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Are pagefile.sys and hiberfil.sys still automatically eliminated from new full images? How about *.tib?
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The data of these files is not backed up but the file system information related to them is. In essence, the image created reflect these files and size, but there is no data backed up (the data information from the corresponding sectors is ignored). By default *.tib is excluded. See the list of exclusions in the settings of the backup.

What I was wondering was do they contribute to the space on my external drive. I have no particular desire to try to save the information. The way you have answered my question I am not sure if they do or do not contribute to the size. Put another way should I list them as exclusions to save the space or not. Sorry to have made this more complicated by not understanding your answer.

Nothing contained within pagefile.sys or hyberfil.sys is included in a backup.