Starting with the version of Windows XP, interesting features have appeared in the system, which include switching to standby mode when the user does not use the system for some specific time. These are two modes - sleep and hibernation. Unfortunately, the majority of Windows-system users do not make a difference between them, but they differ from each other quite strongly. The hiberfil.sys system component is responsible for hibernation. How to remove it or disable it, and now will be considered.
What is the hiberfil.sys file responsible for on Windows XP and above?
The hibernation and sleep functions that can be called up through the Start menu in the shutdown section vary widely.
Sleep involves the usual shutdown of a system with reduced power consumption. The hibernation process, although somewhat similar to the sleep regimen, however, has a slightly different nature. The transition process itself consists in the fact that initially all the currently active processes are pre-recorded in the reserved area on the hard disk, and after exiting the user can use previously opened programs with saved data, as if nothing had happened.
How to remove the hiberfil.sys file (Windows XP and above): the basics of understanding system processes for dummies
Let's start with the simplest. Firstly, the very statement of the question of how to remove this system component is completely incorrect. Here is the hiberfil.sys file. Uninstall Windows 7 or any other system will not give it, whether you are at least three times an administrator.
Secondly, you can disable the use of this mode, and at the same time using it, it is quite simple. We repeat: asking a question about the hiberfil.sys file (how to remove it from the system) can come to mind only for an absolutely unprepared user who has no idea about system components and their functioning, although the file is quite large in size of RAM or a reserved place for virtual memory on the HDD. Therefore, do not do such things. But you can disable this service, and quite simply.
The easiest way to turn off hibernation
Suppose we have a hiberfil.sys file. How to remove a service or disable its use? In the simplest case, you can use your own system tools. To do this, go to the power section and install the appropriate circuit.
On laptops, such actions are simplified by the fact that you can access the settings directly by right-clicking on the battery icon in the system tray and setting the order of operations with the cover (turning off the drives, lowering the screen brightness, waiting period, etc.).
How to remove hiberfil.sys file: alternative shutdown method
But that is not all. As already clear, the hiberfil.sys object does not allow you to remove Windows 7. But you can disable its use programmatically using the command line.
The console should initially be called exclusively with administrator rights (cmd in the "Run" menu, which is activated by a combination of Win + R). If this fails, the cmd file itself can be found in the System32 directory of the Windows main directory in the system partition. You just need to use the right-click menu, where the appropriate start option is selected.
In the console, write the line powercfg -h off. After the command is executed and the subsequent reboot, the hibernation line disappears from the system restart section in the Start menu in general.
Is it necessary to do this?
But this is only the main question regarding the hiberfil.sys service file. How to remove or disable this component is already a little clear.
Finally, a few words about the removal or change of this component of the system. If you really want so much, first you need to get full access to the file in terms of editing or performing move or delete operations. To do this, use the right-click menu on the selected object, where the property string is selected, and then on the security tab, the additional settings are applied, where the owner changes.
But do you need to do these things? The question is quite serious, because some too inquisitive users can take this material literally and really try to remove the component they are looking for. As is already clear, even in the case of acquiring administrative access rights to the system, one should not be engaged in such things.
You can also go into the system registry and delve into sections like CurrentVersion, but this only raises legitimate doubts as to whether such an operation will be justified when setting up the system. In general, as is already clear, it is not worth doing such things.
But for those who still can’t wait to try the system’s behavior in this situation, you can give only one piece of advice. The simplest solution to deactivate the hibernation service and the system component responsible for it will be to use the settings for the electrical power circuit. At least in this way the system will not be damaged. And note one more thing: this is not deleting the file, but only a way to deactivate the service.