System Restore Size / Registry

Scrolling the Registry I found the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore\cfg

In the right pane there is a dword value "DiskPercent = f (hexadecimal)"
which sets the amount of System Restore to 15%.

Question: is it possible to adjust the System Restore size permanently by
changing this value?

Thanks,
Jurij Vega

Hi,

Better to use vssadmin as described here by MVP Bert Kinney:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskspacev.html

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Vega" <vegalabTOGLIMI@yahoo.it> wrote in message
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> Scrolling the Registry I found the following key:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
> NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore\cfg
>
> In the right pane there is a dword value "DiskPercent = f (hexadecimal)"
> which sets the amount of System Restore to 15%.
>
> Question: is it possible to adjust the System Restore size permanently by
> changing this value?
>
> Thanks,
> Jurij Vega
>

Vega - Go to "howtogeek.com". You will find his instructions for reducing
System Restore usage. Mine is down to 5% and my earliest restore point goes
back about one week. It's simple to do. Wayne
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Wayne L


"Vega" wrote:

> Scrolling the Registry I found the following key:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
> NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore\cfg
>
> In the right pane there is a dword value "DiskPercent = f (hexadecimal)"
> which sets the amount of System Restore to 15%.
>
> Question: is it possible to adjust the System Restore size permanently by
> changing this value?
>
> Thanks,
> Jurij Vega
>
>

Good question. Good link from Rick. Here's an explanation from Jill Zoller
with input from SR team members at MSFT:

http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/arc...ws-vista.aspx:

Good luck,

CH


"Vega" <vegalabTOGLIMI@yahoo.it> wrote in message
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> Scrolling the Registry I found the following key:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
> NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore\cfg
>
> In the right pane there is a dword value "DiskPercent = f (hexadecimal)"
> which sets the amount of System Restore to 15%.
>
> Question: is it possible to adjust the System Restore size permanently by
> changing this value?
>
> Thanks,
> Jurij Vega
>

"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:erbp7GB6HHA.5984@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Better to use vssadmin as described here by MVP Bert Kinney:
> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskspacev.html
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Vega" <vegalabTOGLIMI@yahoo.it> wrote in message
> news:%23o7Z$DB6HHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Scrolling the Registry I found the following key:
>>
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
>> NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore\cfg
>>
>> In the right pane there is a dword value "DiskPercent = f (hexadecimal)"
>> which sets the amount of System Restore to 15%.
>>
>> Question: is it possible to adjust the System Restore size permanently by
>> changing this value?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jurij Vega
>>
>

Thanks Rick Rogers, Wayne L and Chad Harris for your prompt replies.
I followed your suggestions and reduced the Restore size to 5GB from
previous 18GB.

Thanks again,
Jurij Vega