How to compress hiberfil.sys hibernation file in Win10?

My computer is installed with Windows 14 14383 version. The computer is equipped with 8G memory. A 7.87GB hiberfil.sys file (hibernate function file) appears in the root directory of the system disk, which takes up a large amount of system disk space. But I don't want to disable the system's hibernation feature. What method can I use to compress the hiberfil.sys file to save disk space?

First, check the hiberfil.sys file

1, enter the resource manager, click [View]-[Options] to open the folder options;

2 In the folder options window, click [View], in the [Advanced Settings] column, click [Hide Protected Operating System Files] to select the box, select [Show hidden files, folders and drives], and then click: Application - OK.

3, enter the system C:\\ disk can be seen, there is a 7.87GB hiberfil.sys file (hibernate function file) in the root directory of the system.

Second, Win10 system compression hiberfil.sys file to save disk space

1, right click on the bottom left corner of the system desktop [Start], click in the start menu [Command Prompt (Administrator)];

2. Copy the POWERCFG /HIBERNATE /SIZE nn command. In the Administrator Command Prompt window, right click on the blank space and POWERCFG /HIBERNATE /SIZE nn The command is pasted into the window;

Description: “nn” is the compression percentage, you can enter an integer between 50 and 100.

3, POWERCFG /HIBERNATE /SIZE nn After the paste is completed, press the Enter key on the keyboard, the operation is completed quickly, the display: the size of the hibernation file has been set to 3382886400 bytes;

4. Click the small box to the left of the administrator command prompt, click [Close] in the drop-down menu to exit the administrator command prompt window;

5, then enter the system C:\\disk, you can see that the hiberfil.sys file takes up 3.15GB of space and saves 4.72GB of space after compression.

Note: Compressing hiberfil.sys file can save system C :\\Disk space, but there may be a system blue screen phenomenon. If the system blue screen phenomenon occurs, you can use the following method to solve.

6. Press the Win+R key on the keyboard to open the [Run] dialog box, enter: msconfig command, press Enter, enter [System Configuration], click [Boot] in the system configuration window, and guide Click [Safe Boot] under the option, then click: Apply - OK to exit without restarting the computer.

(In case of blue screen, you can start from safe mode)

7, boot into safe mode, choose safe mode with command prompt, enter, enter management In the command prompt window, enter: POWERCFG /HIBERNATE /SIZE 100 command (restore the hiberfil.sys hibernation file to the original system default settings);

8, after entering the POWERCFG /HIBERNATE /SIZE 100 command , Enter, display: The hibernation file size has been set to: 8457220096 bytes, exit the administrator command prompt window, restart the computer, the problem should be solved.

9. Compressing the hibernation file, the computer may have a blue screen. If the physical memory is large and the system disk space is seriously insufficient, consider compressing the hiberfil.sys hibernation file to save system disk space. If the memory is small, such as 2GB, compressing hiberfil.sys to sleep files is not likely to make a lot of room, it is recommended not to compress hiberfil.sys hibernation file.

Note:

Compressing hiberfil.sys hibernation file is risky, please use it with caution.

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