Guest Morgi3 Posted August 20, 2007 Posted August 20, 2007 Hi, To reduce the max amount of space system restore uses I reset the reg key at: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore \DiskPercent=3 To 3 as you can see, so my slider for System Restore shows use 3% max of the drive. My drive is 74.5 gb. When I check the size properties of "c:\System Volume Information" is shows as: Size: 6.29gb Size on Disk: 3.36gb Can anyone explain this? Does the "size" show larger as this is uncompressed, but it's really only taking 3.36gb up? Also, 3% of 74.5gb should be more like 2.2gb - can anyone help explain this? Did I adjust the wrong registry key? Thanks.
Guest Gerry Posted August 20, 2007 Posted August 20, 2007 Re: System Restore Settings (Drive Usage) You should not need to make a registry change the System Restore disk space allocation! Right click your My Computer icon on the Desktop and select System Restore. Place the cursor on your C drive select Settings but this time find the slider and drag it to the left until it reads 700 mb and exit. When you get to the Settings screen click on Apply and OK and exit. The Restore Point Snapshot files are compressed. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Morgi3 wrote: > Hi, > > To reduce the max amount of space system restore uses I reset the reg > key at: > > HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore > \DiskPercent=3 > > To 3 as you can see, so my slider for System Restore shows use 3% max > of the drive. > > My drive is 74.5 gb. When I check the size properties of "c:\System > Volume Information" is shows as: > > Size: 6.29gb > Size on Disk: 3.36gb > > Can anyone explain this? Does the "size" show larger as this is > uncompressed, but it's really only taking 3.36gb up? Also, 3% of > 74.5gb should be more like 2.2gb - can anyone help explain this? Did I > adjust the wrong registry key? > > Thanks.
Guest Bert Kinney Posted August 20, 2007 Posted August 20, 2007 Re: System Restore Settings (Drive Usage) Hi, Encrypting File System (EFS) and the Indexing Service also use the System Volume Information folder to hold information and store files. Regards, Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User http://bertk.mvps.org Member: http://dts-l.org Morgi3 wrote: > Hi, > > To reduce the max amount of space system restore uses I reset the reg > key at: > > HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore > \DiskPercent=3 > > To 3 as you can see, so my slider for System Restore shows use 3% max > of the drive. > > My drive is 74.5 gb. When I check the size properties of "c:\System > Volume Information" is shows as: > > Size: 6.29gb > Size on Disk: 3.36gb > > Can anyone explain this? Does the "size" show larger as this is > uncompressed, but it's really only taking 3.36gb up? Also, 3% of > 74.5gb should be more like 2.2gb - can anyone help explain this? Did I > adjust the wrong registry key? > > Thanks. >
Guest Morgi3 Posted August 28, 2007 Posted August 28, 2007 Re: System Restore Settings (Drive Usage) Gerry - thanks, but the reason I'm looking at registry keys is so as to update this setting remotely on several clients. Bert - thanks for the update also. Anyway to tell exactly what amount of space EFS and Indexing Service are using? I just have a feeling there is maybe more to it than just adjusting the one setting, or that Restore Points must be cleaned>??? Thanks...
Guest Bert Kinney Posted August 29, 2007 Posted August 29, 2007 Re: System Restore Settings (Drive Usage) Hi, No, I don't know how much space EFS and Indexing will take. Are you using EFS and is indexing turned on? Regards, Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User http://bertk.mvps.org Member: http://dts-l.org Morgi3 wrote: > Gerry - thanks, but the reason I'm looking at registry keys is so as > to update this setting remotely on several clients. > > Bert - thanks for the update also. Anyway to tell exactly what amount > of space EFS and Indexing Service are using? > > I just have a feeling there is maybe more to it than just adjusting > the one setting, or that Restore Points must be cleaned>??? > > Thanks... >
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