Pagefile is the swapfile, your virtual memory. I'm not sure about "hibernate" since I don't use that feature. I assume it's there because you have that option set on your PC to "hibernate" and I would GUESS that file is what's in your RAM so it can come back from hibernation without loosing what you're doing.
There are some links at the MS site about system restore. From what I've been told, you can't do much about it. All you can do is set restore points that you want, but XP decides which and how many old restore files to save. I'm not sure if you can delete old ones without causing any problems. The one thing you can do is set the size of the restore file, but I have mine set to the max so it will be able to restore everything it needs to. If you have more than one HD and/or partitions, do what I do: I have the system restore turned off for all partitions except C: (windows) and the partition I have the program files on. You don't need to "restore" these other areas (like my temp. net files partition, swap file partition, storage partition, back up HD, etc.) since nothing is installed on them. All of these files you mention are hidden and or system files, so you evidently must have the options enabled to show all files and show critical system files. -Clint God Bless Us All Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Turner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Whoa! I have been following this thread which got into XP searches, and did as was suggested and downloaded X1. And what did I find on my hard drive? Hundreds of restore files. Starting back when I got the machine in July, the files were several megabytes in size. Now they are up in the twenty megabyte size, sometimes several a day. No wonder my 40 gigibyte hard drive is showing some serious use. Anyone have any comments about this? And to think, there have been questions about how many restore points we XP users have access to. The other two big files are a hibernate file that is in the five hundred meg size (apparently the product of how large my RAM is) which is absurd since I do not willingly use hibernate, and can think of no reason the file should remain when the computer reloads. The other large file, over 800 megs is some sort of pagefile. I have no idea what that is, and am not happy about something of that magnitude just plunking itself down on my hard drive without my knowledge. Hey, many years ago, I was ordering a 386 machine at 25 mhz. I wanted a 190 megabyte hard drive. The only faster processor available at the time was a 33 mhz, and the price stopped me. So I had to hunt around all over the place to get such a machine, as several vendors actually refused to sell me a computer with so large a hard drive. "You don't need a drive that big." the order desk person would say. Now look at what is on my hard drive. I NEED ROOM for my multigigibyte video files for editing. Mike ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
