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Wolfgang   12-28-2004 at 02:24:30 AM

ok my C drive has only 3 Gigs of data on it that I can find.

and yet Winxp is telling me I have 6 gigs on it...

how do I free up that space?

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khha4113   12-28-2004 at 05:28:41 AM
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and yet Winxp is telling me I have 6 gigs on it...


The rest of it is used by System Restore to store its files (it's hidden folder called <b>System Volume Information</b> ).

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how do I free up that space?


Disable System Restore and delete the folder, but if something bad happens you can't restore your system the way it were.

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Ned_Flanders   12-28-2004 at 09:18:27 AM
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You can limit the space Sys Restore takes up:

>Control Panel>System>System Restore...

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Ned_Flanders   12-28-2004 at 09:19:13 AM
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Also, if you have a Page File on that drive that will take up space.

>Control Panel>System>Advanced>Performace Settings>Advanced>Change...

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khha4113   12-28-2004 at 05:34:16 PM
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I found out that if you limit space using by System Restore via Control Panel to certain percentage (ie. less than 4%), it might disable System Restore as well.
To limit its space using Registry Editor is better (but not for novices), you can also control how long and how big you want these files staying in System Restore before totally being thrown out to save space for others.

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addiarmadar   01-03-2005 at 07:19:02 PM
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Could be you pagefile.sys or too many sys restore points.

If you have norton ghost then it could a ghost image or your drive(s).

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rubikian   01-06-2005 at 04:25:56 AM
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Another thing could be your system hibernation file. To view all these files, click on tools->folder options->view, and then select show hidden files and folders and also uncheck hide protected operating system files.

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Ned_Flanders   01-06-2005 at 05:00:09 AM
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format C: from DOS usually does the trick :tongue:

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