Defragging hyberfile.sys

[Tannin]

My laptop boot partition is only 15GB. I rarely defrag, but the system clogged up pretty badly lately so I cleaned it up a little and it's much better now. The problem is HYBERFILE.SYS, a 2GB+ file that is in >1600 fragments spread all over the drive. (I must have hibernated at some point with close to zero free space to get it that fragged.) I seem to remember that there is a way to simply delete it and let the system recreate it. Can anyone remember the routine?

(Win 2000, NTFS partition, if it matters.)

 

[Tannin]

PS: it takes forever to hibernate

 

[theSwede]

I haven't got a Windows 2000 box nearby, but it should be something similar to

Control Panel -> Power Options -> Hibernate

 

[fb]

Have you tried to deactivate hibernation and restart the computer?

 

[Tannin]

Wow! You guys are fast!

I'll try those now.

 

[Tannin]

Easy as that: Control panel, power options, hybernate, un-tick "enable hibernation support". You don't even have to reboot.

Duh: I forgot to look under power options. For some reason, I looked in about three other places, then figured I'd rather ask here than buggerise around on Google. (You get better answers here. Plus the company is good.)

Thanks FB & TheSwede!