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How to really turn off hibernation in Windows 7

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I've tried everything I can think off to turn off hibernation. I have disabled it in power management, used and it almost works. It works when I execute the command, but when I reboot the file hiberfil.sys is created again. How do I do to turn off hibernation and delete the hiberfil.sys file foreve…

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powercfg -h off

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You could also try to turn off Hybrid Sleep : At the command prompt run as administrator, type powercfg.exe /hibernate off Start menu > type Power options In the left pane, open the link labeled Change when the computer sleeps and then open the link…

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