Comments on: How to Change and Limit System Restore Storage Space Usage Size in Vista with VSSAdmin

By: trisno

trisno — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:16:47 +0000

Thanks for Info, I just tried, and i gain 4 gb of my remaining c drive. Is there any other way to shrink more or to delete unused files beside disk clean up? Thanks

By: My Web Information Blog Site » Blog Archive » Change and Limit System Restore Storage Space Usage Size in Vista with VSSAdmin

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:08:55 +0000

[...] XP, there is no easy way and no longer an ability to change the limit of System Restore disk storage space usage in Windows Vista via graphical user interface. In order to limit the maximum hard disk space [...]

By: Sreekanth

Sreekanth — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:43:53 +0000

hey thanks a lot..
loved it !

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:08:05 +0000

Great Info! Thanks for publishing this. I had no idea why the hard drive on my wife’s machine was appearing much more occupied than the directories showed. Much help, great explanation. Thanks!

By: Dan Crevier's Blog : Disappearing disk space on Vista

Dan Crevier's Blog : Disappearing disk space on Vista — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:01:49 +0000

[...] a useful article on My Digital Life on how to limit how much space will be used. My was set to unbounded space. Published Sunday, [...]

By: System Restore Issues - Windows Vista Forum | Vista Babble

System Restore Issues - Windows Vista Forum | Vista Babble — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:30:55 +0000

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By: Quelbazar, l'oeil du Syklop » Vista et la taille de son disque système

Quelbazar, l'oeil du Syklop » Vista et la taille de son disque système — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:16:38 +0000

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By: More space on Vista | Ionut's WebSpace

More space on Vista | Ionut's WebSpace — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:32:38 +0000

[...] Trying to find the solution, I found some nice articles about this subject: first article, second article. I decided to let system restore turned on and to shrink the space necessary for this feature. So, [...]

By: Change and Set Vista Shadow Copy or System Restore Disk Space Limit in Explorer GUI » My Digital Life

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:27:06 +0000

[...] used to create restore points on the system which backup files and folders for recovery by using VSSadmin. However, the process involves usage of command prompt shell and manual typing of commands, which [...]

By: My Digital Life @ nbfan.com.cn » Blog Archive » Vista Hard Disk Space Shrinking and Reducing Anomaly

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 08:44:37 +0000

[...] all System Restore and Shadow Copies used disk space. For permanent solution, it’s best to set the limit for Shadow Copies space usage, or you can turn off System Restore (and Shadow Copies and hence Previous Versions) all [...]

By: Windows Vista: Disable and Turn Off System Restore (Shadow Copy) » D’ Technology Weblog: Technology News & Reviews

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:21:10 +0000

[...] warned that System Restore actually dependent on Volume Shadow Copy service as explained during the guide to change System Restore disk size limit. When you disable System Restore on a particular drive in Vista, all disk space allocated to Volume [...]

By: Windows Vista: How to Change and Limit System Restore Storage Space Usage Size with VSSAdmin » D’ Technology Weblog: Technology News & Reviews

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:25:45 +0000

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