Hello Denmarfl,

I'm not sure what is causing your System Restore to fill up the max
space so fast. Vista will usually only create restore points
automatically when you install such items as drivers, programs, or make
changes to the system.

This tutorial below will show you how to see what you max storage size
for restore points is, and to adjust it if needed.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76...isk-space.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

denmarfl;1075630 Wrote:
> Thanks; b=as I wrote in my original message, I was able to determine
> that it
> was the System restore points that were causing me to lose 3 to 4GB of
> HDD
> space daily becuase when I turned off System restore, I regained a
> whole lot
> of space. However, the new restore points simply start again to be
> created
> in the same 3 to 4GB Size. I don't want to turn if off permanently, it
> a
> resource I may need some day. The issue is, and I hope someone has the
> answer, the PC is almost 2 yrs old and just about 3 weeks ago it
> started to
> save Restore points in this 3 to 4GB size, prior to that I could go a
> week
> and not lose 1GB. I have not installed\chnaged or altered anything on
> my PC
> so that is not the reason for the large restore Files. Hopefully
> someone
> knows what file ot files overnight grew so large as to cause the
> abnormally
> large size System Restore points on my PC....possibly that file(s) can
> be
> altered or deleted...afterall, my PC ran fine for 24 mos.....without
> the
> large File(s).
>
> "Peter Foldes" wrote:
> > > >
> > > See the following
> > > 'John Barnett's Windows XP Help and Support'
> > (http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how...restore_po.htm)
> > > --
> > > Peter
> > >
> > > Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> > > Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be
> > acknowledged.
> > >
> > > "denmarfl" <denmarfl@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > news:79F3044D-23B0-49BA-A0BF-A66F89DCE518@xxxxxx> > > > >
> > > > > Vista Home Prem 32bit. Has anyone come up with what is causing
> > > System
> > > > > Restore Points on a PC that has been running for almost 2 years
> > > where Restore
> > > > > points were Restore Points took 5 to 7 days to equal 1GB, and now
> > > suddenly
> > > > > over the past 3 weeks each restore Point is taking up 3 to 4GB of
> > > HDD space
> > > > > Daily? I know its System restore using up space, if I turn it off,
> > > which
> > > > > deletes all Points, I regain the Space lost....but the process than
> > > starts
> > > > > over again. There has to be a file(s) that grew in size in 1 day
> > > causing
> > > > > this......> > > >
> > >
> > > > >


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