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Hard Drive Filling Because of Vista

  • 04-05-2007 7:45pm
    #1
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Running out of space fast.

    I know vista "backs its self up" with restore points. Cant find how to turn it off. Any tips?


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  • #2
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    Restore points are only set to use a percentage of disk space never all of it 15% tops after that it auto deletes old restore points to make way for newer ones.

    The disk cleanup utility in Vista will remove all restore points on the system bar the newest - check the more options tab and it would be a good idea ot run that utility as well to clean out any temp folders.

    In Vista you there is no UI to alter the amount of space used but you can change it via the command line.


  • #3
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    Right click computer, go to properties. Click "system protection" on the left. This brings up the system properties window on the system restore tab - uncheck the drives that you don't want it creating restore points on.


  • #4
    rabbitinlights
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,008 ✭✭✭rabbitinlights


    the disc clean up thing was brilliant, it got rid of 3GBs of stuff, 2.1GBs were thumbnails of photos, thats insane.

    S.


  • #5
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    rabbitinlights wrote:
    the disc clean up thing was brilliant, it got rid of 3GBs of stuff, 2.1GBs were thumbnails of photos, thats insane.

    S.


    Might give that a go.

    Thanks for the tips lads


  • #6
    mathias
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,174 ✭✭✭mathias


    Restore and shadowcopy are the main culprits here , there are commands to reduce how much space either uses , heres a link , if you are losing as much space again as the C drive currently holds its most likely shadowcopy thats taking most of it !!

    http://www.watchingthenet.com/how-to-reduce-disk-space-used-by-windows-vista-system-restore.html

    Heres a couple of screen snips from my computer taken just a few seconds ago , as you can see shadowcopy is using double the actual file storage space ... When it gets too full I will probably use the above command , but its a safety net for now.


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