How to Change the System Restore Disk Space Usage Amount in Vista

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Hi Alan,

Yes thank you, that had been updated in the tutorial itself to make that point more clear.

Hello Rawbery,

The Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space is controlled by Vista as it is needed for restore points and shadow copy. It is limited to the Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space size you set. Increasing the max size will eventually lead to a larger allocated size if Vista needs the space.

In this tutorial, check to make sure that only the C: (System) drive is checked with Vista on it to have restore points only for it.

If you dual boot with XP, then this tutorial can help stop XP from deleting you Vista restore points whenever you startup XP.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Hello Bennys,

I'm not sure why all 3 drive letters would show up unless you had them checked in System Protection.

I would only recommend having System Restore turned on for all three if you want or need to do a System Restore for them at some point.

You can adjust the settings for the System Restore task to how often you want restore points to be automatically created.

System Restore Task - Change Automatic Restore Point Schedule

Of course, you can manually create a restore point anytime you like.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Thanks Shawn.
As stated in this tutorial "By default Vista allocates 15% of your selected hard drive volume", however; it does not apply when I extended the volume space, must I manually make the change to 15% of my current volume size?

Originally Posted by Brink

Hi SIW2,

Of course a Complete PC Backup will beat a System Restore any day since a System Restore may not always help.
Shawn

Now you tell me. Great advice is now heeded.
I just performed a Complete PC Backup and since I'm in a learning mode, I'll be doing quite a few changes to the computer so mistakes are expected. If, I somewhere down the line, choose to do another Complete PC Backup to the same drive, must I delete the old one first or will it automatically be overridden?

Just out of curiousity, why don't I see anyone restoring their E: drive? Is it already set as a default by the manufacturer?

Thanks.

Q1) You would only need to change the system restore disk space if you wanted it larger or smaller.

Q2) No need to delete the old Complete PC Backup. When you create a new one to be saved on the same drive, it will do a incremental backup of only what has changed since the last Complete PC Backup.

Q3) Usually people only have their C: system drive with Vista on it set for restore points to be created for. Unless they have something on a E: drive that they need or want restore points for, it would be a waste of disk space.

You're welcome AcidBurn.

Shawn