Used Space in C: Keeps Growing

February 3, 2008

My new Vista Home Premium x64 computer is about a week old now. One thing I

noticed is that the used space in the C drive keeps growing. My old XP

machine had about 12 GB of used space (out of 40 GB). I transferred all the

files and folders from that machine to this new machine, but many of the

programs in the old machine have not been installed in the new machine, so

if anything, I might expect the used space on my new machine would be less

than 12 GB. Now it is possible that Vista itself takes up a lot more space

than XP did, so that could be part, but not all of the reason.

Anyway shortly after installing Vista on the new machine I checked the

amount of used space and it showed 12 GB (out of 500 GB). A few days later

it was at 30 GB and now it is at 62.5 GB. Holy cow I have not loaded that

much stuff on this drive. The C:\Windows folder alone is showing 12.3 GB.

When I add in the rest of the folders on the C drive I don't come anywhere

near 62.5 GB. Does anyone have any idea why my C drive is showing so much

used space?

February 3, 2008

Re: Used Space in C: Keeps Growing

"Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:%23TDndIoZIHA.4828@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> My new Vista Home Premium x64 computer is about a week old now. One thing

I

> noticed is that the used space in the C drive keeps growing. My old XP

> machine had about 12 GB of used space (out of 40 GB). I transferred all

the

> files and folders from that machine to this new machine, but many of the

> programs in the old machine have not been installed in the new machine, so

> if anything, I might expect the used space on my new machine would be less

> than 12 GB. Now it is possible that Vista itself takes up a lot more space

> than XP did, so that could be part, but not all of the reason.

>

> Anyway shortly after installing Vista on the new machine I checked the

> amount of used space and it showed 12 GB (out of 500 GB). A few days later

> it was at 30 GB and now it is at 62.5 GB. Holy cow I have not loaded that

> much stuff on this drive. The C:\Windows folder alone is showing 12.3 GB.

> When I add in the rest of the folders on the C drive I don't come anywhere

> near 62.5 GB. Does anyone have any idea why my C drive is showing so much

> used space?

>

Probably being used by system restore

February 3, 2008

Re: Used Space in C: Keeps Growing

By the way, I did check the size allocated for temporary internet files, and

that is set at 1024MB so that should be OK.

"Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:%23TDndIoZIHA.4828@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> My new Vista Home Premium x64 computer is about a week old now. One thing

> I noticed is that the used space in the C drive keeps growing. My old XP

> machine had about 12 GB of used space (out of 40 GB). I transferred all

> the files and folders from that machine to this new machine, but many of

> the programs in the old machine have not been installed in the new

> machine, so if anything, I might expect the used space on my new machine

> would be less than 12 GB. Now it is possible that Vista itself takes up a

> lot more space than XP did, so that could be part, but not all of the

> reason.

>

> Anyway shortly after installing Vista on the new machine I checked the

> amount of used space and it showed 12 GB (out of 500 GB). A few days later

> it was at 30 GB and now it is at 62.5 GB. Holy cow I have not loaded that

> much stuff on this drive. The C:\Windows folder alone is showing 12.3 GB.

> When I add in the rest of the folders on the C drive I don't come anywhere

> near 62.5 GB. Does anyone have any idea why my C drive is showing so much

> used space?

February 3, 2008

RE: Used Space in C: Keeps Growing

Ken,

Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools

You will find there a program for freeing space in the disk.

(I can't tell you the name of that program because I'm running Vista in

Spanish)

Execute it and you will find clues regarding what is eating your hard disk

real state and/or clean it.

:)

Carlos

"Ken Triebold" wrote:

> My new Vista Home Premium x64 computer is about a week old now. One thing I

> noticed is that the used space in the C drive keeps growing. My old XP

> machine had about 12 GB of used space (out of 40 GB). I transferred all the

> files and folders from that machine to this new machine, but many of the

> programs in the old machine have not been installed in the new machine, so

> if anything, I might expect the used space on my new machine would be less

> than 12 GB. Now it is possible that Vista itself takes up a lot more space

> than XP did, so that could be part, but not all of the reason.

>

> Anyway shortly after installing Vista on the new machine I checked the

> amount of used space and it showed 12 GB (out of 500 GB). A few days later

> it was at 30 GB and now it is at 62.5 GB. Holy cow I have not loaded that

> much stuff on this drive. The C:\Windows folder alone is showing 12.3 GB.

> When I add in the rest of the folders on the C drive I don't come anywhere

> near 62.5 GB. Does anyone have any idea why my C drive is showing so much

> used space?

>

February 3, 2008

Re: Used Space in C: Keeps Growing

"Disk Cleanup"

The user can simply type "disk cleanup" in Start/Search and hit Enter.

"Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Ken,

> Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools

> You will find there a program for freeing space in the disk.

> (I can't tell you the name of that program because I'm running Vista in

> Spanish)

> Execute it and you will find clues regarding what is eating your hard disk

> real state and/or clean it.

> :)

> Carlos

>

> "Ken Triebold" wrote:

>

>> My new Vista Home Premium x64 computer is about a week old now. One thing

>> I

>> noticed is that the used space in the C drive keeps growing. My old XP

>> machine had about 12 GB of used space (out of 40 GB). I transferred all

>> the

>> files and folders from that machine to this new machine, but many of the

>> programs in the old machine have not been installed in the new machine,

>> so

>> if anything, I might expect the used space on my new machine would be

>> less

>> than 12 GB. Now it is possible that Vista itself takes up a lot more

>> space

>> than XP did, so that could be part, but not all of the reason.

>>

>> Anyway shortly after installing Vista on the new machine I checked the

>> amount of used space and it showed 12 GB (out of 500 GB). A few days

>> later

>> it was at 30 GB and now it is at 62.5 GB. Holy cow I have not loaded that

>> much stuff on this drive. The C:\Windows folder alone is showing 12.3 GB.

>> When I add in the rest of the folders on the C drive I don't come

>> anywhere

>> near 62.5 GB. Does anyone have any idea why my C drive is showing so much

>> used space?

>>

February 3, 2008

Re: Used Space in C: Keeps Growing

You must mean "Disk Cleanup". I did run that program earlier today and I

looked at it again just now. It doesn't show any files that are anywhere

near the size that would cause this issue. Anyway I ran it again and went

from 64.5 GB to 62.1 GB. That was due to cleaning files in the "Hibernation"

file, but anyway that was only 2 GB. I need to find out where the other 50

GB are going. I will keep an eye on this.

"Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:1F510C18-F086-431A-ABCD-A1F9BCA564B0@microsoft.com...

> Ken,

> Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools

> You will find there a program for freeing space in the disk.

> (I can't tell you the name of that program because I'm running Vista in

> Spanish)

> Execute it and you will find clues regarding what is eating your hard disk

> real state and/or clean it.

> :)

> Carlos

>

> "Ken Triebold" wrote:

>

>> My new Vista Home Premium x64 computer is about a week old now. One thing

>> I

>> noticed is that the used space in the C drive keeps growing. My old XP

>> machine had about 12 GB of used space (out of 40 GB). I transferred all

>> the

>> files and folders from that machine to this new machine, but many of the

>> programs in the old machine have not been installed in the new machine,

>> so

>> if anything, I might expect the used space on my new machine would be

>> less

>> than 12 GB. Now it is possible that Vista itself takes up a lot more

>> space

>> than XP did, so that could be part, but not all of the reason.

>>

>> Anyway shortly after installing Vista on the new machine I checked the

>> amount of used space and it showed 12 GB (out of 500 GB). A few days

>> later

>> it was at 30 GB and now it is at 62.5 GB. Holy cow I have not loaded that

>> much stuff on this drive. The C:\Windows folder alone is showing 12.3 GB.

>> When I add in the rest of the folders on the C drive I don't come

>> anywhere

>> near 62.5 GB. Does anyone have any idea why my C drive is showing so much

>> used space?

>>

February 3, 2008

Re: Used Space in C: Keeps Growing

Thanks, Colin.

I could not figure out the translation.

In Spanish it goes like "Liberador de espacio en el disco", which is

"Program to set free space in disk".

:)

Carlos

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> "Disk Cleanup"

>

> The user can simply type "disk cleanup" in Start/Search and hit Enter.

>

> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:1F510C18-F086-431A-ABCD-A1F9BCA564B0@microsoft.com...

> > Ken,

> > Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools

> > You will find there a program for freeing space in the disk.

> > (I can't tell you the name of that program because I'm running Vista in

> > Spanish)

> > Execute it and you will find clues regarding what is eating your hard disk

> > real state and/or clean it.

> > :)

> > Carlos

> >

> > "Ken Triebold" wrote:

> >

> >> My new Vista Home Premium x64 computer is about a week old now. One thing

> >> I

> >> noticed is that the used space in the C drive keeps growing. My old XP

> >> machine had about 12 GB of used space (out of 40 GB). I transferred all

> >> the

> >> files and folders from that machine to this new machine, but many of the

> >> programs in the old machine have not been installed in the new machine,

> >> so

> >> if anything, I might expect the used space on my new machine would be

> >> less

> >> than 12 GB. Now it is possible that Vista itself takes up a lot more

> >> space

> >> than XP did, so that could be part, but not all of the reason.

> >>

> >> Anyway shortly after installing Vista on the new machine I checked the

> >> amount of used space and it showed 12 GB (out of 500 GB). A few days

> >> later

> >> it was at 30 GB and now it is at 62.5 GB. Holy cow I have not loaded that

> >> much stuff on this drive. The C:\Windows folder alone is showing 12.3 GB.

> >> When I add in the rest of the folders on the C drive I don't come

> >> anywhere

> >> near 62.5 GB. Does anyone have any idea why my C drive is showing so much

> >> used space?

> >>

>

February 3, 2008

Re: Used Space in C: Keeps Growing

The daily automatic System Restore points will take up to 15% of your disk

by default. They are automatically managed and older restore points will be

deleted as necesssary to stay within the limit.

If you don't need the space I think they are best left alone.

If you really want to remove them, and reduce the functionality of System

Restore, run Disk Cleanup and select the Clean Up option under the More

Options tab.

"Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:Oz35WppZIHA.504@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> You must mean "Disk Cleanup". I did run that program earlier today and I

> looked at it again just now. It doesn't show any files that are anywhere

> near the size that would cause this issue. Anyway I ran it again and went

> from 64.5 GB to 62.1 GB. That was due to cleaning files in the

> "Hibernation" file, but anyway that was only 2 GB. I need to find out

> where the other 50 GB are going. I will keep an eye on this.

>

> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:1F510C18-F086-431A-ABCD-A1F9BCA564B0@microsoft.com...

>> Ken,

>> Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools

>> You will find there a program for freeing space in the disk.

>> (I can't tell you the name of that program because I'm running Vista in

>> Spanish)

>> Execute it and you will find clues regarding what is eating your hard

>> disk

>> real state and/or clean it.

>> :)

>> Carlos

>>

>> "Ken Triebold" wrote:

>>

>>> My new Vista Home Premium x64 computer is about a week old now. One

>>> thing I

>>> noticed is that the used space in the C drive keeps growing. My old XP

>>> machine had about 12 GB of used space (out of 40 GB). I transferred all

>>> the

>>> files and folders from that machine to this new machine, but many of the

>>> programs in the old machine have not been installed in the new machine,

>>> so

>>> if anything, I might expect the used space on my new machine would be

>>> less

>>> than 12 GB. Now it is possible that Vista itself takes up a lot more

>>> space

>>> than XP did, so that could be part, but not all of the reason.

>>>

>>> Anyway shortly after installing Vista on the new machine I checked the

>>> amount of used space and it showed 12 GB (out of 500 GB). A few days

>>> later

>>> it was at 30 GB and now it is at 62.5 GB. Holy cow I have not loaded

>>> that

>>> much stuff on this drive. The C:\Windows folder alone is showing 12.3

>>> GB.

>>> When I add in the rest of the folders on the C drive I don't come

>>> anywhere

>>> near 62.5 GB. Does anyone have any idea why my C drive is showing so

>>> much

>>> used space?

>>>

>

February 3, 2008

Re: Used Space in C: Keeps Growing

I like "disk liberator" better. :)

"Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Thanks, Colin.

> I could not figure out the translation.

> In Spanish it goes like "Liberador de espacio en el disco", which is

> "Program to set free space in disk".

> :)

> Carlos

>

> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

>

>> "Disk Cleanup"

>>

>> The user can simply type "disk cleanup" in Start/Search and hit Enter.

>>

>> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:1F510C18-F086-431A-ABCD-A1F9BCA564B0@microsoft.com...

>> > Ken,

>> > Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools

>> > You will find there a program for freeing space in the disk.

>> > (I can't tell you the name of that program because I'm running Vista in

>> > Spanish)

>> > Execute it and you will find clues regarding what is eating your hard

>> > disk

>> > real state and/or clean it.

>> > :)

>> > Carlos

>> >

>> > "Ken Triebold" wrote:

>> >

>> >> My new Vista Home Premium x64 computer is about a week old now. One

>> >> thing

>> >> I

>> >> noticed is that the used space in the C drive keeps growing. My old XP

>> >> machine had about 12 GB of used space (out of 40 GB). I transferred

>> >> all

>> >> the

>> >> files and folders from that machine to this new machine, but many of

>> >> the

>> >> programs in the old machine have not been installed in the new

>> >> machine,

>> >> so

>> >> if anything, I might expect the used space on my new machine would be

>> >> less

>> >> than 12 GB. Now it is possible that Vista itself takes up a lot more

>> >> space

>> >> than XP did, so that could be part, but not all of the reason.

>> >>

>> >> Anyway shortly after installing Vista on the new machine I checked the

>> >> amount of used space and it showed 12 GB (out of 500 GB). A few days

>> >> later

>> >> it was at 30 GB and now it is at 62.5 GB. Holy cow I have not loaded

>> >> that

>> >> much stuff on this drive. The C:\Windows folder alone is showing 12.3

>> >> GB.

>> >> When I add in the rest of the folders on the C drive I don't come

>> >> anywhere

>> >> near 62.5 GB. Does anyone have any idea why my C drive is showing so

>> >> much

>> >> used space?

>> >>

>>

February 3, 2008

Re: Used Space in C: Keeps Growing

I went from 30GB to 70GB in a couple of weeks on Vista Ultimate x64. The

system disk is 500GB so the numbers are not out of line with default

settings for system restore. It takes some getting used to but it is not a

glitch.

"Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:Oz35WppZIHA.504@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> You must mean "Disk Cleanup". I did run that program earlier today and I

> looked at it again just now. It doesn't show any files that are anywhere

> near the size that would cause this issue. Anyway I ran it again and went

> from 64.5 GB to 62.1 GB. That was due to cleaning files in the

> "Hibernation" file, but anyway that was only 2 GB. I need to find out

> where the other 50 GB are going. I will keep an eye on this.

>

> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:1F510C18-F086-431A-ABCD-A1F9BCA564B0@microsoft.com...

>> Ken,

>> Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools

>> You will find there a program for freeing space in the disk.

>> (I can't tell you the name of that program because I'm running Vista in

>> Spanish)

>> Execute it and you will find clues regarding what is eating your hard

>> disk

>> real state and/or clean it.

>> :)

>> Carlos

>>

>> "Ken Triebold" wrote:

>>

>>> My new Vista Home Premium x64 computer is about a week old now. One

>>> thing I

>>> noticed is that the used space in the C drive keeps growing. My old XP

>>> machine had about 12 GB of used space (out of 40 GB). I transferred all

>>> the

>>> files and folders from that machine to this new machine, but many of the

>>> programs in the old machine have not been installed in the new machine,

>>> so

>>> if anything, I might expect the used space on my new machine would be

>>> less

>>> than 12 GB. Now it is possible that Vista itself takes up a lot more

>>> space

>>> than XP did, so that could be part, but not all of the reason.

>>>

>>> Anyway shortly after installing Vista on the new machine I checked the

>>> amount of used space and it showed 12 GB (out of 500 GB). A few days

>>> later

>>> it was at 30 GB and now it is at 62.5 GB. Holy cow I have not loaded

>>> that

>>> much stuff on this drive. The C:\Windows folder alone is showing 12.3

>>> GB.

>>> When I add in the rest of the folders on the C drive I don't come

>>> anywhere

>>> near 62.5 GB. Does anyone have any idea why my C drive is showing so

>>> much

>>> used space?

>>>

>

February 3, 2008

Re: Used Space in C: Keeps Growing

Reason #27 for why I install ALL OS's to reasonable sized partitions and

then put everything else on a different volume. My Vista volumes are never

more than about 60 GB total, and that forces Vista to be reasonable about

storage.

--

Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/xperts64

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

news:38CCEB40-2A84-4019-9F6F-39A28746FA8B@microsoft.com...

>I went from 30GB to 70GB in a couple of weeks on Vista Ultimate x64. The

>system disk is 500GB so the numbers are not out of line with default

>settings for system restore. It takes some getting used to but it is not a

>glitch.

>

> "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:Oz35WppZIHA.504@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> You must mean "Disk Cleanup". I did run that program earlier today and I

>> looked at it again just now. It doesn't show any files that are anywhere

>> near the size that would cause this issue. Anyway I ran it again and went

>> from 64.5 GB to 62.1 GB. That was due to cleaning files in the

>> "Hibernation" file, but anyway that was only 2 GB. I need to find out

>> where the other 50 GB are going. I will keep an eye on this.

>>

>> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:1F510C18-F086-431A-ABCD-A1F9BCA564B0@microsoft.com...

>>> Ken,

>>> Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools

>>> You will find there a program for freeing space in the disk.

>>> (I can't tell you the name of that program because I'm running Vista in

>>> Spanish)

>>> Execute it and you will find clues regarding what is eating your hard

>>> disk

>>> real state and/or clean it.

>>> :)

>>> Carlos

>>>

>>> "Ken Triebold" wrote:

>>>

>>>> My new Vista Home Premium x64 computer is about a week old now. One

>>>> thing I

>>>> noticed is that the used space in the C drive keeps growing. My old XP

>>>> machine had about 12 GB of used space (out of 40 GB). I transferred all

>>>> the

>>>> files and folders from that machine to this new machine, but many of

>>>> the

>>>> programs in the old machine have not been installed in the new machine,

>>>> so

>>>> if anything, I might expect the used space on my new machine would be

>>>> less

>>>> than 12 GB. Now it is possible that Vista itself takes up a lot more

>>>> space

>>>> than XP did, so that could be part, but not all of the reason.

>>>>

>>>> Anyway shortly after installing Vista on the new machine I checked the

>>>> amount of used space and it showed 12 GB (out of 500 GB). A few days

>>>> later

>>>> it was at 30 GB and now it is at 62.5 GB. Holy cow I have not loaded

>>>> that

>>>> much stuff on this drive. The C:\Windows folder alone is showing 12.3

>>>> GB.

>>>> When I add in the rest of the folders on the C drive I don't come

>>>> anywhere

>>>> near 62.5 GB. Does anyone have any idea why my C drive is showing so

>>>> much

>>>> used space?

>>>>

>>

>

February 3, 2008

Re: Used Space in C: Keeps Growing

All right. I guess if that space is being used to create restore points I

can live with that. I know in the past I have had to rely on System Restore

a few times and it sure is nice to have when needed. Thanks, everyone for

the help.

-Ken

"Dominic Payer" <dominic@dcp.fsv.co.uk> wrote in message

news:691F72EF-102D-444E-96FB-6B4A8501E80A@microsoft.com...

> The daily automatic System Restore points will take up to 15% of your disk

> by default. They are automatically managed and older restore points will

> be deleted as necesssary to stay within the limit.

>

> If you don't need the space I think they are best left alone.

>

> If you really want to remove them, and reduce the functionality of System

> Restore, run Disk Cleanup and select the Clean Up option under the More

> Options tab.

>

> "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:Oz35WppZIHA.504@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> You must mean "Disk Cleanup". I did run that program earlier today and I

>> looked at it again just now. It doesn't show any files that are anywhere

>> near the size that would cause this issue. Anyway I ran it again and went

>> from 64.5 GB to 62.1 GB. That was due to cleaning files in the

>> "Hibernation" file, but anyway that was only 2 GB. I need to find out

>> where the other 50 GB are going. I will keep an eye on this.

>>

>> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:1F510C18-F086-431A-ABCD-A1F9BCA564B0@microsoft.com...

>>> Ken,

>>> Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools

>>> You will find there a program for freeing space in the disk.

>>> (I can't tell you the name of that program because I'm running Vista in

>>> Spanish)

>>> Execute it and you will find clues regarding what is eating your hard

>>> disk

>>> real state and/or clean it.

>>> :)

>>> Carlos

>>>

>>> "Ken Triebold" wrote:

>>>

>>>> My new Vista Home Premium x64 computer is about a week old now. One

>>>> thing I

>>>> noticed is that the used space in the C drive keeps growing. My old XP

>>>> machine had about 12 GB of used space (out of 40 GB). I transferred all

>>>> the

>>>> files and folders from that machine to this new machine, but many of

>>>> the

>>>> programs in the old machine have not been installed in the new machine,

>>>> so

>>>> if anything, I might expect the used space on my new machine would be

>>>> less

>>>> than 12 GB. Now it is possible that Vista itself takes up a lot more

>>>> space

>>>> than XP did, so that could be part, but not all of the reason.

>>>>

>>>> Anyway shortly after installing Vista on the new machine I checked the

>>>> amount of used space and it showed 12 GB (out of 500 GB). A few days

>>>> later

>>>> it was at 30 GB and now it is at 62.5 GB. Holy cow I have not loaded

>>>> that

>>>> much stuff on this drive. The C:\Windows folder alone is showing 12.3

>>>> GB.

>>>> When I add in the rest of the folders on the C drive I don't come

>>>> anywhere

>>>> near 62.5 GB. Does anyone have any idea why my C drive is showing so

>>>> much

>>>> used space?

>>>>

>>

>

February 4, 2008

Re: Used Space in C: Keeps Growing

Open Explorer:

Turn on File Details in Explorer and expand drives/directories one at a

time chasing only the largest.

A 62 GB directory or 40 GB file should stand out. You will probably find

a simple text file that is recording a lot of the same error. Just delete

it.

If it is an error occurring, it will start re-writing the file pretty

quickly. Being much smaller now, it won't be so hard to open and take a

look.

If it is System Restore and your system is running okay, go in and delete

all but the most recent restore.

You can limit System Restore once you are down to one file.

"Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> My new Vista Home Premium x64 computer is about a week old now. One thing

I

> noticed is that the used space in the C drive keeps growing. My old XP

> machine had about 12 GB of used space (out of 40 GB). I transferred all

the

> files and folders from that machine to this new machine, but many of the

> programs in the old machine have not been installed in the new machine, so

> if anything, I might expect the used space on my new machine would be less

> than 12 GB. Now it is possible that Vista itself takes up a lot more space

> than XP did, so that could be part, but not all of the reason.

>

> Anyway shortly after installing Vista on the new machine I checked the

> amount of used space and it showed 12 GB (out of 500 GB). A few days later

> it was at 30 GB and now it is at 62.5 GB. Holy cow I have not loaded that

> much stuff on this drive. The C:\Windows folder alone is showing 12.3 GB.

> When I add in the rest of the folders on the C drive I don't come anywhere

> near 62.5 GB. Does anyone have any idea why my C drive is showing so much

> used space?

>

February 4, 2008

Re: Used Space in C: Keeps Growing

Mark, The C: drive is the culprit, but an examination of the files and

folders in C do not reveal specifically where this huge amount of storage is

being taken up. For that reason I believe it is being used by System

Restore. I would like to delete most of the restore points and change System

Restore so as not to create restore points so frequently as you suggested. I

looked into Windows Help to find out how to do these things but there was no

information on it. I also went into System Restore and was unable to figure

out how to do these things there either. Can you offer any instruction as to

how I can follow through with your suggestions? Note: I have Vista Home

Premium x64.

"Mark" <jmhonzell@nospam.insightbb.com> wrote in message

news:OYZ$E6yZIHA.4172@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Open Explorer:

> Turn on File Details in Explorer and expand drives/directories one at a

> time chasing only the largest.

> A 62 GB directory or 40 GB file should stand out. You will probably

> find

> a simple text file that is recording a lot of the same error. Just delete

> it.

> If it is an error occurring, it will start re-writing the file pretty

> quickly. Being much smaller now, it won't be so hard to open and take a

> look.

>

> If it is System Restore and your system is running okay, go in and delete

> all but the most recent restore.

> You can limit System Restore once you are down to one file.

>

> "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:%23TDndIoZIHA.4828@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> My new Vista Home Premium x64 computer is about a week old now. One thing

> I

>> noticed is that the used space in the C drive keeps growing. My old XP

>> machine had about 12 GB of used space (out of 40 GB). I transferred all

> the

>> files and folders from that machine to this new machine, but many of the

>> programs in the old machine have not been installed in the new machine,

>> so

>> if anything, I might expect the used space on my new machine would be

>> less

>> than 12 GB. Now it is possible that Vista itself takes up a lot more

>> space

>> than XP did, so that could be part, but not all of the reason.

>>

>> Anyway shortly after installing Vista on the new machine I checked the

>> amount of used space and it showed 12 GB (out of 500 GB). A few days

>> later

>> it was at 30 GB and now it is at 62.5 GB. Holy cow I have not loaded that

>> much stuff on this drive. The C:\Windows folder alone is showing 12.3 GB.

>> When I add in the rest of the folders on the C drive I don't come

>> anywhere

>> near 62.5 GB. Does anyone have any idea why my C drive is showing so much

>> used space?

>>

>

February 4, 2008

Re: Used Space in C: Keeps Growing

Ken,

I am right in front of my XP machine at work and the following might apply

to Vista too.

Fire up system restore and click on "Configure System Restore"

There is a slider to assign how much space you devote to it on your hard disk.

Then again, this is how XP does it.

I will have to wait to get back home and see how Vista does it.

:)

Carlos

"Ken Triebold" wrote:

> Mark, The C: drive is the culprit, but an examination of the files and

> folders in C do not reveal specifically where this huge amount of storage is

> being taken up. For that reason I believe it is being used by System

> Restore. I would like to delete most of the restore points and change System

> Restore so as not to create restore points so frequently as you suggested. I

> looked into Windows Help to find out how to do these things but there was no

> information on it. I also went into System Restore and was unable to figure

> out how to do these things there either. Can you offer any instruction as to

> how I can follow through with your suggestions? Note: I have Vista Home

> Premium x64.

>

> "Mark" <jmhonzell@nospam.insightbb.com> wrote in message

> news:OYZ$E6yZIHA.4172@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> > Open Explorer:

> > Turn on File Details in Explorer and expand drives/directories one at a

> > time chasing only the largest.

> > A 62 GB directory or 40 GB file should stand out. You will probably

> > find

> > a simple text file that is recording a lot of the same error. Just delete

> > it.

> > If it is an error occurring, it will start re-writing the file pretty

> > quickly. Being much smaller now, it won't be so hard to open and take a

> > look.

> >

> > If it is System Restore and your system is running okay, go in and delete

> > all but the most recent restore.

> > You can limit System Restore once you are down to one file.

> >

> > "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

> > news:%23TDndIoZIHA.4828@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> >> My new Vista Home Premium x64 computer is about a week old now. One thing

> > I

> >> noticed is that the used space in the C drive keeps growing. My old XP

> >> machine had about 12 GB of used space (out of 40 GB). I transferred all

> > the

> >> files and folders from that machine to this new machine, but many of the

> >> programs in the old machine have not been installed in the new machine,

> >> so

> >> if anything, I might expect the used space on my new machine would be

> >> less

> >> than 12 GB. Now it is possible that Vista itself takes up a lot more

> >> space

> >> than XP did, so that could be part, but not all of the reason.

> >>

> >> Anyway shortly after installing Vista on the new machine I checked the

> >> amount of used space and it showed 12 GB (out of 500 GB). A few days

> >> later

> >> it was at 30 GB and now it is at 62.5 GB. Holy cow I have not loaded that

> >> much stuff on this drive. The C:\Windows folder alone is showing 12.3 GB.

> >> When I add in the rest of the folders on the C drive I don't come

> >> anywhere

> >> near 62.5 GB. Does anyone have any idea why my C drive is showing so much

> >> used space?

> >>

> >

>

February 4, 2008

Re: Used Space in C: Keeps Growing

Thanks, Carlos, but there is nothing like "Configure System Restore" or a

slider for disk space size in Vista that I could find. Apparently it is not

configurable.

"Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:5FC83340-8502-470E-9103-D0573A54AF77@microsoft.com...

> Ken,

> I am right in front of my XP machine at work and the following might apply

> to Vista too.

> Fire up system restore and click on "Configure System Restore"

> There is a slider to assign how much space you devote to it on your hard

> disk.

> Then again, this is how XP does it.

> I will have to wait to get back home and see how Vista does it.

> :)

> Carlos

>

> "Ken Triebold" wrote:

>

>> Mark, The C: drive is the culprit, but an examination of the files and

>> folders in C do not reveal specifically where this huge amount of storage

>> is

>> being taken up. For that reason I believe it is being used by System

>> Restore. I would like to delete most of the restore points and change

>> System

>> Restore so as not to create restore points so frequently as you

>> suggested. I

>> looked into Windows Help to find out how to do these things but there was

>> no

>> information on it. I also went into System Restore and was unable to

>> figure

>> out how to do these things there either. Can you offer any instruction as

>> to

>> how I can follow through with your suggestions? Note: I have Vista Home

>> Premium x64.

>>

>> "Mark" <jmhonzell@nospam.insightbb.com> wrote in message

>> news:OYZ$E6yZIHA.4172@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> > Open Explorer:

>> > Turn on File Details in Explorer and expand drives/directories one

>> > at a

>> > time chasing only the largest.

>> > A 62 GB directory or 40 GB file should stand out. You will probably

>> > find

>> > a simple text file that is recording a lot of the same error. Just

>> > delete

>> > it.

>> > If it is an error occurring, it will start re-writing the file

>> > pretty

>> > quickly. Being much smaller now, it won't be so hard to open and take a

>> > look.

>> >

>> > If it is System Restore and your system is running okay, go in and

>> > delete

>> > all but the most recent restore.

>> > You can limit System Restore once you are down to one file.

>> >

>> > "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

>> > news:%23TDndIoZIHA.4828@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> >> My new Vista Home Premium x64 computer is about a week old now. One

>> >> thing

>> > I

>> >> noticed is that the used space in the C drive keeps growing. My old XP

>> >> machine had about 12 GB of used space (out of 40 GB). I transferred

>> >> all

>> > the

>> >> files and folders from that machine to this new machine, but many of

>> >> the

>> >> programs in the old machine have not been installed in the new

>> >> machine,

>> >> so

>> >> if anything, I might expect the used space on my new machine would be

>> >> less

>> >> than 12 GB. Now it is possible that Vista itself takes up a lot more

>> >> space

>> >> than XP did, so that could be part, but not all of the reason.

>> >>

>> >> Anyway shortly after installing Vista on the new machine I checked the

>> >> amount of used space and it showed 12 GB (out of 500 GB). A few days

>> >> later

>> >> it was at 30 GB and now it is at 62.5 GB. Holy cow I have not loaded

>> >> that

>> >> much stuff on this drive. The C:\Windows folder alone is showing 12.3

>> >> GB.

>> >> When I add in the rest of the folders on the C drive I don't come

>> >> anywhere

>> >> near 62.5 GB. Does anyone have any idea why my C drive is showing so

>> >> much

>> >> used space?

>> >>

>> >

>>

February 4, 2008

Re: Used Space in C: Keeps Growing

Yes it is. Did you try simply typing "system restore" in the Start/Search

box and hitting enter? That works for almost any program. Any.

"Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:u8eOop0ZIHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> Thanks, Carlos, but there is nothing like "Configure System Restore" or a

> slider for disk space size in Vista that I could find. Apparently it is

> not configurable.

>

> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:5FC83340-8502-470E-9103-D0573A54AF77@microsoft.com...

>> Ken,

>> I am right in front of my XP machine at work and the following might

>> apply

>> to Vista too.

>> Fire up system restore and click on "Configure System Restore"

>> There is a slider to assign how much space you devote to it on your hard

>> disk.

>> Then again, this is how XP does it.

>> I will have to wait to get back home and see how Vista does it.

>> :)

>> Carlos

>>

>> "Ken Triebold" wrote:

>>

>>> Mark, The C: drive is the culprit, but an examination of the files and

>>> folders in C do not reveal specifically where this huge amount of

>>> storage is

>>> being taken up. For that reason I believe it is being used by System

>>> Restore. I would like to delete most of the restore points and change

>>> System

>>> Restore so as not to create restore points so frequently as you

>>> suggested. I

>>> looked into Windows Help to find out how to do these things but there

>>> was no

>>> information on it. I also went into System Restore and was unable to

>>> figure

>>> out how to do these things there either. Can you offer any instruction

>>> as to

>>> how I can follow through with your suggestions? Note: I have Vista Home

>>> Premium x64.

>>>

>>> "Mark" <jmhonzell@nospam.insightbb.com> wrote in message

>>> news:OYZ$E6yZIHA.4172@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>> > Open Explorer:

>>> > Turn on File Details in Explorer and expand drives/directories one

>>> > at a

>>> > time chasing only the largest.

>>> > A 62 GB directory or 40 GB file should stand out. You will probably

>>> > find

>>> > a simple text file that is recording a lot of the same error. Just

>>> > delete

>>> > it.

>>> > If it is an error occurring, it will start re-writing the file

>>> > pretty

>>> > quickly. Being much smaller now, it won't be so hard to open and take

>>> > a

>>> > look.

>>> >

>>> > If it is System Restore and your system is running okay, go in and

>>> > delete

>>> > all but the most recent restore.

>>> > You can limit System Restore once you are down to one file.

>>> >

>>> > "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

>>> > news:%23TDndIoZIHA.4828@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>> >> My new Vista Home Premium x64 computer is about a week old now. One

>>> >> thing

>>> > I

>>> >> noticed is that the used space in the C drive keeps growing. My old

>>> >> XP

>>> >> machine had about 12 GB of used space (out of 40 GB). I transferred

>>> >> all

>>> > the

>>> >> files and folders from that machine to this new machine, but many of

>>> >> the

>>> >> programs in the old machine have not been installed in the new

>>> >> machine,

>>> >> so

>>> >> if anything, I might expect the used space on my new machine would be

>>> >> less

>>> >> than 12 GB. Now it is possible that Vista itself takes up a lot more

>>> >> space

>>> >> than XP did, so that could be part, but not all of the reason.

>>> >>

>>> >> Anyway shortly after installing Vista on the new machine I checked

>>> >> the

>>> >> amount of used space and it showed 12 GB (out of 500 GB). A few days

>>> >> later

>>> >> it was at 30 GB and now it is at 62.5 GB. Holy cow I have not loaded

>>> >> that

>>> >> much stuff on this drive. The C:\Windows folder alone is showing 12.3

>>> >> GB.

>>> >> When I add in the rest of the folders on the C drive I don't come

>>> >> anywhere

>>> >> near 62.5 GB. Does anyone have any idea why my C drive is showing so

>>> >> much

>>> >> used space?

>>> >>

>>> >

>>>

>

February 4, 2008

Re: Used Space in C: Keeps Growing

When I type System Restore in the Start/Search box and hit enter I am taken

to the same System Restore dialog box that you would get if you go to it in

All Programs, Accessories, System Tools. There is no configuration option to

be seen either way.

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

news:9AC9F052-6B8C-4C0E-90BB-FCBE2E56F2CA@microsoft.com...

> Yes it is. Did you try simply typing "system restore" in the Start/Search

> box and hitting enter? That works for almost any program. Any.

>

> "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:u8eOop0ZIHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> Thanks, Carlos, but there is nothing like "Configure System Restore" or a

>> slider for disk space size in Vista that I could find. Apparently it is

>> not configurable.

>>

>> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:5FC83340-8502-470E-9103-D0573A54AF77@microsoft.com...

>>> Ken,

>>> I am right in front of my XP machine at work and the following might

>>> apply

>>> to Vista too.

>>> Fire up system restore and click on "Configure System Restore"

>>> There is a slider to assign how much space you devote to it on your hard

>>> disk.

>>> Then again, this is how XP does it.

>>> I will have to wait to get back home and see how Vista does it.

>>> :)

>>> Carlos

>>>

>>> "Ken Triebold" wrote:

>>>

>>>> Mark, The C: drive is the culprit, but an examination of the files and

>>>> folders in C do not reveal specifically where this huge amount of

>>>> storage is

>>>> being taken up. For that reason I believe it is being used by System

>>>> Restore. I would like to delete most of the restore points and change

>>>> System

>>>> Restore so as not to create restore points so frequently as you

>>>> suggested. I

>>>> looked into Windows Help to find out how to do these things but there

>>>> was no

>>>> information on it. I also went into System Restore and was unable to

>>>> figure

>>>> out how to do these things there either. Can you offer any instruction

>>>> as to

>>>> how I can follow through with your suggestions? Note: I have Vista Home

>>>> Premium x64.

>>>>

>>>> "Mark" <jmhonzell@nospam.insightbb.com> wrote in message

>>>> news:OYZ$E6yZIHA.4172@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>> > Open Explorer:

>>>> > Turn on File Details in Explorer and expand drives/directories one

>>>> > at a

>>>> > time chasing only the largest.

>>>> > A 62 GB directory or 40 GB file should stand out. You will

>>>> > probably

>>>> > find

>>>> > a simple text file that is recording a lot of the same error. Just

>>>> > delete

>>>> > it.

>>>> > If it is an error occurring, it will start re-writing the file

>>>> > pretty

>>>> > quickly. Being much smaller now, it won't be so hard to open and take

>>>> > a

>>>> > look.

>>>> >

>>>> > If it is System Restore and your system is running okay, go in and

>>>> > delete

>>>> > all but the most recent restore.

>>>> > You can limit System Restore once you are down to one file.

>>>> >

>>>> > "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

>>>> > news:%23TDndIoZIHA.4828@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>> >> My new Vista Home Premium x64 computer is about a week old now. One

>>>> >> thing

>>>> > I

>>>> >> noticed is that the used space in the C drive keeps growing. My old

>>>> >> XP

>>>> >> machine had about 12 GB of used space (out of 40 GB). I transferred

>>>> >> all

>>>> > the

>>>> >> files and folders from that machine to this new machine, but many of

>>>> >> the

>>>> >> programs in the old machine have not been installed in the new

>>>> >> machine,

>>>> >> so

>>>> >> if anything, I might expect the used space on my new machine would

>>>> >> be

>>>> >> less

>>>> >> than 12 GB. Now it is possible that Vista itself takes up a lot more

>>>> >> space

>>>> >> than XP did, so that could be part, but not all of the reason.

>>>> >>

>>>> >> Anyway shortly after installing Vista on the new machine I checked

>>>> >> the

>>>> >> amount of used space and it showed 12 GB (out of 500 GB). A few days

>>>> >> later

>>>> >> it was at 30 GB and now it is at 62.5 GB. Holy cow I have not loaded

>>>> >> that

>>>> >> much stuff on this drive. The C:\Windows folder alone is showing

>>>> >> 12.3 GB.

>>>> >> When I add in the rest of the folders on the C drive I don't come

>>>> >> anywhere

>>>> >> near 62.5 GB. Does anyone have any idea why my C drive is showing so

>>>> >> much

>>>> >> used space?

>>>> >>

>>>> >

>>>>

>>

>

February 4, 2008

Re: Used Space in C: Keeps Growing

Didn't you click on the link "Open system protection"?

"Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:esvZQ60ZIHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> When I type System Restore in the Start/Search box and hit enter I am

> taken to the same System Restore dialog box that you would get if you go

> to it in All Programs, Accessories, System Tools. There is no

> configuration option to be seen either way.

>

> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

> news:9AC9F052-6B8C-4C0E-90BB-FCBE2E56F2CA@microsoft.com...

>> Yes it is. Did you try simply typing "system restore" in the

>> Start/Search box and hitting enter? That works for almost any program.

>> Any.

>>

>> "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:u8eOop0ZIHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>> Thanks, Carlos, but there is nothing like "Configure System Restore" or

>>> a slider for disk space size in Vista that I could find. Apparently it

>>> is not configurable.

>>>

>>> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>>> news:5FC83340-8502-470E-9103-D0573A54AF77@microsoft.com...

>>>> Ken,

>>>> I am right in front of my XP machine at work and the following might

>>>> apply

>>>> to Vista too.

>>>> Fire up system restore and click on "Configure System Restore"

>>>> There is a slider to assign how much space you devote to it on your

>>>> hard disk.

>>>> Then again, this is how XP does it.

>>>> I will have to wait to get back home and see how Vista does it.

>>>> :)

>>>> Carlos

>>>>

>>>> "Ken Triebold" wrote:

>>>>

>>>>> Mark, The C: drive is the culprit, but an examination of the files and

>>>>> folders in C do not reveal specifically where this huge amount of

>>>>> storage is

>>>>> being taken up. For that reason I believe it is being used by System

>>>>> Restore. I would like to delete most of the restore points and change

>>>>> System

>>>>> Restore so as not to create restore points so frequently as you

>>>>> suggested. I

>>>>> looked into Windows Help to find out how to do these things but there

>>>>> was no

>>>>> information on it. I also went into System Restore and was unable to

>>>>> figure

>>>>> out how to do these things there either. Can you offer any instruction

>>>>> as to

>>>>> how I can follow through with your suggestions? Note: I have Vista

>>>>> Home

>>>>> Premium x64.

>>>>>

>>>>> "Mark" <jmhonzell@nospam.insightbb.com> wrote in message

>>>>> news:OYZ$E6yZIHA.4172@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>>> > Open Explorer:

>>>>> > Turn on File Details in Explorer and expand drives/directories

>>>>> > one at a

>>>>> > time chasing only the largest.

>>>>> > A 62 GB directory or 40 GB file should stand out. You will

>>>>> > probably

>>>>> > find

>>>>> > a simple text file that is recording a lot of the same error. Just

>>>>> > delete

>>>>> > it.

>>>>> > If it is an error occurring, it will start re-writing the file

>>>>> > pretty

>>>>> > quickly. Being much smaller now, it won't be so hard to open and

>>>>> > take a

>>>>> > look.

>>>>> >

>>>>> > If it is System Restore and your system is running okay, go in and

>>>>> > delete

>>>>> > all but the most recent restore.

>>>>> > You can limit System Restore once you are down to one file.

>>>>> >

>>>>> > "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

>>>>> > news:%23TDndIoZIHA.4828@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>>> >> My new Vista Home Premium x64 computer is about a week old now. One

>>>>> >> thing

>>>>> > I

>>>>> >> noticed is that the used space in the C drive keeps growing. My old

>>>>> >> XP

>>>>> >> machine had about 12 GB of used space (out of 40 GB). I transferred

>>>>> >> all

>>>>> > the

>>>>> >> files and folders from that machine to this new machine, but many

>>>>> >> of the

>>>>> >> programs in the old machine have not been installed in the new

>>>>> >> machine,

>>>>> >> so

>>>>> >> if anything, I might expect the used space on my new machine would

>>>>> >> be

>>>>> >> less

>>>>> >> than 12 GB. Now it is possible that Vista itself takes up a lot

>>>>> >> more

>>>>> >> space

>>>>> >> than XP did, so that could be part, but not all of the reason.

>>>>> >>

>>>>> >> Anyway shortly after installing Vista on the new machine I checked

>>>>> >> the

>>>>> >> amount of used space and it showed 12 GB (out of 500 GB). A few

>>>>> >> days

>>>>> >> later

>>>>> >> it was at 30 GB and now it is at 62.5 GB. Holy cow I have not

>>>>> >> loaded that

>>>>> >> much stuff on this drive. The C:\Windows folder alone is showing

>>>>> >> 12.3 GB.

>>>>> >> When I add in the rest of the folders on the C drive I don't come

>>>>> >> anywhere

>>>>> >> near 62.5 GB. Does anyone have any idea why my C drive is showing

>>>>> >> so much

>>>>> >> used space?

>>>>> >>

>>>>> >

>>>>>

>>>

>>

>

February 4, 2008

Re: Used Space in C: Keeps Growing

From an elevated CMD prompt:

vssadmin Resize ShadowStorage /on=[drive letter]: /For=[drive letter]:

/Maxsize=[maximum size]

MaxSize must be 300MB or greater and accepts the following suffixes: KB, MB,

GB, TB, PB and EB. If a suffix is not supplied, MaxSize is in bytes. If

MaxSize is not specified, then there will be no limit to the amount of space

it may use.

For example, if you want System Restore to use a maximum of 3GB of space for

the restore points on drive "C:", you should type the following:

vssadmin Resize ShadowStorage /On=C: /For=C: /Maxsize=3GB

(Note: Resizing the storage association may cause shadow copies to

disappear!)

For other information:

Type vssadmin /? and press Enter to see the list of available options.

e.g.

If you want to know how much space has been allocated and the maximum amount

of space that can be used by System Restore type the following command:

vssadmin List ShadowStorage

"Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:eyMqFrzZIHA.4160@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> Mark, The C: drive is the culprit, but an examination of the files and

> folders in C do not reveal specifically where this huge amount of storage

is

> being taken up. For that reason I believe it is being used by System

> Restore. I would like to delete most of the restore points and change

System

> Restore so as not to create restore points so frequently as you suggested.

I

> looked into Windows Help to find out how to do these things but there was

no

> information on it. I also went into System Restore and was unable to

figure

> out how to do these things there either. Can you offer any instruction as

to

> how I can follow through with your suggestions? Note: I have Vista Home

> Premium x64.

>

> "Mark" <jmhonzell@nospam.insightbb.com> wrote in message

> news:OYZ$E6yZIHA.4172@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> > Open Explorer:

> > Turn on File Details in Explorer and expand drives/directories one at

a

> > time chasing only the largest.

> > A 62 GB directory or 40 GB file should stand out. You will probably

> > find

> > a simple text file that is recording a lot of the same error. Just

delete

> > it.

> > If it is an error occurring, it will start re-writing the file pretty

> > quickly. Being much smaller now, it won't be so hard to open and take a

> > look.

> >

> > If it is System Restore and your system is running okay, go in and

delete

> > all but the most recent restore.

> > You can limit System Restore once you are down to one file.

> >

> > "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

> > news:%23TDndIoZIHA.4828@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> >> My new Vista Home Premium x64 computer is about a week old now. One

thing

> > I

> >> noticed is that the used space in the C drive keeps growing. My old XP

> >> machine had about 12 GB of used space (out of 40 GB). I transferred all

> > the

> >> files and folders from that machine to this new machine, but many of

the

> >> programs in the old machine have not been installed in the new machine,

> >> so

> >> if anything, I might expect the used space on my new machine would be

> >> less

> >> than 12 GB. Now it is possible that Vista itself takes up a lot more

> >> space

> >> than XP did, so that could be part, but not all of the reason.

> >>

> >> Anyway shortly after installing Vista on the new machine I checked the

> >> amount of used space and it showed 12 GB (out of 500 GB). A few days

> >> later

> >> it was at 30 GB and now it is at 62.5 GB. Holy cow I have not loaded

that

> >> much stuff on this drive. The C:\Windows folder alone is showing 12.3

GB.

> >> When I add in the rest of the folders on the C drive I don't come

> >> anywhere

> >> near 62.5 GB. Does anyone have any idea why my C drive is showing so

much

> >> used space?

> >>

> >

>

February 4, 2008

Re: Used Space in C: Keeps Growing

Don't feel bad. I'm looking at my system and I can't find

any options to limit the amount of space System Restore

takes either. In the Help it does say that it can take up

to 15% of the drive space and then it should automatically

start deleting the older points. I do find an option to

turn System Restore off.

Ken Triebold wrote:

> When I type System Restore in the Start/Search box and hit enter I am

> taken to the same System Restore dialog box that you would get if you go

> to it in All Programs, Accessories, System Tools. There is no

> configuration option to be seen either way.

>

> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

> news:9AC9F052-6B8C-4C0E-90BB-FCBE2E56F2CA@microsoft.com...

>> Yes it is. Did you try simply typing "system restore" in the

>> Start/Search box and hitting enter? That works for almost any

>> program. Any.

>>

>> "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:u8eOop0ZIHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>> Thanks, Carlos, but there is nothing like "Configure System Restore"

>>> or a slider for disk space size in Vista that I could find.

>>> Apparently it is not configurable.

>>>

>>> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>>> news:5FC83340-8502-470E-9103-D0573A54AF77@microsoft.com...

>>>> Ken,

>>>> I am right in front of my XP machine at work and the following might

>>>> apply

>>>> to Vista too.

>>>> Fire up system restore and click on "Configure System Restore"

>>>> There is a slider to assign how much space you devote to it on your

>>>> hard disk.

>>>> Then again, this is how XP does it.

>>>> I will have to wait to get back home and see how Vista does it.

>>>> :)

>>>> Carlos

>>>>

>>>> "Ken Triebold" wrote:

>>>>

>>>>> Mark, The C: drive is the culprit, but an examination of the files and

>>>>> folders in C do not reveal specifically where this huge amount of

>>>>> storage is

>>>>> being taken up. For that reason I believe it is being used by System

>>>>> Restore. I would like to delete most of the restore points and

>>>>> change System

>>>>> Restore so as not to create restore points so frequently as you

>>>>> suggested. I

>>>>> looked into Windows Help to find out how to do these things but

>>>>> there was no

>>>>> information on it. I also went into System Restore and was unable

>>>>> to figure

>>>>> out how to do these things there either. Can you offer any

>>>>> instruction as to

>>>>> how I can follow through with your suggestions? Note: I have Vista

>>>>> Home

>>>>> Premium x64.

>>>>>

>>>>> "Mark" <jmhonzell@nospam.insightbb.com> wrote in message

>>>>> news:OYZ$E6yZIHA.4172@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>>> > Open Explorer:

>>>>> > Turn on File Details in Explorer and expand drives/directories

>>>>> one > at a

>>>>> > time chasing only the largest.

>>>>> > A 62 GB directory or 40 GB file should stand out. You will >

>>>>> probably

>>>>> > find

>>>>> > a simple text file that is recording a lot of the same error.

>>>>> Just > delete

>>>>> > it.

>>>>> > If it is an error occurring, it will start re-writing the file

>>>>> > pretty

>>>>> > quickly. Being much smaller now, it won't be so hard to open and

>>>>> take > a

>>>>> > look.

>>>>> >

>>>>> > If it is System Restore and your system is running okay, go in

>>>>> and > delete

>>>>> > all but the most recent restore.

>>>>> > You can limit System Restore once you are down to one file.

>>>>> >

>>>>> > "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

>>>>> > news:%23TDndIoZIHA.4828@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>>> >> My new Vista Home Premium x64 computer is about a week old now.

>>>>> One >> thing

>>>>> > I

>>>>> >> noticed is that the used space in the C drive keeps growing. My

>>>>> old >> XP

>>>>> >> machine had about 12 GB of used space (out of 40 GB). I

>>>>> transferred >> all

>>>>> > the

>>>>> >> files and folders from that machine to this new machine, but

>>>>> many of >> the

>>>>> >> programs in the old machine have not been installed in the new

>>>>> >> machine,

>>>>> >> so

>>>>> >> if anything, I might expect the used space on my new machine

>>>>> would >> be

>>>>> >> less

>>>>> >> than 12 GB. Now it is possible that Vista itself takes up a lot

>>>>> more

>>>>> >> space

>>>>> >> than XP did, so that could be part, but not all of the reason.

>>>>> >>

>>>>> >> Anyway shortly after installing Vista on the new machine I

>>>>> checked >> the

>>>>> >> amount of used space and it showed 12 GB (out of 500 GB). A few

>>>>> days

>>>>> >> later

>>>>> >> it was at 30 GB and now it is at 62.5 GB. Holy cow I have not

>>>>> loaded >> that

>>>>> >> much stuff on this drive. The C:\Windows folder alone is showing

>>>>> >> 12.3 GB.

>>>>> >> When I add in the rest of the folders on the C drive I don't come

>>>>> >> anywhere

>>>>> >> near 62.5 GB. Does anyone have any idea why my C drive is

>>>>> showing so >> much

>>>>> >> used space?

>>>>> >>

>>>>> >

>>>>>

>>>

>>

>

February 4, 2008

Re: Used Space in C: Keeps Growing

Yes, of course I checked out "Open System Protection", and looked all around

on that page including the other tabs but there is nothing to be found there

relating to disk space size allocation for System Restore.

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

news:7C61CAB6-64D3-482C-8DF3-B98F2EDF1582@microsoft.com...

> Didn't you click on the link "Open system protection"?

>

> "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:esvZQ60ZIHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> When I type System Restore in the Start/Search box and hit enter I am

>> taken to the same System Restore dialog box that you would get if you go

>> to it in All Programs, Accessories, System Tools. There is no

>> configuration option to be seen either way.

>>

>> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

>> news:9AC9F052-6B8C-4C0E-90BB-FCBE2E56F2CA@microsoft.com...

>>> Yes it is. Did you try simply typing "system restore" in the

>>> Start/Search box and hitting enter? That works for almost any program.

>>> Any.

>>>

>>> "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

>>> news:u8eOop0ZIHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>> Thanks, Carlos, but there is nothing like "Configure System Restore" or

>>>> a slider for disk space size in Vista that I could find. Apparently it

>>>> is not configurable.

>>>>

>>>> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>>>> news:5FC83340-8502-470E-9103-D0573A54AF77@microsoft.com...

>>>>> Ken,

>>>>> I am right in front of my XP machine at work and the following might

>>>>> apply

>>>>> to Vista too.

>>>>> Fire up system restore and click on "Configure System Restore"

>>>>> There is a slider to assign how much space you devote to it on your

>>>>> hard disk.

>>>>> Then again, this is how XP does it.

>>>>> I will have to wait to get back home and see how Vista does it.

>>>>> :)

>>>>> Carlos

>>>>>

>>>>> "Ken Triebold" wrote:

>>>>>

>>>>>> Mark, The C: drive is the culprit, but an examination of the files

>>>>>> and

>>>>>> folders in C do not reveal specifically where this huge amount of

>>>>>> storage is

>>>>>> being taken up. For that reason I believe it is being used by System

>>>>>> Restore. I would like to delete most of the restore points and change

>>>>>> System

>>>>>> Restore so as not to create restore points so frequently as you

>>>>>> suggested. I

>>>>>> looked into Windows Help to find out how to do these things but there

>>>>>> was no

>>>>>> information on it. I also went into System Restore and was unable to

>>>>>> figure

>>>>>> out how to do these things there either. Can you offer any

>>>>>> instruction as to

>>>>>> how I can follow through with your suggestions? Note: I have Vista

>>>>>> Home

>>>>>> Premium x64.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> "Mark" <jmhonzell@nospam.insightbb.com> wrote in message

>>>>>> news:OYZ$E6yZIHA.4172@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>>>> > Open Explorer:

>>>>>> > Turn on File Details in Explorer and expand drives/directories

>>>>>> > one at a

>>>>>> > time chasing only the largest.

>>>>>> > A 62 GB directory or 40 GB file should stand out. You will

>>>>>> > probably

>>>>>> > find

>>>>>> > a simple text file that is recording a lot of the same error. Just

>>>>>> > delete

>>>>>> > it.

>>>>>> > If it is an error occurring, it will start re-writing the file

>>>>>> > pretty

>>>>>> > quickly. Being much smaller now, it won't be so hard to open and

>>>>>> > take a

>>>>>> > look.

>>>>>> >

>>>>>> > If it is System Restore and your system is running okay, go in and

>>>>>> > delete

>>>>>> > all but the most recent restore.

>>>>>> > You can limit System Restore once you are down to one file.

>>>>>> >

>>>>>> > "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

>>>>>> > news:%23TDndIoZIHA.4828@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>>>> >> My new Vista Home Premium x64 computer is about a week old now.

>>>>>> >> One thing

>>>>>> > I

>>>>>> >> noticed is that the used space in the C drive keeps growing. My

>>>>>> >> old XP

>>>>>> >> machine had about 12 GB of used space (out of 40 GB). I

>>>>>> >> transferred all

>>>>>> > the

>>>>>> >> files and folders from that machine to this new machine, but many

>>>>>> >> of the

>>>>>> >> programs in the old machine have not been installed in the new

>>>>>> >> machine,

>>>>>> >> so

>>>>>> >> if anything, I might expect the used space on my new machine would

>>>>>> >> be

>>>>>> >> less

>>>>>> >> than 12 GB. Now it is possible that Vista itself takes up a lot

>>>>>> >> more

>>>>>> >> space

>>>>>> >> than XP did, so that could be part, but not all of the reason.

>>>>>> >>

>>>>>> >> Anyway shortly after installing Vista on the new machine I checked

>>>>>> >> the

>>>>>> >> amount of used space and it showed 12 GB (out of 500 GB). A few

>>>>>> >> days

>>>>>> >> later

>>>>>> >> it was at 30 GB and now it is at 62.5 GB. Holy cow I have not

>>>>>> >> loaded that

>>>>>> >> much stuff on this drive. The C:\Windows folder alone is showing

>>>>>> >> 12.3 GB.

>>>>>> >> When I add in the rest of the folders on the C drive I don't come

>>>>>> >> anywhere

>>>>>> >> near 62.5 GB. Does anyone have any idea why my C drive is showing

>>>>>> >> so much

>>>>>> >> used space?

>>>>>> >>

>>>>>> >

>>>>>>

>>>>

>>>

>>

>

February 4, 2008

Re: Used Space in C: Keeps Growing

Mark, your instruction was very helpful.

First I ran vssadmin List ShadowStorage to see what my current setup was.

Here is what I found (with values abbreviated for simplicity):

used 44GB

Allocated 46GB

Maximum 69GB

The total used space on C: at this time was 63.7GB.

Then I resized ShadowStorage for 3GB and ran List ShadowStorage again. Here

is what I found:

used 0B

Allocated 0B

Maximum 3GB

The total used space on C: was now 17.2GB, so it clearly worked in reducing

my used space on C:.

Since the used and allocated space were shown as zero, I figured there must

be no Restore Points in the system. I checked System Restore, and sure

enough, all of the old restore points were gone. I then manually made one

restore point and confirmed that it showed up in System Restore. I then

checked the used space on C: and found it to be 17.5GB, so the used space

grew by 0.3GB with one restore point.

this all seems just fine right now. I will keep an eye on the used space in

C: and also look for automatically-created restore points as time passes

just to make sure things proceed as they should.

Thanks a lot for your assistance.

-Ken

"Mark" <jmhonzell@nospam.insightbb.com> wrote in message

news:OoPiOO1ZIHA.5088@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> From an elevated CMD prompt:

> vssadmin Resize ShadowStorage /on=[drive letter]: /For=[drive letter]:

> /Maxsize=[maximum size]

>

> MaxSize must be 300MB or greater and accepts the following suffixes: KB,

> MB,

> GB, TB, PB and EB. If a suffix is not supplied, MaxSize is in bytes. If

> MaxSize is not specified, then there will be no limit to the amount of

> space

> it may use.

>

> For example, if you want System Restore to use a maximum of 3GB of space

> for

> the restore points on drive "C:", you should type the following:

> vssadmin Resize ShadowStorage /On=C: /For=C: /Maxsize=3GB

> (Note: Resizing the storage association may cause shadow copies to

> disappear!)

>

> For other information:

> Type vssadmin /? and press Enter to see the list of available options.

>

> e.g.

> If you want to know how much space has been allocated and the maximum

> amount

> of space that can be used by System Restore type the following command:

> vssadmin List ShadowStorage

>

> "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:eyMqFrzZIHA.4160@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> Mark, The C: drive is the culprit, but an examination of the files and

>> folders in C do not reveal specifically where this huge amount of storage

> is

>> being taken up. For that reason I believe it is being used by System

>> Restore. I would like to delete most of the restore points and change

> System

>> Restore so as not to create restore points so frequently as you

>> suggested.

> I

>> looked into Windows Help to find out how to do these things but there was

> no

>> information on it. I also went into System Restore and was unable to

> figure

>> out how to do these things there either. Can you offer any instruction as

> to

>> how I can follow through with your suggestions? Note: I have Vista Home

>> Premium x64.

>>

>> "Mark" <jmhonzell@nospam.insightbb.com> wrote in message

>> news:OYZ$E6yZIHA.4172@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> > Open Explorer:

>> > Turn on File Details in Explorer and expand drives/directories one

>> > at

> a

>> > time chasing only the largest.

>> > A 62 GB directory or 40 GB file should stand out. You will probably

>> > find

>> > a simple text file that is recording a lot of the same error. Just

> delete

>> > it.

>> > If it is an error occurring, it will start re-writing the file

>> > pretty

>> > quickly. Being much smaller now, it won't be so hard to open and take a

>> > look.

>> >

>> > If it is System Restore and your system is running okay, go in and

> delete

>> > all but the most recent restore.

>> > You can limit System Restore once you are down to one file.

>> >

>> > "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

>> > news:%23TDndIoZIHA.4828@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> >> My new Vista Home Premium x64 computer is about a week old now. One

> thing

>> > I

>> >> noticed is that the used space in the C drive keeps growing. My old XP

>> >> machine had about 12 GB of used space (out of 40 GB). I transferred

>> >> all

>> > the

>> >> files and folders from that machine to this new machine, but many of

> the

>> >> programs in the old machine have not been installed in the new

>> >> machine,

>> >> so

>> >> if anything, I might expect the used space on my new machine would be

>> >> less

>> >> than 12 GB. Now it is possible that Vista itself takes up a lot more

>> >> space

>> >> than XP did, so that could be part, but not all of the reason.

>> >>

>> >> Anyway shortly after installing Vista on the new machine I checked the

>> >> amount of used space and it showed 12 GB (out of 500 GB). A few days

>> >> later

>> >> it was at 30 GB and now it is at 62.5 GB. Holy cow I have not loaded

> that

>> >> much stuff on this drive. The C:\Windows folder alone is showing 12.3

> GB.

>> >> When I add in the rest of the folders on the C drive I don't come

>> >> anywhere

>> >> near 62.5 GB. Does anyone have any idea why my C drive is showing so

> much

>> >> used space?

>> >>

>> >

>>

>

February 4, 2008

Re: Used Space in C: Keeps Growing

Ken, the only way to change the size of the system restore from the default

% is to edit the registry. I can look up the necessary instructions this

afternoon if you don't get it by googling for it. If I remember the default

is 15%.

"Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:uCN1ic1ZIHA.4808@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> Yes, of course I checked out "Open System Protection", and looked all

> around on that page including the other tabs but there is nothing to be

> found there relating to disk space size allocation for System Restore.

>

> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

> news:7C61CAB6-64D3-482C-8DF3-B98F2EDF1582@microsoft.com...

>> Didn't you click on the link "Open system protection"?

>>

>> "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:esvZQ60ZIHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>> When I type System Restore in the Start/Search box and hit enter I am

>>> taken to the same System Restore dialog box that you would get if you go

>>> to it in All Programs, Accessories, System Tools. There is no

>>> configuration option to be seen either way.

>>>

>>> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

>>> news:9AC9F052-6B8C-4C0E-90BB-FCBE2E56F2CA@microsoft.com...

>>>> Yes it is. Did you try simply typing "system restore" in the

>>>> Start/Search box and hitting enter? That works for almost any program.

>>>> Any.

>>>>

>>>> "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

>>>> news:u8eOop0ZIHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>>> Thanks, Carlos, but there is nothing like "Configure System Restore"

>>>>> or a slider for disk space size in Vista that I could find. Apparently

>>>>> it is not configurable.

>>>>>

>>>>> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>>>>> news:5FC83340-8502-470E-9103-D0573A54AF77@microsoft.com...

>>>>>> Ken,

>>>>>> I am right in front of my XP machine at work and the following might

>>>>>> apply

>>>>>> to Vista too.

>>>>>> Fire up system restore and click on "Configure System Restore"

>>>>>> There is a slider to assign how much space you devote to it on your

>>>>>> hard disk.

>>>>>> Then again, this is how XP does it.

>>>>>> I will have to wait to get back home and see how Vista does it.

>>>>>> :)

>>>>>> Carlos

>>>>>>

>>>>>> "Ken Triebold" wrote:

>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Mark, The C: drive is the culprit, but an examination of the files

>>>>>>> and

>>>>>>> folders in C do not reveal specifically where this huge amount of

>>>>>>> storage is

>>>>>>> being taken up. For that reason I believe it is being used by System

>>>>>>> Restore. I would like to delete most of the restore points and

>>>>>>> change System

>>>>>>> Restore so as not to create restore points so frequently as you

>>>>>>> suggested. I

>>>>>>> looked into Windows Help to find out how to do these things but

>>>>>>> there was no

>>>>>>> information on it. I also went into System Restore and was unable to

>>>>>>> figure

>>>>>>> out how to do these things there either. Can you offer any

>>>>>>> instruction as to

>>>>>>> how I can follow through with your suggestions? Note: I have Vista

>>>>>>> Home

>>>>>>> Premium x64.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> "Mark" <jmhonzell@nospam.insightbb.com> wrote in message

>>>>>>> news:OYZ$E6yZIHA.4172@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>>>>> > Open Explorer:

>>>>>>> > Turn on File Details in Explorer and expand drives/directories

>>>>>>> > one at a

>>>>>>> > time chasing only the largest.

>>>>>>> > A 62 GB directory or 40 GB file should stand out. You will

>>>>>>> > probably

>>>>>>> > find

>>>>>>> > a simple text file that is recording a lot of the same error. Just

>>>>>>> > delete

>>>>>>> > it.

>>>>>>> > If it is an error occurring, it will start re-writing the file

>>>>>>> > pretty

>>>>>>> > quickly. Being much smaller now, it won't be so hard to open and

>>>>>>> > take a

>>>>>>> > look.

>>>>>>> >

>>>>>>> > If it is System Restore and your system is running okay, go in and

>>>>>>> > delete

>>>>>>> > all but the most recent restore.

>>>>>>> > You can limit System Restore once you are down to one file.

>>>>>>> >

>>>>>>> > "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

>>>>>>> > news:%23TDndIoZIHA.4828@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>>>>> >> My new Vista Home Premium x64 computer is about a week old now.

>>>>>>> >> One thing

>>>>>>> > I

>>>>>>> >> noticed is that the used space in the C drive keeps growing. My

>>>>>>> >> old XP

>>>>>>> >> machine had about 12 GB of used space (out of 40 GB). I

>>>>>>> >> transferred all

>>>>>>> > the

>>>>>>> >> files and folders from that machine to this new machine, but many

>>>>>>> >> of the

>>>>>>> >> programs in the old machine have not been installed in the new

>>>>>>> >> machine,

>>>>>>> >> so

>>>>>>> >> if anything, I might expect the used space on my new machine

>>>>>>> >> would be

>>>>>>> >> less

>>>>>>> >> than 12 GB. Now it is possible that Vista itself takes up a lot

>>>>>>> >> more

>>>>>>> >> space

>>>>>>> >> than XP did, so that could be part, but not all of the reason.

>>>>>>> >>

>>>>>>> >> Anyway shortly after installing Vista on the new machine I

>>>>>>> >> checked the

>>>>>>> >> amount of used space and it showed 12 GB (out of 500 GB). A few

>>>>>>> >> days

>>>>>>> >> later

>>>>>>> >> it was at 30 GB and now it is at 62.5 GB. Holy cow I have not

>>>>>>> >> loaded that

>>>>>>> >> much stuff on this drive. The C:\Windows folder alone is showing

>>>>>>> >> 12.3 GB.

>>>>>>> >> When I add in the rest of the folders on the C drive I don't come

>>>>>>> >> anywhere

>>>>>>> >> near 62.5 GB. Does anyone have any idea why my C drive is showing

>>>>>>> >> so much

>>>>>>> >> used space?

>>>>>>> >>

>>>>>>> >

>>>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>

>>>

>>

>

February 4, 2008

Re: Used Space in C: Keeps Growing

John, please see my reply to Mark lower down on this thread. I successfully

reduced the size of System Restore by following his instructions.

-Ken

"John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message

news:eyo15e2ZIHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> Ken, the only way to change the size of the system restore from the

> default % is to edit the registry. I can look up the necessary

> instructions this afternoon if you don't get it by googling for it. If I

> remember the default is 15%.

>

> "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:uCN1ic1ZIHA.4808@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> Yes, of course I checked out "Open System Protection", and looked all

>> around on that page including the other tabs but there is nothing to be

>> found there relating to disk space size allocation for System Restore.

>>

>> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

>> news:7C61CAB6-64D3-482C-8DF3-B98F2EDF1582@microsoft.com...

>>> Didn't you click on the link "Open system protection"?

>>>

>>> "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

>>> news:esvZQ60ZIHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>> When I type System Restore in the Start/Search box and hit enter I am

>>>> taken to the same System Restore dialog box that you would get if you

>>>> go to it in All Programs, Accessories, System Tools. There is no

>>>> configuration option to be seen either way.

>>>>

>>>> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

>>>> news:9AC9F052-6B8C-4C0E-90BB-FCBE2E56F2CA@microsoft.com...

>>>>> Yes it is. Did you try simply typing "system restore" in the

>>>>> Start/Search box and hitting enter? That works for almost any

>>>>> program. Any.

>>>>>

>>>>> "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

>>>>> news:u8eOop0ZIHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>>>> Thanks, Carlos, but there is nothing like "Configure System Restore"

>>>>>> or a slider for disk space size in Vista that I could find.

>>>>>> Apparently it is not configurable.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>>>>>> news:5FC83340-8502-470E-9103-D0573A54AF77@microsoft.com...

>>>>>>> Ken,

>>>>>>> I am right in front of my XP machine at work and the following might

>>>>>>> apply

>>>>>>> to Vista too.

>>>>>>> Fire up system restore and click on "Configure System Restore"

>>>>>>> There is a slider to assign how much space you devote to it on your

>>>>>>> hard disk.

>>>>>>> Then again, this is how XP does it.

>>>>>>> I will have to wait to get back home and see how Vista does it.

>>>>>>> :)

>>>>>>> Carlos

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> "Ken Triebold" wrote:

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> Mark, The C: drive is the culprit, but an examination of the files

>>>>>>>> and

>>>>>>>> folders in C do not reveal specifically where this huge amount of

>>>>>>>> storage is

>>>>>>>> being taken up. For that reason I believe it is being used by

>>>>>>>> System

>>>>>>>> Restore. I would like to delete most of the restore points and

>>>>>>>> change System

>>>>>>>> Restore so as not to create restore points so frequently as you

>>>>>>>> suggested. I

>>>>>>>> looked into Windows Help to find out how to do these things but

>>>>>>>> there was no

>>>>>>>> information on it. I also went into System Restore and was unable

>>>>>>>> to figure

>>>>>>>> out how to do these things there either. Can you offer any

>>>>>>>> instruction as to

>>>>>>>> how I can follow through with your suggestions? Note: I have Vista

>>>>>>>> Home

>>>>>>>> Premium x64.

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> "Mark" <jmhonzell@nospam.insightbb.com> wrote in message

>>>>>>>> news:OYZ$E6yZIHA.4172@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>>>>>> > Open Explorer:

>>>>>>>> > Turn on File Details in Explorer and expand drives/directories

>>>>>>>> > one at a

>>>>>>>> > time chasing only the largest.

>>>>>>>> > A 62 GB directory or 40 GB file should stand out. You will

>>>>>>>> > probably

>>>>>>>> > find

>>>>>>>> > a simple text file that is recording a lot of the same error.

>>>>>>>> > Just delete

>>>>>>>> > it.

>>>>>>>> > If it is an error occurring, it will start re-writing the file

>>>>>>>> > pretty

>>>>>>>> > quickly. Being much smaller now, it won't be so hard to open and

>>>>>>>> > take a

>>>>>>>> > look.

>>>>>>>> >

>>>>>>>> > If it is System Restore and your system is running okay, go in

>>>>>>>> > and delete

>>>>>>>> > all but the most recent restore.

>>>>>>>> > You can limit System Restore once you are down to one file.

>>>>>>>> >

>>>>>>>> > "Ken Triebold" <triebold@gmail.com> wrote in message

>>>>>>>> > news:%23TDndIoZIHA.4828@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>>>>>> >> My new Vista Home Premium x64 computer is about a week old now.

>>>>>>>> >> One thing

>>>>>>>> > I

>>>>>>>> >> noticed is that the used space in the C drive keeps growing. My

>>>>>>>> >> old XP

>>>>>>>> >> machine had about 12 GB of used space (out of 40 GB). I

>>>>>>>> >> transferred all

>>>>>>>> > the

>>>>>>>> >> files and folders from that machine to this new machine, but

>>>>>>>> >> many of the

>>>>>>>> >> programs in the old machine have not been installed in the new

>>>>>>>> >> machine,

>>>>>>>> >> so

>>>>>>>> >> if anything, I might expect the used space on my new machine

>>>>>>>> >> would be

>>>>>>>> >> less

>>>>>>>> >> than 12 GB. Now it is possible that Vista itself takes up a lot

>>>>>>>> >> more

>>>>>>>> >> space

>>>>>>>> >> than XP did, so that could be part, but not all of the reason.

>>>>>>>> >>

>>>>>>>> >> Anyway shortly after installing Vista on the new machine I

>>>>>>>> >> checked the

>>>>>>>> >> amount of used space and it showed 12 GB (out of 500 GB). A few

>>>>>>>> >> days

>>>>>>>> >> later

>>>>>>>> >> it was at 30 GB and now it is at 62.5 GB. Holy cow I have not

>>>>>>>> >> loaded that

>>>>>>>> >> much stuff on this drive. The C:\Windows folder alone is showing

>>>>>>>> >> 12.3 GB.

>>>>>>>> >> When I add in the rest of the folders on the C drive I don't

>>>>>>>> >> come

>>>>>>>> >> anywhere

>>>>>>>> >> near 62.5 GB. Does anyone have any idea why my C drive is

>>>>>>>> >> showing so much

>>>>>>>> >> used space?

>>>>>>>> >>

>>>>>>>> >

>>>>>>>>

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