How do I delete or limit usn journal size

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KXracer

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Hey guys so I've been running my vista x64 Ultimate SP2 machine for about almost 2 years now. I think I started off with about 19-25 GB of free space(58.5 GB Total). I haven't installed too many applications on the root partition since I install most programs on the secondary partition unless it's like an antivirus/internet browser/defragger or stuff like that.

I've been wondering for a while now why I was down to 10 GB of space or less. I figured it was system restore but even with that I only had about 10 GB of space. With the system restore eating more space maybe once a month I'll get a low disk warning because I'll have something like less than 500 mb of free space. Eventually windows deletes some system restore entries.

Today I was defragging the root partition and noticed a chunk of red fragmented stuff not defragmented. As I examined it, it was C:\$Extend\$UsnJrnl:$J:$DATA and the size of it is a whopping 11.3 GB.:shock:

I thought usn jrnl would only use about 1 or 2 gig not over 10 GB.:confused:

Is there a way to delete it or limit the size? If so is it safe to do so?
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Core 2 Duo E6300 @ 1.86 Ghz
    Motherboard
    Asus P5G41-M LE
    Memory
    Corsair XMS2 DHX DDR2 800 @ 5-5-5-15
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte Geforce GT440 1 GB
    Sound Card
    Onboard sound
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 23 inch Syncmaster E2320X
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