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More info?)
You're welcome. The real question is whether or not it satisfies your
requirements. System Restore points are deleted as new ones are created,
the oldest ones are deleted first. Run your system for a few days or a
week, then check System Restore, if it doesn't go back far enough to suit
you, you may need to enlarge the allotted space a bit.
I'm running at the default setting but I have an 80GB hard drive so it's no
big deal to me and I have restore dates going clear back to the beginning of
this month. That's not really necessary but if after a week, you are only
able to go back one day on the calendar in system restore, you need to
consider if only a day's worth of restore points or whatever you find is
enough to satisfy your needs.
--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
"Oniket" <Oniket@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3ECC08EF-2328-48CD-99FD-22CAB2807538@microsoft.com...
> You have correctly identified the cause. Actually I did not have
> hibernation turned on (I had standby on which I mistook for
> hibernation). Just for testing I turned off system restore
> and I immediately got back all the lost free space. I then
> turned back on system restore to 3% (~300MB) as my hard drive
> is small. Does this setting satisfy mimimum requirement?
> Thanks again
>
> Oniket
>
> "johnf" wrote:
>
>> Before you do anything drastic, try this little exercise.
>>
>> Cick on Start, Help & Support / Undo changes to your computer with
>> System
>> Restore / Restore my computer to an earlier time.
>> How many dates do you have highlighted in Bold? (check the previous
>> month(s)
>> also.
>>
>> This will make no changes to your PC, it's just an exploratory thing;
>> once
>> you note that, just back out & close Help & Support.
>>
>> You'll possibly find you have Restore Points going back a month or two -
>> all
>> the early ones are redundant and can be removed, freeing up stacks of
>> disk
>> space.
>> If that's the case, post back with the results. It's quite simple to
>> delete
>> all but the last few which would be wise to keep.
>> --
>>
>> johnf
>>
>> > Thanks a lot Michael for your valuable tips. Yes, I do have hibernation
>> > on. That should explain this mysterious shrinking free space. I will
>> > look into the hidden folder possibility. Thanks again.
>> >
>> > P.S. I indeed did not pay attention to the previous response. It is sad
>> > to see such mean joke in this season of good spirit. Luckily I was
>> > not too dumb to know what format command does
>> >
>> >
>> > "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Pay no attention to the post by Carch in this thread...some folks just
>> >> don't care how much trouble their stupid pranks might cause the
>> >> unsuspecting novices who might read their posts.
>> >>
>> >> Two possibilities, one, if you have Hibernation turned on, this file
>> >> will grow progressively, thus shrinking free space. If you don't use
>> >> the Hibernate feature, go to Control Panel, open Display, go to the
>> >> Screen Saver tab, click the Power button under Monitor power, go to
>> >> the Hibernate tab, remove the check from Enable hibernation, click
>> >> apply and ok.
>> >>
>> >> There other possibility is a hidden folder, will hidden unless you
>> >> have
>> >> unhidden system folders in Explorer, System Volume Information. This
>> >> folder contains the System Restore information for that particular XP
>> >> applet and will grow the file by the amount specified for it, the
>> >> default is 12% of your disk space. You should not turn this feature
>> >> off as it is a good first line of defense. If you suddenly see a
>> >> problem, you can take system settings back to a time prior to when the
>> >> issue began and see if that resolves the issue.
>> >>
>> >> Nonetheless, the above is probably the reason for what you are seeing.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>> >> Windows Shell/User
>> >> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>> >> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>> >>
>> >> "Oniket" <Oniket@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:AC8E7C78-45DC-4BE6-9830-EC7ACEEF1686@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> > I have windows XP Pro, 384MB Ram, 10GB Hard disk. I did a cleaning
>> >> > of my hard disk sometime ago and my free HD space was 6.70GB at that
>> >> > time. What I noticed isthat the free space has been shrinking
>> >> > slowly each day and now it stands at 6.54GB, that is about 160MB
>> >> > less, if my math is correct.
>> >> > I haven't installed any software (except for a couple that requires
>> >> > less than
>> >> > a couple of MB), have been cleaning my disk regularly. WHere did
>> >> > this
>> >> > space
>> >> > go to? I can't figure out. And it is an ongoing proces. Any help
>> >> > would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance
>> >> >
>> >> > Oniket
>>
>>
>>
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