System Restore Size / Registry

[Vega]

Scrolling the Registry I found the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore\cfg

In the right pane there is a dword value "DiskPercent = f (hexadecimal)"
which sets the amount of System Restore to 15%.

Question: is it possible to adjust the System Restore size permanently by
changing this value?

Thanks,
Jurij Vega

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Better to use vssadmin as described here by MVP Bert Kinney:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskspacev.html

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Guest]

Vega - Go to "howtogeek.com". You will find his instructions for reducing
System Restore usage. Mine is down to 5% and my earliest restore point goes
back about one week. It's simple to do. Wayne

 

[Chad Harris]

Good question. Good link from Rick. Here's an explanation from Jill Zoller
with input from SR team members at MSFT:

http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/ar...used-for-restore-points-in-windows-vista.aspx:

Good luck,

CH

 

[Vega]

Hi,

Better to use vssadmin as described here by MVP Bert Kinney:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskspacev.html

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

Thanks Rick Rogers, Wayne L and Chad Harris for your prompt replies.
I followed your suggestions and reduced the Restore size to 5GB from
previous 18GB.

Thanks again,
Jurij Vega