Deleting Hibernation Partition from SSD in Windows 10

[elvisruns]

I was hoping to get some advice on how to remove the "Hibernation Partition" designation from an SSD. I have a laptop with an 8gb SSD and a 450gb HDD. When I bought it, I thought that Windows 7 would be installed on the SSD for fast booting. I recently upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10 and was trying to do a clean install, but now I'm not sure my install went to the right place (Win 10 has been pathetically slow to load upon startup).

Here's a screenshot of my current drives:
http://prntscr.com/afn1vl

My goal here is to have a Windows & Linux dual boot from the SSD. And in following a dual boot instruction guide, I started shrinking that 450GB (by the 20GB of unallocated space) to allow for a Linux dual boot, and noticed that I could only shrink the partition of the HDD (and that the SSD was a Hibernation Partition). I'm thinking I should start this all over and try to re-install Windows to the SSD, but to do that, I need to remove that Hibernation tag from that SSD. Anyone have any thoughts or methods for me to try?
I've already tried to use the command prompt as an administrator with the following command:
"powercfg -h off"
And I've made sure my advanced power settings have no Hibernate state associated with them.

Thanks for any insight, pointers or suggestions in advance.

 

[Szaki]

you mean 80gig ssd right ?

 

[elvisruns]

No, it's an 8GB - at least Disk 0 in the image link above is listed as such: http://prntscr.com/afn1vl

 

[Snipergod87]

Thats probably not an hibernation partition but the SSD Cache partition. It is impossible to have Windows (except for Windows XP and before) installed on a 8GB drive, let alone Windows and Linux.

Chances are the laptop is set to only use this drive for caching and that it is locked in the BIOS.

Whats the laptop model?

 

[mcnumpty23]

i use

powercfg.exe -h off to delete hyberfil.sys

dont know if the .exe makes a difference or not

your image does show it marked as hibernation partition--but didnt think there was normally a separate partition for it

as suggested it may be a cache partition or something

is it a hybrid drive? think sshd is what those are called

 

[Snipergod87]

i use

powercfg.exe -h off to delete hyberfil.sys

dont know if the .exe makes a difference or not

your image does show it marked as hibernation partition--but didnt think there was normally a separate partition for it

as suggested it may be a cache partition or something

is it a hybrid drive? think sshd is what those are called

Hybrid drive wouldn't show as two separate disks (disk 0 and disk 1). I know my Lenovo had an option for an 8GB Caching drive, and when looking it up it would only function as a caching drive even if you put a bigger SSD in there. You are also correct that there isnt a seperate partition for hibernation, there is a good reason for that: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-files/how-can-i-move-hiberfilsys/83ee0934-238d-4d8a-89b1-801a73d45ea8?auth=1

 

[mcnumpty23]

i use

powercfg.exe -h off to delete hyberfil.sys

dont know if the .exe makes a difference or not

your image does show it marked as hibernation partition--but didnt think there was normally a separate partition for it

as suggested it may be a cache partition or something

is it a hybrid drive? think sshd is what those are called

Hybrid drive wouldn't show as two separate disks (disk 0 and disk 1). I know my Lenovo had an option for an 8GB Caching drive, and when looking it up it would only function as a caching drive even if you put a bigger SSD in there.

never used a sshd/hybrid drive so wasnt sure--thanks for clarifying that

 

[Snipergod87]

Yeah it is completely transparent to the OS.

 

[13thmonkey]

Yes that will be a 'ready cache'? drive possible set up to provide a quick boot function. The whole idea came about when SSD's were madly expensive and so a tiny one could be used to some beneficial effect.

 

[elvisruns]

It's a Lenovo ideapad U310. About 2.5 years old. And in one of the responses below regarding it being transparent to the OS - yes, I never saw the 8gb drive in Windows Explorer, only when I went to try to shrink part of a partition for the dual boot in Computer Management.

 

[mcnumpty23]

lenovo website says its a 32gb cache drive?

but says

"Under Windows Computer Management, the SSD appears as an 8 GB Hibernation Partition."

 

[13thmonkey]

It's a Lenovo ideapad U310. About 2.5 years old. And in one of the responses below regarding it being transparent to the OS - yes, I never saw the 8gb drive in Windows Explorer, only when I went to try to shrink part of a partition for the dual boot in Computer Management.

The transparency was to do with the SSHD, that has a small section of NVram acting as an SSD, but is not seen by the OS at all under any circumstances.

 

[elvisruns]

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The transparency was to do with the SSHD, that has a small section of NVram acting as an SSD, but is not seen by the OS at all under any circumstances.[/quotemsg]

OK, I think I understand. Do you know if there's any way forward for what I was hoping to do (removing that Hibernation designation, prepping for dual boot system). Or should I even bother? Just looking for a best practices type resolution.

 

[USAFRet]

OK, I think I understand. Do you know if there's any way forward for what I was hoping to do (removing that Hibernation designation, prepping for dual boot system). Or should I even bother? Just looking for a best practices type resolution.

External USB drive. Put your Linux install on that.