System restore consumed much Hard drive space

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Ari94

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I had no choice but to do system restore and found it consumed a lot of Hard drive space on computer.

I wonder if there is any safe method to get back consumed space by system restore?
Or can we Undo system restore to get back consumed space safely?

Any help (if possible with images) will be appreciated.

Thank you
Ari
 

My Computer

System One

Ari94 said:
I had no choice but to do system restore and found it consumed a lot of Hard drive space on computer.

I wonder if there is any safe method to get back consumed space by system restore?
Or can we Undo system restore to get back consumed space safely?

Any help (if possible with images) will be appreciated.

Thank you
Ari
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Hi Ari, welcome to VF, i see we are having a problem with System resote consuming hard drive space.

luckily you can set the allocation to system restore and other advanced settings, just right click computer either from the start menu or desktop, click on properties, on the left of that window there is an option for system protection, click on that, now you'll get a window that looks like this:
system protection.jpg
now look for your system hard drive and click on configure, this will allow you to set how much space is allocated to system restore.

I have 1TB hard drive as my default HDD, it allocates 1% which is 10GB which is quite a lot but you can also set the level of restoring that happens from that screen as well :)

hope this helps

MrNeeds
 

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    Intel Q6600 @ 2.8GHz
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    Evga NF78-CK-132-A 3-Way SLI
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    8Gb DDR2 Corsair Dominator @ 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15
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    EVGA 560 GTX SC FTW 1GB
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Hi,

Thank you for reply,

I notice the image you have provided and mine is a little bit different.
My OS in Japanese therefore in the screen shot I have added English for you to
understand easily.
Why there is no system configure in my screen shot. There is no way to know how much disk space is allocated for system restore.
Any idea what should I do,please refer screen shot.
Thank you

Ari

MrNeeds said:
Ari94 said:
I had no choice but to do system restore and found it consumed a lot of Hard drive space on computer.

I wonder if there is any safe method to get back consumed space by system restore?
Or can we Undo system restore to get back consumed space safely?

Any help (if possible with images) will be appreciated.

Thank you
Ari
Click to expand...
Hi Ari, welcome to VF, i see we are having a problem with System resote consuming hard drive space.

luckily you can set the allocation to system restore and other advanced settings, just right click computer either from the start menu or desktop, click on properties, on the left of that window there is an option for system protection, click on that, now you'll get a window that looks like this:
View attachment 23701
now look for your system hard drive and click on configure, this will allow you to set how much space is allocated to system restore.

I have 1TB hard drive as my default HDD, it allocates 1% which is 10GB which is quite a lot but you can also set the level of restoring that happens from that screen as well :)

hope this helps

MrNeeds
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My Computer

System One

Ari94 said:
Hi,

Thank you for reply,

I notice the image you have provided and mine is a little bit different.
My OS in Japanese therefore in the screen shot I have added English for you to
understand easily.
Why there is no system configure in my screen shot. There is no way to know how much disk space is allocated for system restore.
Any idea what should I do,please refer screen shot.
Thank you

Ari

MrNeeds said:
Ari94 said:
I had no choice but to do system restore and found it consumed a lot of Hard drive space on computer.

I wonder if there is any safe method to get back consumed space by system restore?
Or can we Undo system restore to get back consumed space safely?

Any help (if possible with images) will be appreciated.

Thank you
Ari
Click to expand...
Hi Ari, welcome to VF, i see we are having a problem with System resote consuming hard drive space.

luckily you can set the allocation to system restore and other advanced settings, just right click computer either from the start menu or desktop, click on properties, on the left of that window there is an option for system protection, click on that, now you'll get a window that looks like this:
View attachment 23701
now look for your system hard drive and click on configure, this will allow you to set how much space is allocated to system restore.

I have 1TB hard drive as my default HDD, it allocates 1% which is 10GB which is quite a lot but you can also set the level of restoring that happens from that screen as well :)

hope this helps

MrNeeds
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ahh, i see, I forgot i'm on windows 7 :p

give me a few minutes and i'll have a look on vista for you.
EDIT:

you are correct Ari, you cannot view it like i do on 7, but luckily, Shawn, the resident Alien has posted a rather helpful tutorial on how to achieve the same result in Vista here > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76227-system-restore-disk-space.html

MrNeeds
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q6600 @ 2.8GHz
    Motherboard
    Evga NF78-CK-132-A 3-Way SLI
    Memory
    8Gb DDR2 Corsair Dominator @ 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA 560 GTX SC FTW 1GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC888 7.1 Audio, Logitech G35 7.1 Surround Headset
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell S2409W 16:9, HDMi, DVI & VGA
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 7200rpm 250Gb SATA, Samsung 7200rpm 750Gb SATA, WD 7200rpm 1TB SCSI SATA.
    PSU
    Xigmatek 750W Quad sli quad core 80% eff
    Case
    Antec 900 Gaming Case
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS9700-NT NVIDIA Tritium, Dominator RAM cooler
    Mouse
    Razor Lachesis Banshee V2 Blue, 4000DPI
    Keyboard
    Logitech generic keyboard
    Internet Speed
    16Mb Sky bb
    Other Info
    Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows, Wireless Xbox 360 Pad, Wireless Xbox 360 Les Paul Guitar
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