Windows 7 unable to hibernate after Suse installed

[lindsey]

Problem: Windows 7 unable to hibernate after Suse installed

Obviously, I was able to before but not since Suse was installed

Just a jab in the dark, this relate to the resizing of Win7 partition?

(31Gb allocated to Win7, 29Gb allocated to OpenSuse11.2)

Help?

[gogalthorp]

Did you defrag before resizing partitions?

When you hibernate you make a copy of all active processes to a file. In Linux the image is written to the swap partition. The swap must be big enough to hold the image. So swap needs to be about the size of the memory. Not sure about Winders but you might check the size assigned to the swap.

[lindsey]

Did you defrag before resizing partitions?

When you hibernate you make a copy of all active processes to a file. In Linux the image is written to the swap partition. The swap must be big enough to hold the image. So swap needs to be about the size of the memory. Not sure about Winders but you might check the size assigned to the swap.

Defrag? Uh...no...was I supposed to? have i neglected something serious here gogalthorp?

Sues hibernates fine, just Windows.

What should I do to reenable this feature? Windows doesn't use "swap" does it? How can i ensure windows has enough swap space?

[gogalthorp]

Well it is a very good idea and is always the recommended way to do things when changing partition sizes.

Windows does use a swap file, not a swap partition. But I have no idea if it uses the swap file as a hibernate location.

I suspect the resize may have damaged something because no defrag was done. I don't know enough about Windows 7 to say.

[lindsey]

thank you for your thoughts gogalthorp. the problem is still not resolved. i still eagerly await advice from someone who may know more about this problem and how to resolve it.

[MikeTbob]

Not to be a butthead or anything but I'd say your best bet would be on a Windows forum.

[D-cat]

I don't know about 7, but previous Windows versions used a HIBERFIL.SYS. This is a system file that's expected to be and exact size in an exact location on the hard drive, and one contiguous file. It likely got moved or broken up while the Windows partition was shrunk and now Windows refuses to hibernate.

I would seek information in the Windows knowledge base on disabling hibernation, then delete the file (if it still exists), DEFRAG!!!, then re-enable hibernation. I would think it would work after that.

[coopstah13]

not sure how much space is in use, but it is possible that you don't have enough disk space to hibernate anymore on windows now that it has been resized

windows 7 takes up quite a bit of space, almost 20gb for a base install, so its possible you don't have enough depending on what else is installed

[lindsey]

not sure how much space is in use, but it is possible that you don't have enough disk space to hibernate anymore on windows now that it has been resized

windows 7 takes up quite a bit of space, almost 20gb for a base install, so its possible you don't have enough depending on what else is installed

I have 1 TB, roughly split between the two OSs!

[CherryDT]

In windows, press Windows+R and enter "diskmgmt.msc". Then right-click on the "C:" partition and choose "mark as active", and confirm with "yes".

This should solve your problem.