Just reclaimed 120GB in Vista from System Restore

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newb5000

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Just wanted to post a tip for Vista users.

If you see that you're running out of hard disk space mysteriously, try the following. Note that all previous system restore points and shadow copies will be deleted (which you don't really need 99% of the time).

  • Take note of how much HDD space you have
  • Right click My Computer -> Properties
  • Go to Advanced System Settings
  • System Protection tab
  • Uncheck Local Disk (C: ) [and any others that are checked]
  • Click Appy
  • Check Local Disk (C: ) again
  • Hit Apply
  • Click Create to create a new restore point just in case
  • Check how much HDD space you have

I just managed to reclaim 120 gigs (on two 500GB drives in RAID 0) worth of Restore Points and Shadow Copies using this technique.
 
my restore points will never work in vista as i have dual boot with xp.SO for me there is no regain in space,yes i know it sucks as i could never have a restore point in vista cause xp will always mess vista restore points up when booting in xp.Sad truelly sad
 
newb5000 said:
Just wanted to post a tip for Vista users.

If you see that you're running out of hard disk space mysteriously, try the following. Note that all previous system restore points and shadow copies will be deleted (which you don't really need 99% of the time).

  • Take note of how much HDD space you have
  • Right click My Computer -> Properties
  • Go to Advanced System Settings
  • System Protection tab
  • Uncheck Local Disk (C: ) [and any others that are checked]
  • Click Appy
  • Check Local Disk (C: ) again
  • Hit Apply
  • Click Create to create a new restore point just in case
  • Check how much HDD space you have

I just managed to reclaim 120 gigs (on two 500GB drives in RAID 0) worth of Restore Points and Shadow Copies using this technique.
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LOL just claimed 29 GB.. Thanks..

It will probably go back to normal though in time.. Maybe it was the system restore points that took up all the space, and when you uncheck and apply, it deletes the system restore data? I dunno..
 
dablakmark8 said:
my restore points will never work in vista as i have dual boot with xp.SO for me there is no regain in space,yes i know it sucks as i could never have a restore point in vista cause xp will always mess vista restore points up when booting in xp.Sad truelly sad
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Dual boot should be set up as follows:

Drive 1: OS1
Drive/Partition 2: OS2

Never run a dual boot on 1 drive(or 1 Partition)
 
fxit_man said:
Maybe it was the system restore points that took up all the space, and when you uncheck and apply, it deletes the system restore data?
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Yes, that's right, plus all Shadow Copies if I remember correctly. Shadow Copies = previous versions of files - the ones that you see when you select the Previous Versions tab when you right click on a folder and select Properties.
 
then why would xp mess with your vista files, if it's installed on another drive?

this does not sound right....
 
Keeper said:
then why would xp mess with your vista files, if it's installed on another drive?

this does not sound right....
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THere is a fix from microsoft but there is pro's and cons.I dont understand why microsoft engineers made it like that.
google on it and you will see the fix and the cons to this fix.
Its a vista related restore point problem with xp
 
Good tip.

Won't help me though. First thing I switch off on MS operating systems...on all the PCs in the house. A family member once managed to bring a virus back from that dead with that damn sys restore thing.:rolleyes:
 
HavocXphere said:
A family member once managed to bring a virus back from that dead with that damn sys restore thing.:rolleyes:
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LOL! That's funny.

I do use the previous versions feature some times to recover files that I accidently deleted (I don't use the Recycle Bin). But it's good to clear this every once in a while.
 
I just claimed 2.9GB off a 42GB partition... mind you I only had three restores on there...
 
For greater granularity in disk cleanup, use the cleanmgr (standard part of Windows Vista and XP). A subset of this is invoked when you use Disk Cleanup.

At a command prompt (or Run), type:

cleanmgr /sageset:99
In the Disk Cleanup settings screen, tick all the items you want cleanmgr to clean
Save your settings with OK

(in the above example, the cleanmgr setting are saved (using /sageset switch) to profile 99 - you can use any old number here, this is just a way of having multiple profile if you want them)

Now, to run that particular cleaning profile, execute the following command:

cleanmgr /sagerun:99
 
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