Pagefile.sys is shown, Why not Hiberfil.sys ?

[Alan_B]

Using Windows 7 Ultimate + SP1, x64 bit

[redhawk]

Is hibernation activated??

 

Richard S.

[Tr3bg0D]

Have you turned off hibernation?

[Alan_B]

I do not use it, but it has a default presence.

 

This shows its existence

C:\Users\Alan>dir \*.sys /a
Volume in drive C is C_System_C
Volume Serial Number is 3E16-BCE7

Directory of C:\

22/08/2011  10:54     3,220,676,608 hiberfil.sys
22/08/2011  10:54     4,294,238,208 pagefile.sys
              2 File(s)  7,514,914,816 bytes
              0 Dir(s)   9,452,277,760 bytes free

C:\Users\Alan>

I see it in Windows Explorer (all hiding cancelled)

and file properties shows that it was created 04 ‎February ‎2011, ‏‎06:44:48 (fresh installation of Windows 7)

and modified 22 ‎August ‎2011, ‏‎10:54:53

 

Pagefile.sys was modified ‎22 ‎August ‎2011, ‏‎10:54:55

 

Looking more closely at Defraggler64,

The Drive Map correctly shows "brown like a loaded diaper" as the colour of Pagefile.sys,

but there is no reference on the Map to Hiberfile.sys

 

Is it possible that Defraggler is looking at the wrong registry key and mistakenly thinks I have no Hiberrfil.sys ?

Does that imply that should I defrag Free Space it will try to erase Hiberfil.sys ?

[redhawk]

I suspect the reason why you cannot find it is because it's not coloured on the map like pagefile.sys

Use the "Search" tab, enable "include non-fragmented files" and search for hyberfil.sys

 

Richard S.

[Alan_B]

Thanks.

 

Following your advice it found the file and told me 1 fragment.

 

Pagefile.sys is midway on the drive map and occupies 6 full rows.

There are 14 full rows of blue above, and another 2 row below followed by 11 white unused rows.

 

By clicking on one cell in each row I have confirmed your suspicion.

Hiberfil.sys is standard Blue because it is not fragmented. No hint that it is a special system file.

I observe that it is 4 full rows and where it ends pagefile.sys begins.

 

Mystery solved, thanks.