Originally Posted by Alvin L. Villaflores

Hi, all.

Is there a utility in Windows Vista Home Basic that shows the percentage of
disk space used by drives and folders?

I get my hard disk suddenly gone from 34GB free to 5GB free in just days. I
didn't install anything that requires 20GB+ of hard disk space. Makes me
wonder how did this happen.

Thank you.

Alvin L.Villaflores

Hi Alvin,

This may be from System Restore Points. You can run Disk Cleanup to delete all but the most recent one. See step 15 in this tutorial for how.

Disk Cleanup


You can also change the maximum disk usage size the System Restore can use. This tutorial will show you how.

System Restore - disk space


Of course, you can disable System Restore if you make good regular backups to save the space to. This tutorial will show you how.

System Restore


If you have a HP brand computer, then you may also have a "HP Backup and Recovery" program that is taking up the space. It's HP's version of System Restore. You can uninstall it through Programs and Features.

Shawn