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How to delete old pagefile.sys and hiberfile.sys on secondary disk (old windows install)

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Mar 15, 202644766 views
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A while ago I swapped my main hard disk for a SSD. Now the old one is used as a secondary hard disk, and my OS is a fresh windows install on the main SSD disk. Nevertheless, there are still huge and on that secondary hard drive. Those are not the ones used by the current windows, as those do exist …

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pagefile.sys

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Fix for: How to delete old pagefile.sys and hiberfile.sys on secondary disk (old windows install)

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Combining the answers it's quite simple, no external programs needed. From a dos prompt: to get access to the file to make it visible for deletion to delete the file For it works the same way.

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