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    Added RAM, decreased available HDD space?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by richan90, Jul 2, 2011.

  1. richan90

    richan90 Notebook Consultant

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    I just upgraded from 4GB to 8GB, and I noticed my SSD dropped from 8.5GB free to 5GB free. Why does this happen?? I already had my page file (virtual memory) usage set to specified limits (512GB-2GB), so that can't be the issue.
     
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    Colonel O'Neill Notebook Deity

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    hiberfil.sys
     
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    Do you have the hibernation enabled? If so, I suspect it's hiberfil.sys file which has the default size of 75% of total RAM.
     
    BlackLion, Jul 2, 2011
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    I thought I disabled it, but I doublechecked and I hadn't. Thanks guys, fixed it!
     
    richan90, Jul 3, 2011
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    Doesn't pagefile increase once you add more ram? I didn't know if it did automatically or not.
     
    JohnsonDelBrat, Jul 3, 2011
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    just make sure you do not press FN+F12.
     
    TheGreat, Jul 3, 2011
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