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EW - 19 Sep 2007 00:54 GMT

Is there any way to set the maximum size of Vista Home Premium allotted
restore point space? If so, I can't find it. I see no use for restore
points from several months ago, if the system is running well, and there are
recent points to rely on.

Thanks.

EW

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JerryM - 19 Sep 2007 04:22 GMT

From John Barnett MVP

This is a short version to save time,

Click Start,
From the start menu, click all programs, followed by accessories,
right click on the command prompt option,
from the dropdown menu, click run as administrator,
when the command prompt window opens,

type: vssadmin resize shadowstorage /On=C: /For=C: /Maxsize=2GB

then hit enter,

If all goes well you should see a message saying `Successfully resized the
shadow copy storage association`

> Is there any way to set the maximum size of Vista Home Premium allotted
> restore point space? If so, I can't find it. I see no use for restore
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Sharon F - 19 Sep 2007 04:59 GMT

> Is there any way to set the maximum size of Vista Home Premium allotted
> restore point space? If so, I can't find it. I see no use for restore
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> EW

No size adjustment in Vista. System Restore is either on or off. Part of
the reason for the change is the new "previous versions" feature. Right
click a file in Documents and select Properties. If the feature is
available for that file type, you'll see the new "Previous Versions" tab.
There is a link on that page that you can click to bring up the help topics
for this feature.

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Bert Kinney - 19 Sep 2007 18:02 GMT

Hi EW,

How to adjust disk space in Windows Vista:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskspacev.html

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

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> restore point space? If so, I can't find it. I see no use for restore
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EW - 20 Sep 2007 00:08 GMT

> Hi EW,
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> How to adjust disk space in Windows Vista:
> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskspacev.html

Thank you, and SharonF and JerryM for the good replies. Lots of great info.
But my question now, after I used "Clean Disk" in Accessories to delete all
my Restore Points (other than the last one): did I lose a lot of relevant
data by deleting those 30GB of restore points? In other words, if I
(hypothetically) decide to go back to my most recent Restore Point in a few
days, will I have lost necessary data to make that restore process truly
worthy? My Vista computer runs perfectly, so I don't see a problem. Might
I have one in theory anyway? Thanks again.

EW

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JerryM - 20 Sep 2007 04:01 GMT

Hi, EW,

If you deleted all the restore points except the last one,
Your system can be restored normally using the last one.

System Restore only restores the system files,
not programs that you have installed.

One of the very good reasons to backup anything important.

Jerry

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Kat - 20 Oct 2007 19:09 GMT

Since I got my new computer, Vista Home Premium has set only one restore
point— back in June. When I've tried to create a new one, I've been told
there's insufficient storage available. (Note: hard drive is 320 GB, more
than 80% free.)

I resized shadow storage to three times the size of the single existing
shadow copy, & the command prompt window told me it was done successfully.
But I still can't create a new restore point—same old reason: insufficient
storage space.

Worse yet, system restore using that single restore point from June has
consistently failed.

Please, any ideas?

~ Kat

> Is there any way to set the maximum size of Vista Home Premium allotted
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Bert Kinney - 21 Oct 2007 03:38 GMT

Hi Kat,

Is System Restore set to monitor any drives/partitions other than the now
Vista is installed on?

Run the following command from an elevated command prompt. Copy the results
and post them here.

vssadmin list shadowstorage

Missing Restore Points/Shadow Copies in Windows Vista:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/missingrpv.html

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

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Kat - 21 Oct 2007 22:38 GMT

Hi Bert,

Here's the result:

Shadow Copy Storage association
For volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{5592f142-e488-11db-86c4-806e6f6e6963}\
Shadow Copy Storage volume:
(C:)\\?\Volume{5592f142-e488-11db-86c4-806e6f6e69
63}\
Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 13.859 GB
Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 15.433 GB
Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 43 GB

So, is the problem in the allocation? (Okay, I confess: I'm pretty new to
this. How does it work? You'd think 43 GB would be plenty!)

I don't think there are any "missing" (or deleted) restore points, since the
program keeps telling me specifically that storage space is insufficient.

Thanks so much for your help, Bert!

~ Kat

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Bert Kinney - 23 Oct 2007 22:11 GMT

Hi Kat,

The storage space look good to me.

Maybe something on this page applies.
Missing Restore Points/Shadow Copies in Windows Vista:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/missingrpv.html

By chance, is there a recovery partition on the hard drive?
This is why I ask. http://snipurl.com/1sm1x

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

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Kat - 23 Oct 2007 22:45 GMT

Hi Bert,

Yes! This computer came complete with a recovery partition that can barely
contain itself & tells me about it repeatedly. I'm not sure what it expects
me to do, but my inclination is to copy it to my external hard drive & just
delete the contents of the original partition. Serve it right!

Seriously: I don't quite understand the solution you found for me on Google
Groups (thank you!!), but the problem seems to be exactly the same.

Please, could you make it a little clearer for me? Is it possible to enlarge
the recovery partition? Can I get it to stop nagging me??

Thanks,

~ Kat

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Bert Kinney - 27 Oct 2007 01:24 GMT

Hi Kat,

Moving the recovery partition may cause it to become useless. I would
suggest contacting the manufacturer of the system and request a recovery
disk. Once the disk is received delete the recovery partition. Another
option would be to create an image of the Windows partition with imaging
software such as Acronis True Image which will allow you to restore the
system to the point at which the image was created.

Acronis True Image
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage

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

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