Is file named SAVE2DSK.BIN Necessary to Keep in Windows Folder

Hi,
I am using Windows 2000 on my PC which I use to run Windows 98 on. I
noticed that there is a file named SAVE2DSK.BIN in my Windows folder that is
taking up approx 147meg of space. Since I am running tight on available disk
space, I was wondering whether or not this system file can be removed (since
I found references that it only pertains to Windows 98). Your help would be
greatly appreciated.

Thanks

That's a hibernation file. If you're not using hibernation, it's not needed
anymore. Dell laptops used to put those in.

Ray

Hi Ray
Yes this is a Dell. If I remove, I would not be messing anything up. How
do I know if my laptop has Hibernation Mode in an active state?

Thanks

Don't know what you mean by 'active state' - hibernate is something you do
manually. Check your power options in control panel - find the hibernate
tab, untick it. I don't remember whether this deletes the file itself
automatically or not - do a reboot and see if it's still there, and if it is, delete it.

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2 2nd May 01:40 ray External User Posts: 1	Is file named SAVE2DSK.BIN Necessary to Keep in Windows Folder That's a hibernation file. If you're not using hibernation, it's not needed anymore. Dell laptops used to put those in. Ray

3 2nd May 01:40 cpa2001 External User Posts: 1	Is file named SAVE2DSK.BIN Necessary to Keep in Windows Folder Hi Ray Yes this is a Dell. If I remove, I would not be messing anything up. How do I know if my laptop has Hibernation Mode in an active state? Thanks

4 4th May 05:59 lanwench [mvp - exchange] External User Posts: 1	Is file named SAVE2DSK.BIN Necessary to Keep in Windows Folder Don't know what you mean by 'active state' - hibernate is something you do manually. Check your power options in control panel - find the hibernate tab, untick it. I don't remember whether this deletes the file itself automatically or not - do a reboot and see if it's still there, and if it is, delete it.