How to disable or enable hiberation in Windows 10
So on my Desktop PC i don't need to hibernate the pc as it's fast enough from a cold boot, and as my SSD was getting a little full i decided to disable Hibernation freeing up nearly 12GB!
Some examples of how much space this can take up:
If you have 8GB of RAM then it would use 6GB of your harddrive.
If you have 16GB of RAM then it would use 12GB of your harddrive.
Windows allocates 75% of your computers installed RAM for hibernation!
It's a bit more of a pain in the ass to do than previous versions of windows to disable but how i did it is below:
- Right click on the start button and choose Command Promt (Admin)
- In the Command Prompt window type the following:
powercfg.exe /hibernate off - press the Enter key
If you need to turn it back on then do as follows:
- Right click on the start button and choose Command Prompt (Admin)
- In the Command Prompt window type the following:
powercfg.exe /hibernate on - press the Enter key