Thanks Rob, finally got back to the T41p. It's running Windows XP and
yes it does eventually hibernate.
I don't recall any significant changes though I can't say for sure how
long it's been since a hibernate. The 250GB disk was 53% full, very
fragmented at 18% Total fragmentation (per Windows Defrag utility).
Just did a straightforward defrag and ended up at 2% Total
fragmentation.
Before I did the defrag, the list of most fragmented started with a
2.02GB (12116 fragments) Garmin GPS update. Since I didn't really need
this file any more, I deleted it and emptied the recycle bin. When the
defrag finished, there were three "cannot defrag" files, the largest
being 2.02GB (12116 fragments), name is "\System Volume
Information\_restore{DAAD8284-5896-..." [the rest is truncated]. This
must be the deleted Garmin file but why wasn't it just free space?
I ran the ThinkVantage updater and downloaded/installed 7 recommended
updates. BIOS is current. MS Update says it's up to date too.
So I turned off MSE and turned off Hibernation (Win XP). However I
couldn't find a file called c:\hiberfil.sys, even with admin
privileges and allowing system files to show. I thought perhaps it's
deleted automatically when I restart.
Decided to use MyDefrag from www.kessels.com/JKdefrag, which I saw
recommended in an old post to this list.
Ran Windows Disk Cleanup as it suggested, then did an analysis and
it's very fragmented (or unoptimized anyway). Went for the Monthly
which seems to be the most thorough optimization. It's running now.
Should I have been able to find hiberfil.sys, or does XP delete it
automatically? I figure this optimization is good, quite apart from
the whole Hibernation issue, which is why I'm letting it run.
Thanks again for all the help!
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Andrew mailto:[email protected]
Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 11:16:36 AM, Rob wrote:
> Did you add memory or change other hardware configurations since the
> last full hibernate? Maybe the system had to recreate the hibernation
> file from scratch due to that (or just because it had been a really long
> time). The file is equal in size to your installed memory, so that can
> be a pretty large file.
> How full is your hard disk? Perhaps the disk is quite full and
> fragmented so the hibernation process had to spend a lot of time to
> create the large hibernation spread out over the disk? Maybe
> hibernation actually had to defragment to put the hibernation file
> contiguously? I don't know if that is a requirement or not. I think it
> is for the swap file, but maybe not for hibernation.
> Is your disk healthy? Maybe the hibernation process was forced to write
> to a little-used part of your disk that has issues and the write process
> was very slow due to repeated retries.
> Just a couple wild ideas...
> Rob
Thursday, April 29, 2010, 1:55:29 AM, Aryeh wrote:
> I am going to assume two things:
> 1. The T41p does eventually hibernate successfully, as well as resume
> from hibernation.
> 2. The T41p is running a version of Microsoft Windows.
> If you have not already done so, go ahead and make at least one copy of
> any valuable data on the T41p's hard disk drive. After the data is
> backed up to your satisfaction, download the hard disk drive manufacturer's
> diagnostic program and verify there are no physical errors with the hard
> disk drive itself.
> Next, make sure the various hardware components have up-to-date firmware:
> Verify latest BIOS and Embedded Controller are installed:
> B:
> http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-50275
> E:
> http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-50277
> If using an IBM/Lenovo-supplied hard disk drive, verify you have the
> latest firmware for it installed.
> Check now to see if the problem is solved.
> Use the ThinkVantage System Update program to verify all the latest device
> drivers are installed, installing updates as needed.
> Run Microsoft Update to verify all the latest operating system patches
> are installed.
> Check now to see if the problem is solved.
> There's also the possibility the problem may be with the hibernation
> file on the disk. Disabling hibernation, deleting temporary files,
> defragmenting the disk volume and then re-enabling hibernation might
> solve this problem.solved.
> At this point, if the problem still occurs, I would suspect a third-party
> program which may either run in the background, run as a scheduled task,
> run as a service or run as a device driver is attempting to perform file
> or network I/O and this is what is causing the slowdown in hibernating.
> Finding that is going to be a little more problematic, but here are a
> few classes of programs to look at:
> backup software (disk imaging, network backup, etc.)
> instant messaging software
> security software (anti-malware, firewall, etc.)
> various software which runs in the system notification tray area
> Unfortunately, there are lots of possible culprits for this problem, but
> the above steps should allow you to get the most likely ones out of the
> way.
> Regards,
> Aryeh Goretsky
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