William,

You don't say what type of computer you have, but I suspect it is an
IBM PS/1, IBM Aptiva, IBM Ambra, or IBM notebook. This file is
used for the suspend to disk functions provided with the computer.

You may wish to disable the suspend to disk functions using the BIOS
or utilities provided with the computer(for example, some IBM Aptivas had
a program in AptivaWare called Suspend). If you wish to continue to
use the suspend to disk feature, then the file is necessary, as that is where
the computer stores the contents of all memories(RAM, video RAM) and CPU
state.

Hope this helps

Jamie Furtner

At 10:18 AM 00-01-19 , you wrote:
>From: William Patton
>Subject: PS1_save.dat file(Win98SE)
>
>Hello:  I just upgraded my Win98 OS to Win98SE.  I am left with a very large
>file in the C:/ folder.
>It is named PS1_save.dat.  It is a 50mg file.  It is hidden and system.  I
>tried removing the attributes and deleting it, however upon rebooting it
>reappeared and with the current date/time stamp.  Can anyone tell me what
>this file is and how to get rid of it if I don't need it, due to its size I
>would like to.  Note: I did select to keep my old Win98 configuration, but
>saved that to the D:/ drive and have since removed that through Add/Remove
>programs.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you, William Patton
>
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