Friday, December 30, 2011

How to reduce disk space used by Microsoft Windows Vista System Restore



This is a tutorial on how to reduce disk space used by Windows Vista System Restore. You might find it usefull when your computers free space is drastically reduced.

word of caution this willl erase existing system restore points

The following commands were used in this video

vssadmin list shadowstorage = Will show you what drive is used and how much of disk space is allocated for System Restore.

vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=[drive]: /for=[drive]: /maxsize=[size] = this command will allow you to make changes to the System Restore settings

vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=C: /for=C: /maxsize=2GB

Followind commands were also used

rstrui.exe - System Restore's Exe file
cmd - Command prompt

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