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Re: Used Space in C: Keeps Growing
Don't feel bad. I'm looking at my system and I can't find
any options to limit the amount of space System Restore
takes either. In the Help it does say that it can take up
to 15% of the drive space and then it should automatically
start deleting the older points. I do find an option to
turn System Restore off.
Ken Triebold wrote:
> When I type System Restore in the Start/Search box and hit enter I am
> taken to the same System Restore dialog box that you would get if you go
> to it in All Programs, Accessories, System Tools. There is no
> configuration option to be seen either way.
>
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:9AC9F052-6B8C-4C0E-90BB-FCBE2E56F2CA@microsoft.com...
>> Yes it is. Did you try simply typing "system restore" in the
>> Start/Search box and hitting enter? That works for almost any
>> program. Any.
>>
>> "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:u8eOop0ZIHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Thanks, Carlos, but there is nothing like "Configure System Restore"
>>> or a slider for disk space size in Vista that I could find.
>>> Apparently it is not configurable.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:5FC83340-8502-470E-9103-D0573A54AF77@microsoft.com...
>>>> Ken,
>>>> I am right in front of my XP machine at work and the following might
>>>> apply
>>>> to Vista too.
>>>> Fire up system restore and click on "Configure System Restore"
>>>> There is a slider to assign how much space you devote to it on your
>>>> hard disk.
>>>> Then again, this is how XP does it.
>>>> I will have to wait to get back home and see how Vista does it.
>>>>
>>>> Carlos
>>>>
>>>> "Ken Triebold" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Mark, The C: drive is the culprit, but an examination of the files and
>>>>> folders in C do not reveal specifically where this huge amount of
>>>>> storage is
>>>>> being taken up. For that reason I believe it is being used by System
>>>>> Restore. I would like to delete most of the restore points and
>>>>> change System
>>>>> Restore so as not to create restore points so frequently as you
>>>>> suggested. I
>>>>> looked into Windows Help to find out how to do these things but
>>>>> there was no
>>>>> information on it. I also went into System Restore and was unable
>>>>> to figure
>>>>> out how to do these things there either. Can you offer any
>>>>> instruction as to
>>>>> how I can follow through with your suggestions? Note: I have Vista
>>>>> Home
>>>>> Premium x64.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Mark" <jmhonzell@nospam.insightbb.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:OYZ$E6yZIHA.4172@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>> > Open Explorer:
>>>>> > Turn on File Details in Explorer and expand drives/directories
>>>>> one > at a
>>>>> > time chasing only the largest.
>>>>> > A 62 GB directory or 40 GB file should stand out. You will >
>>>>> probably
>>>>> > find
>>>>> > a simple text file that is recording a lot of the same error.
>>>>> Just > delete
>>>>> > it.
>>>>> > If it is an error occurring, it will start re-writing the file
>>>>> > pretty
>>>>> > quickly. Being much smaller now, it won't be so hard to open and
>>>>> take > a
>>>>> > look.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > If it is System Restore and your system is running okay, go in
>>>>> and > delete
>>>>> > all but the most recent restore.
>>>>> > You can limit System Restore once you are down to one file.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>> > news:%23TDndIoZIHA.4828@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>> >> My new Vista Home Premium x64 computer is about a week old now.
>>>>> One >> thing
>>>>> > I
>>>>> >> noticed is that the used space in the C drive keeps growing. My
>>>>> old >> XP
>>>>> >> machine had about 12 GB of used space (out of 40 GB). I
>>>>> transferred >> all
>>>>> > the
>>>>> >> files and folders from that machine to this new machine, but
>>>>> many of >> the
>>>>> >> programs in the old machine have not been installed in the new
>>>>> >> machine,
>>>>> >> so
>>>>> >> if anything, I might expect the used space on my new machine
>>>>> would >> be
>>>>> >> less
>>>>> >> than 12 GB. Now it is possible that Vista itself takes up a lot
>>>>> more
>>>>> >> space
>>>>> >> than XP did, so that could be part, but not all of the reason.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Anyway shortly after installing Vista on the new machine I
>>>>> checked >> the
>>>>> >> amount of used space and it showed 12 GB (out of 500 GB). A few
>>>>> days
>>>>> >> later
>>>>> >> it was at 30 GB and now it is at 62.5 GB. Holy cow I have not
>>>>> loaded >> that
>>>>> >> much stuff on this drive. The C:\Windows folder alone is showing
>>>>> >> 12.3 GB.
>>>>> >> When I add in the rest of the folders on the C drive I don't come
>>>>> >> anywhere
>>>>> >> near 62.5 GB. Does anyone have any idea why my C drive is
>>>>> showing so >> much
>>>>> >> used space?
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>
>
Don't feel bad. I'm looking at my system and I can't find
any options to limit the amount of space System Restore
takes either. In the Help it does say that it can take up
to 15% of the drive space and then it should automatically
start deleting the older points. I do find an option to
turn System Restore off.
Ken Triebold wrote:
> When I type System Restore in the Start/Search box and hit enter I am
> taken to the same System Restore dialog box that you would get if you go
> to it in All Programs, Accessories, System Tools. There is no
> configuration option to be seen either way.
>
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:9AC9F052-6B8C-4C0E-90BB-FCBE2E56F2CA@microsoft.com...
>> Yes it is. Did you try simply typing "system restore" in the
>> Start/Search box and hitting enter? That works for almost any
>> program. Any.
>>
>> "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:u8eOop0ZIHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Thanks, Carlos, but there is nothing like "Configure System Restore"
>>> or a slider for disk space size in Vista that I could find.
>>> Apparently it is not configurable.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:5FC83340-8502-470E-9103-D0573A54AF77@microsoft.com...
>>>> Ken,
>>>> I am right in front of my XP machine at work and the following might
>>>> apply
>>>> to Vista too.
>>>> Fire up system restore and click on "Configure System Restore"
>>>> There is a slider to assign how much space you devote to it on your
>>>> hard disk.
>>>> Then again, this is how XP does it.
>>>> I will have to wait to get back home and see how Vista does it.
>>>>
>>>> Carlos
>>>>
>>>> "Ken Triebold" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Mark, The C: drive is the culprit, but an examination of the files and
>>>>> folders in C do not reveal specifically where this huge amount of
>>>>> storage is
>>>>> being taken up. For that reason I believe it is being used by System
>>>>> Restore. I would like to delete most of the restore points and
>>>>> change System
>>>>> Restore so as not to create restore points so frequently as you
>>>>> suggested. I
>>>>> looked into Windows Help to find out how to do these things but
>>>>> there was no
>>>>> information on it. I also went into System Restore and was unable
>>>>> to figure
>>>>> out how to do these things there either. Can you offer any
>>>>> instruction as to
>>>>> how I can follow through with your suggestions? Note: I have Vista
>>>>> Home
>>>>> Premium x64.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Mark" <jmhonzell@nospam.insightbb.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:OYZ$E6yZIHA.4172@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>> > Open Explorer:
>>>>> > Turn on File Details in Explorer and expand drives/directories
>>>>> one > at a
>>>>> > time chasing only the largest.
>>>>> > A 62 GB directory or 40 GB file should stand out. You will >
>>>>> probably
>>>>> > find
>>>>> > a simple text file that is recording a lot of the same error.
>>>>> Just > delete
>>>>> > it.
>>>>> > If it is an error occurring, it will start re-writing the file
>>>>> > pretty
>>>>> > quickly. Being much smaller now, it won't be so hard to open and
>>>>> take > a
>>>>> > look.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > If it is System Restore and your system is running okay, go in
>>>>> and > delete
>>>>> > all but the most recent restore.
>>>>> > You can limit System Restore once you are down to one file.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>> > news:%23TDndIoZIHA.4828@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>> >> My new Vista Home Premium x64 computer is about a week old now.
>>>>> One >> thing
>>>>> > I
>>>>> >> noticed is that the used space in the C drive keeps growing. My
>>>>> old >> XP
>>>>> >> machine had about 12 GB of used space (out of 40 GB). I
>>>>> transferred >> all
>>>>> > the
>>>>> >> files and folders from that machine to this new machine, but
>>>>> many of >> the
>>>>> >> programs in the old machine have not been installed in the new
>>>>> >> machine,
>>>>> >> so
>>>>> >> if anything, I might expect the used space on my new machine
>>>>> would >> be
>>>>> >> less
>>>>> >> than 12 GB. Now it is possible that Vista itself takes up a lot
>>>>> more
>>>>> >> space
>>>>> >> than XP did, so that could be part, but not all of the reason.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Anyway shortly after installing Vista on the new machine I
>>>>> checked >> the
>>>>> >> amount of used space and it showed 12 GB (out of 500 GB). A few
>>>>> days
>>>>> >> later
>>>>> >> it was at 30 GB and now it is at 62.5 GB. Holy cow I have not
>>>>> loaded >> that
>>>>> >> much stuff on this drive. The C:\Windows folder alone is showing
>>>>> >> 12.3 GB.
>>>>> >> When I add in the rest of the folders on the C drive I don't come
>>>>> >> anywhere
>>>>> >> near 62.5 GB. Does anyone have any idea why my C drive is
>>>>> showing so >> much
>>>>> >> used space?
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>
>
