Save Hard Disk Space When Using Windows 10 Fast Startup With This Command
Windows 10’s Fast Startup feature is a handy way to make your computer boot up faster . However, if you do not use the hibernation function, it can take up a lot of hard disk space. Here’s how to fix it.
As the How-To Geek points out, the Quick Launch feature depends on whether Hibernation is active. Windows must use a large amount of hard disk space to enter hibernation mode, which can be a problem if a smaller SSD is used as the system disk. If you don’t want to use Fast Startup at all, you can simply disable hibernation with this command:
powercfg /hibernate off
However, this also completely disables the Fast Startup feature. If you want to use Fast Startup without allocating a ton of hard disk space for the hibernation tool, you can use this command to limit the amount of your disk space allocated for the hibernation file:
powercfg /h /type reduced
Alternatively, if that doesn’t work, or you want to control the amount of space that Windows can manually use, you can use this command:
powercfg -h -size [PERCENT OF RAM]
In the above command, the last number you enter (which should be between 1 and 100) will represent the percentage of your RAM that can be used on your hard drive. By default, this number is set to 75%, but you can increase or decrease it as you wish.
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