System Restore Size....HDD

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......

Got Norton?

"denmarfl" <denmarfl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:79F3044D-23B0-49BA-A0BF-A66F89DCE518@microsoft.com...
> 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......

NO......

"Bob" wrote:

> Got Norton?
>
> "denmarfl" <denmarfl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:79F3044D-23B0-49BA-A0BF-A66F89DCE518@microsoft.com...
> > 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......
>
>
>

See the following
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how...restore_po.htm
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"denmarfl" <denmarfl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:79F3044D-23B0-49BA-A0BF-A66F89DCE518@microsoft.com...
> 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......

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
> 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@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:79F3044D-23B0-49BA-A0BF-A66F89DCE518@microsoft.com...
> > 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......
>
>

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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I had a similar symptom. System Restore was archiving the pagefile.sys file
(which had reached 3.6GB at the time) in every restore point. Moved the page
file to a non-monitored partition.

"denmarfl" <denmarfl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:450BFD97-B035-4225-93F4-215F7087C2AE@microsoft.com...
> 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
>> 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@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:79F3044D-23B0-49BA-A0BF-A66F89DCE518@microsoft.com...
>> > 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......
>>
>>

Lets see if I understand, you moved the pagefile to another partition....so
it continues to serve its purpose and does not get saved with each restore
Point.

What causes this file to grew to such a large file, and, in my case, almost
overnight without me doing anything, ie, adding a new program, changes, etc?

It just seems to me, whatever has caused this file to grew to such a larger
size happened overnight and whatever it is that is included in the pagefile,
my PC ran fine for 20 months without it. Is there not a way to ID what
caused the file to grew so large?

Lastly, is there a link to provide step-by-step instructions to do what you
did?

"RalfG" wrote:

> I had a similar symptom. System Restore was archiving the pagefile.sys file
> (which had reached 3.6GB at the time) in every restore point. Moved the page
> file to a non-monitored partition.
>
> "denmarfl" <denmarfl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:450BFD97-B035-4225-93F4-215F7087C2AE@microsoft.com...
> > 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
> >> 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@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:79F3044D-23B0-49BA-A0BF-A66F89DCE518@microsoft.com...
> >> > 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......
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Which AV program are you running?

"denmarfl" <denmarfl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8B8CF5B6-B971-444B-8636-D9BDE73DD5A0@microsoft.com...
> NO......
>
> "Bob" wrote:
>
>> Got Norton?
>>
>> "denmarfl" <denmarfl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:79F3044D-23B0-49BA-A0BF-A66F89DCE518@microsoft.com...
>> > 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......
>>
>>
>>

Bob - I'm still struggling with some unknown process that ate 200 GB
of empty space on C: after the 6/10/09 MS downloads. I use NIS 2009.
What is there about NIS and space-eating files that made you ask
whether the OP was using Norton?


"Bob" <bob@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:umUQ%23N09JHA.1492@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Which AV program are you running?
>
> "denmarfl" <denmarfl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8B8CF5B6-B971-444B-8636-D9BDE73DD5A0@microsoft.com...
>> NO......
>>
>> "Bob" wrote:
>>
>>> Got Norton?
>>>
>>> "denmarfl" <denmarfl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:79F3044D-23B0-49BA-A0BF-A66F89DCE518@microsoft.com...
>>> > 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......
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>