you possibly running software that re-enables hibernation? I've never had a problem with powercfg /h off (at least on Windows 10 and prior)...haven't taken the Windows 11 plunge yet.
 

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Windows 11 Professional 25H2
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Manufacturer/Model
Digital Storm VELOX
CPU
Intel Core i9 11900K
Motherboard
ASUS PRIME Z590-P
Memory
64GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
Sound Card
Realtek onboard
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Acer R221Q 21.5"
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1920 x 1080
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2 x Samsung SSD 990 EVO Plus (1 TB)
2 x Seagate ST4000NE001 (4 TB)
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VELOX
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Cooler Master
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Kensington trackball
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Rob and AddRAM

I have tried all procedures in Enable or Disable Hibernate in Windows 11.
Reboot/shutdown/restart item is removed. Wait 1-2 minutes and it returns (12.7gig)
I have never had a problem with powercfg /h off before. No software that I am using
has ever caused this problem.

Noel
 

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n/a
CPU
i9 12900K
Motherboard
gigabyte Z690 gaming x ddr4
Memory
32gig 3600
Graphics Card(s)
2080ti
Sound Card
n/a
Hard Drives
Samsung SSD 980, 860,970
One more article to read:

superuser.com

Hibernate is disabled, hiberfil.sys gets recreated at each boot

I have Windows 7 running on a small (40GB) partition, with 4GB ram. This means that the hiberfil.sys file created by Hibernate takes up a significant portion of the available diskspace. I would lik...
superuser.com superuser.com

Apparently you aren't alone. The section that discusses using Sysinternals Process Monitor sounds promising.

Rob
 

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Intel Core i9 11900K
Motherboard
ASUS PRIME Z590-P
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
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Realtek onboard
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Acer R221Q 21.5"
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2 x Samsung SSD 990 EVO Plus (1 TB)
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None
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VELOX
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Cooler Master
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Logitech
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Kensington trackball
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Firefox, Chrome
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Windows Defender, Malwarebytes
Please run:

V2 Log Collector

V2 Log collector for collecting files to diagnose Windows 10+ BSOD problems. https://www.elevenforum.com/resources/v2-log-collector.1/download
www.elevenforum.com www.elevenforum.com
Get_Powercfg_info.bat - Click here to go to the BSOD batch repository to download and run this batch file.
 

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Thanks Rob. Will look at article later today.

Noel
 

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i9 12900K
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gigabyte Z690 gaming x ddr4
Memory
32gig 3600
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2080ti
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n/a
Hard Drives
Samsung SSD 980, 860,970
www.elevenforum.com

Turn On or Off Fast Startup in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off fast startup in Windows 11. There are three startup modes in Windows: Cold (traditional) Wake-from-hibernation Fast Starting with Windows 8.x, the default shutdown and restart scenario has been updated and named fast startup. Fast startup...
www.elevenforum.com www.elevenforum.com
 

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