Comments on: Vista: Reclaim and Release Disk Space from System Restore and Shadow Copies

By: Philip Zappa

Philip Zappa — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:53:57 +0000

I tried this for thousand times, I tried to resize the shadowstorage both on “Run” and “Command Prompt” and still I couldn’t get my 20GB back!!!

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:07:03 +0000

Ummmm. I am running vista home premium and When I get to the clean up part and I click delete nothing happens. Anyone no why?

By: Hal Brown

Hal Brown — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:33:38 +0000

Wow! This was an amazing tip! Thank you. I can barely believe it; just freed up 268 gig of a 500 gig drive! I was batting my head against the wall until finding your very helpful advise. thanks so much! -Hal

By: Linda Van

Linda Van — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:04:20 +0000

Wow, this was great! Got 15 gigs out of it

By: dudeman

dudeman — Fri, 22 May 2009 03:33:35 +0000

i did the above and the MAx was resized but I cannot reclaim the USed which still sits at 81G. i deleted all restore points. someone help!!!

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Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:14:27 +0000

[...] etc… Which OS are you running, looks to be XP, but if it’s Vista; you may want to take a look at this. Also, in regards to having hidden files/folders shown/hidden; a properties search on C: still [...]

By: i am missing gigs - Page 2 - Final Fantasy XI :: Dreams in Vana'diel :: Community

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:19:29 +0000

[...] Re: i am missing gigs It could be system restore, backups, etc… Which OS are you running, looks to be XP, but if it’s Vista; you may want to take a look at this. [...]

By: Avi Yehudai

Avi Yehudai — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:08:43 +0000

i have a 120 gig hd and only use 45 gigs of data
so logically i should have around 75 gigs free. but the free space went down to under 60
so i did this, and now i have 75.6 gigs free. thank you very much

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Quelbazar, l'oeil du Syklop » Vista et la taille de son disque système — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:15:34 +0000

[...] stocker ses points de restauration. Ca n’est pas une bonne idée. Pour corriger ça, il faut désactiver la restauration du système, puis la réactiver : Ca vide les points de restauration existants, et fixe une limite plus raisonnable à la taille [...]

By: Brent Clyne (Australia)

Brent Clyne (Australia) — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:08:53 +0000

Thanks for your most informative details. Will you please confirm that the above actions are in SP1 as they are not on my new PC (Vista Business).
Also any ideas on when and how SP1 will be distributed as due to apparent size of file it will take forever to download.
Kind Regards
Brent Clyne

By: More space on Vista | Ionut's WebSpace

More space on Vista | Ionut's WebSpace — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:28:07 +0000

[...] Vista on computer. Trying to find the solution, I found some nice articles about this subject: first article, second article, one more. I decided to let system restore turned on and to shrink the space [...]

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Mon, 09 Jul 2007 08:44:01 +0000

[...] immediate relief from space constraint, you can reclaim and release 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 [...]

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By: 123456789

123456789 — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 05:28:50 +0000

great tip. only had a 20 gb hard drive.