Moving the hibernation file

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cinaliv · #1 Post by **cinaliv** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 10:17 am

Is it possible to move the hibernation file to another partition?
The 7200rpm60Gig drive on my T42 is partitioned into two and the c: drive is getting filled fast. Rather than playing around with partitions again and risking data loss, I though moving my 1.5 gig hibernation file would be a faster/safer solution.

davidspalding · #2 Post by **davidspalding** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 1:05 am

I doubt it. And messing with Windows to that extent is kinda scary... might make your system unstable.

If you want to "mess around" with partitioning, just use a good backup program. Norton Ghost or the competitors are quite good.

smugiri · #3 Post by **smugiri** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:56 pm

It seems that this is not possible.

Read this.

leoblob · #4 Post by **leoblob** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 11:25 am

FWIW, I tried this on my TP365X, running WIN98SE and two hard drives (one is a CF card). It didn't create any problems, but it didn't create a hibernation file either. Like the link above says, I'm pretty sure the hybernation file needs to be created in the root of the boot drive.

cinaliv · #5 Post by **cinaliv** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:44 am

thanks for the link. yep it seems like i cannot move the file. time to upgrade the hard drive!

davidspalding · #6 Post by **davidspalding** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 1:46 pm

I sometimes wonder about the dubious benefit of Hibernation. Sure, you preserve the system state and don't use any trickle-expense of the battery like Suspend mode. I sometimes log out, then hibernate (thank you, IBM, for the dedicated hardware button). But ... booting from a cold start isn't really appreciably slower on my T43 than from hibernation. And that 1.5 gb chunk of parking lot on c:\ really is a big pill to swallow.

All things equal, I often just turn off - and leave off - hibernation. That would solve your problem with minimal fuss.

OTOH, having the TP hibernate after x minutes of idle time is a nice feature. To each his/her own....

leoblob · #7 Post by **leoblob** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 2:51 pm

This is an interesting point. I think the benefit of hibernation mode depends on how much physical memory you have, the speed of your processor, and your OS. It would be interesting to compare the speed of using hybernation mode to an actual shut down and re-boot.

In my case, with my ancient 365X, 72MB ram, a P120, and WIN98SE, using hibernation mode is quite a bit faster than a cold boot.

davidspalding · #8 Post by **davidspalding** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 5:42 pm

Likewise on my Dell Dimension XPD300D, P II 300, 221 MB RAM. Hibernation cuts boot by at least 30%.

I *do* think that it has its uses on a laptop, where with one button you can have it "shut down" the OS but saving state, login, etc., and then NOT use the battery while you leave it that way for hours at a time.

Moving the hibernation file

Moving the hibernation file

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