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hARD DRIVE SPACE KEEPS GETTING LESS
Hi
My space available on Drive C is mysteriously getting less and less. I dont really download that many items either. For some reason the number keeps getting less. Im running Windows Vista 64 bit. For example, My space available last night was 561GB. This morning it reads 558.45GB. Where did 3 GBs disappear to?
Peter915,
I agree with alandale65. Have a look at the following MSKB article. Free Hard Disk Space Decreases for No Apparent Reasonctalia4000
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Posted May 12th, 2009 07:00
Peter915,
This is an article about restore points in Vista Windows http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=243
shesagordie
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Posted May 12th, 2009 13:00
Peter915
Vista's system restore can use a very noticeable amount of disk usage, by default, a minimum of 15% of the disk volume. The directions for reducing Vista's system restore disk usage are HERE.
Bev.
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Thanks my Dell friends. I shut off system restore and BAM!! i gained 70 GB of Hard Drive space instantaniously. Is it recommended i keep it off?
Peter915
No, it's not recommended, you should not leave System Restore permanently disabled, because if the PC has a problem, you may need to restore the system, to a good setting.
I reduced the space in my Vista PC, that's used by Vista's System Restore to 2.5gb.
Bev.
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shesagordie
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Posted May 12th, 2009 16:00
Thanks my Dell friends. I shut off system restore and BAM!! i gained 70 GB of Hard Drive space instantaniously. Is it recommended i keep it off?
Peter915
No, it's not recommended, you should not leave System Restore permanently disabled, because if the PC has a problem, you may need to restore the system, to a good setting.
I reduced the space in my Vista PC, that's used by Vista's System Restore to 2.5gb.
Bev.
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Posted May 12th, 2009 05:00
It could be the use of Restore Points for disk space. My 2 Vista laptops do the same thing, but eventually it will stop using more space, whatever that settings is set to.