Monday, March 12, 2012

How to disable hibernation to free up hard disk space in windows

This article describes how to disable and then re-enable hibernation on a computer that is running Windows.
When hibernate is enabled or disabled in a computer it occupies more than 1 GB memory space. If you do not use hibernate then you are spending your memory for nothing.

To make hibernation unavailable, follow these steps:

Click Start, and then type cmd in the Start Search box.
In the search results list, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as Administrator.
When you are prompted by User Account Control, click Continue.
At the command prompt, type powercfg.exe /hibernate off, and then press ENTER.
Type exit and then press ENTER to close the Command Prompt window.

To make hibernation available, follow these steps:

Click Start, and then type cmd in the Start Search box.
In the search results list, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as Administrator.
When you are prompted by User Account Control, click Continue.
At the command prompt, type powercfg.exe /hibernate on, and then press ENTER.
Type exit and then press ENTER to close the Command Prompt window.


BY SAMEER DANGOL