Hibernation still taking up space after disabling?

Ghot · 25 Apr 2021

AndreTen said:

Fast startup in BIOS has nothing to do with Fast startup - Windows option.

I'll take your word for it. I didn't even know Windows had a "fast startup".

JohnnyGui · 25 Apr 2021

Ghot said:

I have no idea. It was enabled by default in my BIOS, so I just left it that way.

On my system, the latest chipset driver added some Ryzen power plans, which may be slightly different... I dunno.

I also have a relatively new motherboard with an X570 chipset.
So maybe something has changed?
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I see, thanks a lot for testing and checking.

So if I understand correctly, if I uncheck Hibernation and Hybrid sleep in the Power settings as well as unchecking Windows Fast startup, it will be safe to follow the tutorial to completely turn off Hibernation and get my 6,37GB back?

Ghot · 25 Apr 2021

JohnnyGui said:

I see, thanks a lot for testing and checking.

So if I understand correctly, if I uncheck Hibernation and Hybrid sleep in the Power settings as well as unchecking Windows Fast startup, it will be safe to follow the tutorial to completely turn off Hibernation and get my 6,37GB back?

YES.

Also, I just checked in Power Options... I do NOT have a Fast Start Up option any more.

Callender · 25 Apr 2021

On may SSD setting hybrid shutdown (fast startup) and disabling hibernation results in a slight delay on boot but I can wait 20 or 30 seconds longer for everything to load. It's not an issue for me.

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AndreTen · 25 Apr 2021

Hybrid shutdown is yet another option. Something in between hibernation and sleep.

Tutorials Turn On or Off Fast Startup in Windows 10

Fabler2 · 25 Apr 2021

Fast start-up is Windows and fast boot is bios. I don't use hibernate on SSDs. It adds a few seconds on boot but shutdown is quicker.

AndreTen · 25 Apr 2021

JohnnyGui said:

I see, thanks a lot for testing and checking.

So if I understand correctly, if I uncheck Hibernation and Hybrid sleep in the Power settings as well as unchecking Windows Fast startup, it will be safe to follow the tutorial to completely turn off Hibernation and get my 6,37GB back?

Just type (in admin command prompt):

powercfg -h off

and al of the above is gone

JohnnyGui · 25 Apr 2021

Ghot said:

YES.

Also, I just checked in Power Options... I do NOT have a Fast Start Up option any more.

AndreTen said:

Just type (in admin command prompt):
and al of the above is gone

Great, thank you all for your help.

i486 · 29 Apr 2021

You might also find that disabling hibernation actually speeds up Windows booting because storage devices will work faster the more free space they have. Based on observing the spinning dots at boot, not the most reliable method of course.