My C drive (where is installed) is really clogging up...
I am running WInXP pro
First of all what are these files?
- c:\hiberfil.sys
- c:\pagefile.sys

these two eat up a gig on their own...

My c:\windows folder is more than a gig which I find a little big for ANY os even with a GUI.

And MY partition is 4,88G big and If I select all the files in C they add up to about 3,5 gigs yet windows is suffocating and I telling me their is only 180Megs left

HELP !
thx

pagefile.sys is your swap file, it'd be stupid to delete it.

As for the other, check out: http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBH/tip3600/rh3631.htm

well i suggest u dont delete them i dont know the first file cause i never used XP - i refuse to do so!

i know the pagefile is to increase virtual ram on the machine its been coming with win2k also, u can lower the ammount of hd space it should use somewhere in the system panel!

anyway dont delete them.

if pagefile.sys was the swap file, then it's ok to delete. But I really doubt it is, but I don't know exactly WHAT it is so don't delete it. However, if you come across a very large .swp (swap) file, then feel free to reboot into dos and delete it. Deleting it can actually SOLVE problems rather than hurt.

pagefile is for swap and virtual ram

I checked that link Gizmo, thx. The hiberfil.sys if used to save to system (my session(s)) when in hibernate mode right?

What about the dissapearing gigabyte on my HDD any ideas... n e of u tried testing the complete size of all your folders then comparing to what windows tells u is free?

about the swap file...i'll try find someway to reduce it.
Thx for the quick answers

Most effective file compression: del *.*

Go look for drive cleaner software, like System Mechanic or something, or you can do it manualy by deleting these formats which i know on windows 9x arent needed.
.bak
.tmp
.chk

yes, pagefile.sys is the paging file. you cant delete it even if you tried, and its .sys so that should tell you that its prolly important. what the paging files is, is it acts like extra ram on your hard disk. so if you have 512 MB RDRAM, and have a 1 GB paging file, you can technicaly say that you have 1.5 GB of RAM. go to the task manager, performance, notice how your total available memory is more than just your physical RAM? it automaticaly adds the size of your paging file.

like i said, you cant delete the paging file, but you can change its size, altho making it too small is not recommended. right click on my computer >> properties >> advanced >> performance options >> and there you can change the locations and min/max sizes of the paging file.

oh, and if you wanna delete all temporary crap and other file that are not needed, get evidence eliminator. http://www.evidence-eliminator.com .

and to get rid of all that other pesky **** download BestCrypt and do a 7 pass extended charecter rotation wipe http://www.bestcrypt.com/

I reduced my pagefil.sys files from 576mB (WTF!!!) to 100Megs with another 100Megs margin (can grow to 200).
I am quite sur I reduced it before though...I KNOW i didn't set it to 500 megs...
Ne way, about *randomnly* scanning my HDD inlook of file extensions is in my opinion NOT a solution....
How do you know these files ARENT't needed on win9X Snake. FYI i somthimes back up **** my putting a .bak extension and so do many programs...

Gizmo, I currently use the function that comes with PGP 7.0.3 to wipe free space...have u tried it? IS your one more efficient, I've trusted PGP up to now, what do u reckon...

I don't like PGP, I mean an encryption company who sells out to feds kinda deminishes the point...

Their manufacturer is no longer supporting or having anything to do with PGP so your best bet is to find something new.

I've used Bestcrypt for years, it works perfectly, its one of the better programs that I've found to wipe a disk. And there is no way to mess up, well unless you chose deletge with wiping as opposed to wipe free space :x...

Safe gizmo... I didn't know PGP had been bought/sold2fedz thx 4 telling me it's true it kinda puts a doubt doesn't it......
I'll check out bestcrypt thx

So what about cryption tough...I mean like files and the keyring idea, That's still "trustable" isn't it? BTW now that I think of it, can't be bothered to check...is PGP open source? I mean not the prog (obviously) but the encryption algorithms....
If not...there could be somekind of backdoor couldn't there?

ow yeah, I forgot to ask, about hiberfil.sys , if it's used for hibernate and say I don
t use it, or wanna delete until I use it.
IS that possible? I tried but it tells me it's in use, s I tried tracking down what prog opens it but all I can trace back to is "system" so....n e 1 know wut prog opens it so I can maybe temporarily shut down and delete file then lauch again...phew :rolleyes:

PGP has complied with the federal goverment for years, If you were around in 98 you'd have heard about it on news sites and thier site when they had the disclaimer "We will comply with the federal government in any way". Becides, we all know how fast a 2ghz farm of 5k computers could crack a 200 letter password lol

Isn't that a little "pushed"? i mean I though a 128bit key was hard to crack let alone 4096bits (even with a farm of PCs... :D)