How much disk space does system restore take up typically for one restore point? I ask cos my hard drive is filling up rapidly, and I am not sure why.

I had windows xp on a 2.5 gb partition, and i install all my program files to a different partition, but the space on my os drive was taken up really quickly, and i have just had to resize my partitions?

Where are the sytem restore points saved to so I can delete them instead of them just building up?

Right CLick the my computer Icon on your desktop and select properties. This will bring up your computers system information. There is a Tab in the upper left corner that says System Restore Click that. From here you can turn system restore off. After you turn it off delete the folder called C:/system volume information. Once you have done this you can turn system restore back on. Now click the settings button in the system restore tab (located about halfway down on the right side). Clicking the Settings button will display a box with a slider to control how much hard drive space system restore will take up. Slide this to the desired amount There you have it system restore will no longer horde your drive space

Oh one more thing the Folder called System Volume information is hidden so you must make it show up if you have not done so already. To do this double click the My computer Icon and select folder options from the tools drop down menu. Click on the tab 'View' and check the show hidden files and folders option located there. Now this folder should show.

thanks a lot mate.

I'll give that a go.

By default System Restore uses about 10-12% of the drive.

2.5gig is not very much for a Windows XP OS partition in the first place. With all the temp files, paging files, etc. that are required by Windows XP and various other programs just to operate you should seriously consider giving the OS partition much more then 2.5gigs. Even if you installed your programs to other partitions most of them will still use the OS partition to store some files, temporary or otherwise.

ok. I resized it to 4 gigs, will that be enough do you think, or should I move it out even more? If so, what size do you recommend?

Originally posted by philmeehan
ok. I resized it to 4 gigs, will that be enough do you think, or should I move it out even more? If so, what size do you recommend?

4 should leave u enough free so the cpu runs fine but u will only have like 2 gig left if installing a lot of games or mp3, go for 6-10.

If you not using the cpu for game , 4 should be ok.

If youre only using one os on the comp, just let xp have the whole drive and keep all files and system folders etc on the same partition. may speed it up a bit ?

You can also change which drive letter Sys Restore stores the dta too m8. Mine is on the E drive

Hoss, I need to double check but I think if you only have System Restore running on the E drive then only the data changes done to E can be restored. For example, if you want System Restore to work for things done to the C drive then you need to have System Restore monitoring the C drive too.

That would be better for me, if like hoss says, you can choose which drive to store the info on. But then if you couldn't restore the c drive because of that....

You have about as much control over the System Restore feature as you like. By default System Restore runs on all volumes, but you can turn it off on a volume-by-volume basis if you wish. Just be aware that you need 200MB of free disk space on the volume to use System Restore, and that you cannot disable it on the System volume without disabling it on all volumes. System Restore properties are configured from the Control Panel System applet http://www.2000trainers.com/windows/coursesandarticles/reviews/xpsys.html





heres a little tip aswell you can clear your system restore points using disk cleanup.right click on the drive in question goto properties disk cleanup more options, system restore,from here you can delete all but your most recent restore point ,this saves you from turning restore off then back on

HTH