Lost Gigabytes

[NICK MEALE]

XP,Home Edition,SP3

Hello there,
After switching restore points back and forth I would say 5 or 6 times in an
effort to improve my pc I seem to have gone from 20 gb to 3 gb of free
memory space..Does all this restoring consume gigabytes?..Now I find I have
to remove programs in order to fragment my disk...Thanks,Nick

 

[Alias]

XP,Home Edition,SP3

Hello there,
After switching restore points back and forth I would say 5 or 6 times in an
effort to improve my pc I seem to have gone from 20 gb to 3 gb of free
memory space..Does all this restoring consume gigabytes?..Now I find I have
to remove programs in order to fragment my disk...Thanks,Nick

How many partitions do you have? Are all of them set to be monitored by
system restore? How much space is allotted for system restore? Have you
tried removing all but the latest system restore points?

 

[NICK MEALE]

Am I going to get my gigabytes back if I turn off system restore...Also,I
want to stay at the restore date I am using now as the the pc works okay on
this date?...Will I lose this date?..Thanks,Nick

 

[NICK MEALE]

Just C: and maximum space has been allowed for restore point but the pc has
always been as such from day one and I have not changed any
settings...Wasn't a need til recently.I will mention that while using the
restore recently it always took from 2-3 hours which is weird..In the
distant past I remember it would take about a half hour...Thanks,Nick

 

[Bill in Co.]

Every time you run System Restore, you do use up more disk space (to add
those new restore points), up to the maximum amount alloted (in the
settings), at which point the oldest ones will be overwritten.

 

[Twayne]

In

XP,Home Edition,SP3

Hello there,
After switching restore points back and forth I would say 5
or 6 times in an effort to improve my pc I seem to have
gone from 20 gb to 3 gb of free memory space..Does all this
restoring consume gigabytes?..Now I find I have to remove
programs in order to fragment my disk...Thanks,Nick

Up to the point of the amount of space allocated for it, yes. You didn't
mention your drive size but the REstore is defaulted to something like 12%
of disk space? Not sure of number bit it's substantial.
Your disk is too full; you need a larger disk at least. Adjusting the
restore points space will only be a bandaid; you'll shortly be out of space
again. Once a disk is 3/4 full you're starting to push things and slowdowns
get more noticeable.

HTH,

Twayne`

 

[Unknown]

When you do a system restore, the registry is saved which allows you to undo
the restore. This of course
requires disk space. Since your computer is running properly, I suggest you
run disk cleanup with the
option of clearing all but the latest system restore. Then run defrag.
When the next system restore is recorded it will save your current operating
condition.

 

[Bert Hyman]

In "Unknown"

When you do a system restore, the registry is saved which allows you
to undo the restore. This of course
requires disk space. Since your computer is running properly, I
suggest you run disk cleanup with the
option of clearing all but the latest system restore. Then run defrag.
When the next system restore is recorded it will save your current
operating condition.

For the longer term, go to system properties and adjust the amount of
disk space that can be used to save system restore data.

It's allocated as a percentage of the disk size and with today's huge
disks the default value can amount to tens of gigabytes of essentially
useless data.

 

[Unknown]

Why tell me? Why on earth do you say 'useless data'?

 

[Bert Hyman]

In "Unknown"

Why tell me?

I'm "telling" anybody who's reading this thread, including the OP.

Why on earth do you say 'useless data'?

Just how useful is a restore point from 6 months ago, my top-posting
friend?

 

[Unknown]

If you happen to need it, it is extremely useful. However, you have to have
an enormous sized HD
to have one six months old.

 

[NICK MEALE]

Thank you...Nick

In

Up to the point of the amount of space allocated for it, yes. You didn't
mention your drive size but the REstore is defaulted to something like 12%
of disk space? Not sure of number bit it's substantial.
Your disk is too full; you need a larger disk at least. Adjusting the
restore points space will only be a bandaid; you'll shortly be out of
space again. Once a disk is 3/4 full you're starting to push things and
slowdowns get more noticeable.

HTH,

Twayne`