Cannot copy files from C drive to external hard drive

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  I use Windows XP 2000 and am trying to restore my pc to factory settings as it is continuously 'stick '. When you try to copy my drive "c" on an external drive I get a message saying "unable to copy the file"hiberfil", it is used by another person or program." Close any program that might be using the file and try again "." What is 'hiberfil' and how do I close it down as I am not aware that I use?

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  Pete

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  I use to be a chronic hibernant because it takes less time to return after hibernation as a cold start.  Sometimes, it can actually be slower that a cold so start your system based on the amount of RAM has.  The more RAM you have, the more your hiberfil.sys will, if sometimes it's faster to move with just a cold start if you Hibernate (26,03 seconds for me).

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  It depends on what the problem is you want to solve and what you wand to end up with when you're done (so far, unspecified).

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  jorilla wrote:

  The card is a RealTek RTL8139/810 x Family Fast Ethernet NIC driver 5.699.717.2008 Version

  Maybe see if a new NIC driver help? I see that 5.707 (2008/11/24) seems to be available:

  http://www.Realtek.com/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?langid=1&PNid=6&PFID=6&level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GETDOWN=false

  ====

  Is there anything in the event logs of the host?  I know that before I did this DisableDOS registry change on my server I've seen a lot of errors in the event log.

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