System Restore Reserved Disk Space

[Peter]

Hi there, The default size for Windows Xp system restore
feature is 12% of a hard drives disk space. In my case
this is quite extreme, so I have reduced it to 6%.
However, whenever I defragment my hard drive, the drive
map still shows that 12% of my disk space is reserved. If
I disable System Restore completely, there is still 12%
reserved by the system.
Any ideas? Thanks for your help

 

[mikey]

use disk cleanup and the option to remove all but the latest restore point.



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Hi there, The default size for Windows Xp system restore
feature is 12% of a hard drives disk space. In my case
this is quite extreme, so I have reduced it to 6%.
However, whenever I defragment my hard drive, the drive
map still shows that 12% of my disk space is reserved. If
I disable System Restore completely, there is still 12%
reserved by the system.
Any ideas? Thanks for your help

 

[Greg Hayes/Raxco Software]

The Reserved System Space that the built-in defragmenter is referring to is
the Master File Table Reserved Zone. It is NOT something used by System
Restore. By default, the MFT Reserved Zone is 12.5% of the drive.

- Greg/Raxco Software
Microsoft MVP - Windows File System

Disclaimer: I work for Raxco Software, the maker of PerfectDisk - a
commercial defrag utility, as a systems engineer in the support department.

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