Comments on: Clean Up After System Restore http://www.pcmech.com/article/clean-up-after-system-restore/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:07:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Sharron Field http://www.pcmech.com/article/clean-up-after-system-restore/comment-page-1/#comment-12422 Sharron Field Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:55:44 +0000 1394703916#comment-12422 Another available option is to limit the size of the diskspace available to System Restore; therefore limiting the amount of restore points it can hold and releasing disk space for other things. To do this; right-click on "My Computer" icon and select the system Restore tab. In the box select the disk on which you want to adjust the amount of space reserved for System Restore points and click "settings". Adjust the amount of space using the slider. The default setting is 10% of your disk, but on disks of 160GB or more I find 5% is quite sufficient and a decent working amount. If you have a disk below 40GB I don't suggest altering this, although having said that I have a 40GB C: drive and have 4% selected for System Restore without any problems YET. Another available option is to limit the size of the diskspace available to System Restore; therefore limiting the amount of restore points it can hold and releasing disk space for other things.

To do this; right-click on “My Computer” icon and select the system Restore tab. In the box select the disk on which you want to adjust the amount of space reserved for System Restore points and click “settings”. Adjust the amount of space using the slider. The default setting is 10% of your disk, but on disks of 160GB or more I find 5% is quite sufficient and a decent working amount. If you have a disk below 40GB I don’t suggest altering this, although having said that I have a 40GB C: drive and have 4% selected for System Restore without any problems YET.

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