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SYSTEM VOLUME INFORMATION!!
System volume Information(a system hidden folder) is
consuming huge amount(550mb,662mb & so on) of space in all the HDdrives of my system..this autoconsumption of diskspace is everincreasing day by day.. 1.Why does this so happen?? 2.Is this autoconsumption of diskspace useful or is it unwanted??? 3.what to do to stop/prevent this---please advice.. 4.does this happen with all OS(win-98,ME,XP) or only with win-XP??? 5.what should be the ideal file systems in a dual boot with win-ME & XP ??? Please reply to all 5 questions... Regards, Rahul... spec:-2 HDDs; dual boot with win-ME on Cprimary master) & XP on Dprimary slave);FAT32 on all drives. |
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SYSTEM VOLUME INFORMATION!!
"RDG." wrote:
System volume Information(a system hidden folder) is consuming huge amount(550mb,662mb & so on) of space in all the HDdrives of my system..this autoconsumption of diskspace is everincreasing day by day.. 1.Why does this so happen?? This folder is used to save the System Restore information for that disk drive. 2.Is this autoconsumption of diskspace useful or is it unwanted??? It is very useful, vital in fact, if you ever need to use System Restore to recover from a bad update, botched program install, or other problem. 3.what to do to stop/prevent this---please advice. Read up on System Restore so you are aware of what you are doing, and the possible consequences of making any changes. Then you can configure System Restore settings for each disk drive or you can disable System Restore completely by using Control Panel - System - System Restore. .. 4.does this happen with all OS(win-98,ME,XP) or only with win-XP??? System Restore was first released with Windows Me. It was not part of Windows 98 (or 95). 5.what should be the ideal file systems in a dual boot with win-ME & XP ??? All partitions that you want to access from Windows Me, including the one that Windows Me is installed on, *must* use the FAT32 file system. Windows Me cannot access NTFS partitions. Any partition that is exclusive to Windows XP (e.g. the one that Windows XP is installed on) can be either FAT32 or NTFS as you prefer. Please reply to all 5 questions... Regards, Rahul... spec:-2 HDDs; dual boot with win-ME on Cprimary master) & XP on Dprimary slave);FAT32 on all drives. My suggestion is that you leave System Restore in operation on the Windows XP and Windows Me partitions, although you may want to reduce the amount of disk space allocated to it especially if the drives are quite large. Usually 800 mb to 1 gb of disk space for System Restore provides enough for most instanaces where System Restore needs to be used, but this can vary depending on how the computer is used. If, for example, you are regularly and routinely installing and uninstalling large numbers of applicaiton programs then you may need more system restore space. Many users find that they can dispense with System Restore completely on disk partitions that contain only data files. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much." |
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