Adding RAM in XP

[Bob]

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Will the hiberfil.sys (the file that is used for hibernating) file be
automatically recreated or will need to delete it?

Thanks
Bob

 

[Guest]

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In news:ZJ0Dd.34348$Ff3.7141@trndny04,
Bob <bobdawn1@verizon.net> typed:

> Will the hiberfil.sys (the file that is used for hibernating)
> file be
> automatically recreated or will need to delete it?


When adding RAM. there's no need to do anything to hiberfil.sys.

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[vanguard]

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"Bob" <bobdawn1@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Will the hiberfil.sys (the file that is used for hibernating) file be
> automatically recreated or will need to delete it?
>
> Thanks
> Bob
>


hiberfil.sys is a file on your hard disk, not in memory. It gets
created each time the machine goes into hibernate mode. So if you had
256MB yesterday then your hiberfil.sys was that size, and today when you
add another 256MB then today the file will be 512MB big. If you take
out 256MB tomorrow, the file will be 256MB tomorrow. The file is
however big is the memory. It's a file, not a fixed allocation of
sectors on the hard drive.

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[Guest]

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Isn't it usually it is the size of ram PLUS video ram?

"Vanguard" <see_signature> wrote in message
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> "Bob" <bobdawn1@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:ZJ0Dd.34348$Ff3.7141@trndny04...
>> Will the hiberfil.sys (the file that is used for hibernating) file be
>> automatically recreated or will need to delete it?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Bob
>>
>
>
> hiberfil.sys is a file on your hard disk, not in memory. It gets created
> each time the machine goes into hibernate mode. So if you had 256MB
> yesterday then your hiberfil.sys was that size, and today when you add
> another 256MB then today the file will be 512MB big. If you take out
> 256MB tomorrow, the file will be 256MB tomorrow. The file is however big
> is the memory. It's a file, not a fixed allocation of sectors on the hard
> drive.
>
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[Guest]

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On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 13:14:20 -0700, Colin Barnhorst wrote:

> Isn't it usually it is the size of ram PLUS video ram?
>

Only if your display adapter "borrows" from system RAM. Many adapters have
their own built-in video RAM that is separate.

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