System Restore Settings (Drive Usage)

[Morgi3]

Hi,

To reduce the max amount of space system restore uses I reset the reg
key at:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore
\DiskPercent=3

To 3 as you can see, so my slider for System Restore shows use 3% max
of the drive.

My drive is 74.5 gb. When I check the size properties of "c:\System
Volume Information" is shows as:

Size: 6.29gb
Size on Disk: 3.36gb

Can anyone explain this? Does the "size" show larger as this is
uncompressed, but it's really only taking 3.36gb up? Also, 3% of
74.5gb should be more like 2.2gb - can anyone help explain this? Did I
adjust the wrong registry key?

Thanks.

[Gerry]

You should not need to make a registry change the System Restore disk
space allocation!

Right click your My Computer icon on the Desktop and select System
Restore. Place the cursor on your C drive select Settings but this time
find the slider and drag it to the left until it reads 700 mb and exit.
When you get to the Settings screen click on Apply and OK and exit.

The Restore Point Snapshot files are compressed.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Morgi3 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> To reduce the max amount of space system restore uses I reset the reg
> key at:
>
> HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore
> \DiskPercent=3
>
> To 3 as you can see, so my slider for System Restore shows use 3% max
> of the drive.
>
> My drive is 74.5 gb. When I check the size properties of "c:\System
> Volume Information" is shows as:
>
> Size: 6.29gb
> Size on Disk: 3.36gb
>
> Can anyone explain this? Does the "size" show larger as this is
> uncompressed, but it's really only taking 3.36gb up? Also, 3% of
> 74.5gb should be more like 2.2gb - can anyone help explain this? Did I
> adjust the wrong registry key?
>
> Thanks.

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

Encrypting File System (EFS) and the Indexing Service also use the System
Volume Information folder to hold information and store files.

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org

Morgi3 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> To reduce the max amount of space system restore uses I reset the reg
> key at:
>
> HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore
> \DiskPercent=3
>
> To 3 as you can see, so my slider for System Restore shows use 3% max
> of the drive.
>
> My drive is 74.5 gb. When I check the size properties of "c:\System
> Volume Information" is shows as:
>
> Size: 6.29gb
> Size on Disk: 3.36gb
>
> Can anyone explain this? Does the "size" show larger as this is
> uncompressed, but it's really only taking 3.36gb up? Also, 3% of
> 74.5gb should be more like 2.2gb - can anyone help explain this? Did I
> adjust the wrong registry key?
>
> Thanks.
>

[Morgi3]

Gerry - thanks, but the reason I'm looking at registry keys is so as
to update this setting remotely on several clients.

Bert - thanks for the update also. Anyway to tell exactly what amount
of space EFS and Indexing Service are using?

I just have a feeling there is maybe more to it than just adjusting
the one setting, or that Restore Points must be cleaned>???

Thanks...

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

No, I don't know how much space EFS and Indexing will take.

Are you using EFS and is indexing turned on?


Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org


Morgi3 wrote:
> Gerry - thanks, but the reason I'm looking at registry keys is so as
> to update this setting remotely on several clients.
>
> Bert - thanks for the update also. Anyway to tell exactly what amount
> of space EFS and Indexing Service are using?
>
> I just have a feeling there is maybe more to it than just adjusting
> the one setting, or that Restore Points must be cleaned>???
>
> Thanks...
>