-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Partitioning

  • From: dsw32952 <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:21:46 -0400

Ed,

That makes sense to me.   I certainly don't want to add anything to the  
list of uncertainties and incompatibilities that already exist (in too 
large a quantity).

Don

EddieB wrote:
> Don,
>
> Everything I found on the hiberfil.sys file shows that it can't be moved.
> As far as I can tell there is a very good reason why it can't be done.  The
> hiberfil.sys file is basically a complete dump of memory into the
> hiberfil.sys file.  When the BIOS goes to restore hiberfil.sys to memory
> (when you wake the PC out of hibernation), there is no OS loaded, so the
> boot partition is the only partition the BIOS can be sure of.  I can
> understand the strange things (and incompatibilities) than can happen if you
> try to get all the BIOS makers to access other partitions.
>
> Ed
>
>
>   
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