"Power Policy Manager unable to reserve hibernate file"

[EricGoldman]

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C:\>del/a:s hiberfil.sys
Could Not Find C:\hiberfil.sys

I have the latest HP ACPI drivers and BIOS.

[Dana Cline - MVP]

I bet you need a contiguous space on C: as large as your amount of RAM. Try
defragmenting the disk drive and see if that helps...

Dana Cline - MCE MVP

"EricGoldman" <EricG...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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[EricGoldman]

Defragged, but problem still remains.

Volume HP_PAVILION (C:)
Volume size = 225 GB
Cluster size = 4 KB
Used space = 86.33 GB
Free space = 139 GB
Percent free space = 61 %

Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 0 %
File fragmentation = 1 %
Free space fragmentation = 0 %

File fragmentation
Total files = 174,480
Average file size = 766 KB
Total fragmented files = 29
Total excess fragments = 221
Average fragments per file = 1.00

Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 1.41 GB
Total fragments = 157

Folder fragmentation
Total folders = 13,209
Fragmented folders = 1
Excess folder fragments = 1

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 298 MB
MFT record count = 191,957
Percent MFT in use = 62 %
Total MFT fragments = 2

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Fragments File Size Most fragmented files
9 307 KB \RECYCLER\NPROTECT\00384760.SQL
8 91 KB \Documents and
Settings\HP_Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\WCESCOMM.LOG
5 95 KB \Documents and
Settings\HP_Administrator\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\3hoy3fj1.default\cookies.txt
5 95 KB \RECYCLER\NPROTECT\00384759.MOZ
5 95 KB \RECYCLER\NPROTECT\00384757.MOZ
5 76 KB \Documents and
Settings\HP_Administrator\Application
Data\MailFrontier\addrbk\all\emailaddr.xml
5 95 KB \RECYCLER\NPROTECT\00384755.MOZ
5 95 KB \RECYCLER\NPROTECT\00384753.MOZ
3 752 KB \System Volume
Information\_restore{D7BD54B8-C977-4903-8CE7-9415B851EC71}\RP756\change.log
3 426 KB \Documents and
Settings\HP_Administrator\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Messenger\susan_r...@hotmail.com\SharingMetadata\Logs\Dfsr00005.log
3 539 KB \Documents and
Settings\HP_Administrator\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\3hoy3fj1.default\history.dat
2 941 KB \Documents and
Settings\HP_Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\WCESLog.log
2 40 KB \System Volume
Information\_restore{D7BD54B8-C977-4903-8CE7-9415B851EC71}\RP756
2 4 KB \Documents and
Settings\HP_Administrator\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\LiveMeeting\LMAddinsLogFile0.txt
2 1 MB \WINDOWS\Internet Logs\tvDebug.log
2 31 KB \Documents and
Settings\HP_Administrator\Local Settings\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\3hoy3fj1.default\Cache\ED769216d01
2 44 KB \Documents and
Settings\HP_Administrator\Local Settings\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\3hoy3fj1.default\Cache\1EED2E82d01
2 31 KB \Documents and
Settings\HP_Administrator\Local Settings\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\3hoy3fj1.default\Cache\2CAFED24d01
2 6 KB \Documents and
Settings\HP_Administrator\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
Files\Content.IE5\OIWPBXPP\rss[1].xml
2 9 KB \Documents and
Settings\HP_Administrator\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\3hoy3fj1.default\prefs.js
2 16 KB \Documents and
Settings\HP_Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\~DFBCF1.tmp
2 52 KB \WINDOWS\Prefetch\WCESMGR.EXE-251E5666.pf
2 142 KB
\WINDOWS\system32\LogFiles\HTTPERR\httperr1.log
2 94 KB \WINDOWS\Prefetch\FIREFOX.EXE-2A1B96AB.pf
2 84 KB \WINDOWS\Prefetch\DFRGNTFS.EXE-38C3807C.pf
2 37 KB \WINDOWS\Prefetch\RUNDLL32.EXE-4EE39BB6.pf
2 5 KB \Documents and
Settings\HP_Administrator\Application
Data\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\Custom.theme

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ive been searching for a solution to the "Power Policy Manager unable
to reserve hibernate file" & "the process cannot access the file
because it is being used by another process" problem and after weeks
of searching ive finally found the solution to it. Its unbelievably
and annoyingly simple to fix:

1. Open C:\ Drive and open up 'Tools' -> 'Folder Options'

2. Ensure that the "Show hidden files and folders" radio option is
enabled

3. Just below that the " Hide protected operating system
files(Recommended)" tick option is also enabled
(you should reset these in a few minutes time when hibernation is
fixed and working!)

4. Now have a look in the C:\ drive window you opened earlier and try
to locate a file called hiberfil which should be about 1gb in size.
Delete this file from the C:\ Drive. It seems the hibernation system
file is being detached from its originating text document somehow or
the linked text document is being deleted somehow. So now we will
create a new hibernate text document which when read by windows will
spawn a new hiberfil.sys file and B.I.N.G.O.

5. Now right click in the C:\ drive, go to -> new, and create a new
text document and name it hiberfile.sys and hit enter. That should do
it, there should now be the hiberfil text document you just created
and another file called hiberfil next to it. if not quit out your C:\
drive and go back in again. If still not there try reboot or repeat
the process of deleting and adding new text doc.

6. Finally go to start menu, settings, control panel, open up power
options, enable hibernation and at long, long last there is no stupid
error message.

This is what drives you nuts about microsoft and pc's, the problems
are always so trivial and when you go to microsoft.com they always
offer up the same pathetic help pages telling you its driver problems
or this problem or that problem when its always simple solutions like
that that they never suggest to you as last resorts even! Fools!