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Old 04-24-2007   #1 (permalink)
Former captain of the Enterprise


 
 

How To: Reduce Disk Space Used By Windows Vista System Restore

http://fanpotai.wordpress.com/2007/0...ystem-restore/



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Old 04-24-2007   #2 (permalink)
Frank


 
 

Re: How To: Reduce Disk Space Used By Windows Vista System Restore

Former captain of the Enterprise wrote:

> http://fanpotai.wordpress.com/2007/0...ystem-restore/
>
>

You need to actually read the article:

...."But while Windows Vista Home Premium will backup those files for
you, it turns out that you need to upgrade to Vista Ultimate if you
actually want to restore from that backup. If you have no intention of
doing that, here’s how you can adjust the amount of memory your computer
allocates for system restore"…

Frank
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Old 04-24-2007   #3 (permalink)
John Barnett MVP


 
 

Re: How To: Reduce Disk Space Used By Windows Vista System Restore

The instructions for reducing disk space taken up by system restore has been
available on my website since early January,
http://vistasupport.mvps.org/decreas...em_restore.htm
and judging by the page hits it appears it is quite a popular solution too.

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