How to Enable/Disable Hibernation in Windows Vista

Published on 14 August 2008 by Nirmal in Windows Tips

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When Windows is switched to hibernation mode, Windows saves the current state into a file called hiberfil.sys. This files size is very huge and will extend to several GB. In case you are not using hibernation, you can disable it to save hard disk space. To disable hibernation, open Start-> All Programs-> Accessories-> Command Prompt. Right click and select Run as Administrator in case you are not logged in as admin account.

In the command prompt type “powercfg.exe –h off” to turn off hibernation (without quotes).

command prompt

In case you want to enable hibernation, type “powercfg.exe –h on” in the command prompt.

Written By Nirmal

Nirmal is a Technology Blogger and a Microsoft MVP in Windows. Nirmal is also the editor-in-chief and owner of Life Rocks 2.0. He can be contacted at nirmal@nirmaltv.com. You can also follow him on Twitter @nirmaltv
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4 Responses to “How to Enable/Disable Hibernation in Windows Vista”

  1. abhishek says:
    August 14, 2008 at 12:44 pm

    quick and easy

  2. c0d3r says:
    August 15, 2008 at 12:07 am

    Nice :) Thx.. really wanted to save the space huberfll was taking.. didnt know how to :D

  3. Nesh says:
    December 20, 2008 at 7:19 pm

    thanks alot…..i was searching the how to hibernate my laptop using vista…..i got it…

    thanks

  4. bLizzARd says:
    November 2, 2009 at 8:03 pm

    Thanks a lot.. Very useful.. ^_^

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