Re: System Restore Size....HDD

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Your reply was very helpful; Thanks

Reviewing the article at the link provided it also outlines having 2 Page
Files to "speed up you PC"? Now this seems to work against moving the Page
File to another HDD. I do have a 2nd Internal HDD (E:\).... so if a user
were to use 2 Page Files, 1 would save on the C:\ the other on the E:\
file....wouldn't both page files be the same size...and therefore the issue
that I am experiencing, that is, using up 3GB HHD space daily on Restore
Points (Vista creates a "System Restore" point any day when no other activity
creates a Restore point)....that issue would contine.....since both Page
Files would be the same size and 1 would be on the C:\ drive?

I have not changed the Page File to my E:\ HDD as yet. The concern is, if I
had to use a prior Restore Point, wouldn't that restore point need the Page
File as part of it to restore my PC back to the Restore Point\Date selected
and since the Page File would not be part of the restore Point....my PC might
not restore properly?

"RalfG" wrote:

The pagefile (swapfile) grows as you use apps until it reaches its optimum
size. That size is either the system managed default (about 3.4GB on mine
currently) or some value that you assign manually yourself. I'm assuming
that loading the apps you habitually use into the swap file likely causes
the fast growth. That in itself isn't the big issue to me. What I don't
understand is why pagefile.sys is included in System Restore points in the
first place. Serves no practical use as far as I can see and it puts a huge
hit on how many restore points can be created.

The default location of the paging file is on the system drive but you can
set it to be on any of the existing partitions/drives. There are
instructions for changing the paging file size in Windows Help and support.
Just search Paging file in Help. Moving the file is done in the same place.

Instructions for moving the page file here:

http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-vista/move-and-optimize-windows-vistas-paging-file/

or

-- If you want to change the size and/or move pagefile.sys:

Open the System applet in Control Panel
Click on the Advanced tab
Click on the Performance -Settings button
Click on the Advanced tab again
Click on the Change button in the Virtual Memory section
Uncheck "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives..."

Click on each drive that is listed in turn and change its page file settings
to your preference, or select No Paging file for a particular drive. Click
Set for each drive that you change.
On your system drive change the setting to No paging file and click Set.
Enable a paging file on the drive of your choice. You can either select
Custom size for for the page file (a range of sizes actually, min to max) or
let the System manage the file size. When finished with the settings,
reboot to initiate the changes.

After you're done and rebooted the paging file will be in the new location
and System Restore will not be including it in any subsequent restore
points. At that point I deleted all of my existing restore points that had
the old stored page files from the system drive. (turn off System Restore to
delete restore points, then re-enable System Restore)


"denmarfl" <denmarfl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Lets see if I understand, you moved the pagefile to another
partition....so
it continues to serve its purpose and does not get saved with each restore
Point.

What causes this file to grew to such a large file, and, in my case,
almost
overnight without me doing anything, ie, adding a new program, changes,
etc?

It just seems to me, whatever has caused this file to grew to such a
larger
size happened overnight and whatever it is that is included in the
pagefile,
my PC ran fine for 20 months without it. Is there not a way to ID what
caused the file to grew so large?

Lastly, is there a link to provide step-by-step instructions to do what
you
did?

"RalfG" wrote:

I had a similar symptom. System Restore was archiving the pagefile.sys
file
(which had reached 3.6GB at the time) in every restore point. Moved the
page
file to a non-monitored partition.

"denmarfl" <denmarfl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks; b=as I wrote in my original message, I was able to determine
that
it
was the System restore points that were causing me to lose 3 to 4GB of
HDD
space daily becuase when I turned off System restore, I regained a
whole
lot
of space. However, the new restore points simply start again to be
created
in the same 3 to 4GB Size. I don't want to turn if off permanently, it
a
resource I may need some day. The issue is, and I hope someone has the
answer, the PC is almost 2 yrs old and just about 3 weeks ago it
started
to
save Restore points in this 3 to 4GB size, prior to that I could go a
week
and not lose 1GB. I have not installed\chnaged or altered anything on
my
PC
so that is not the reason for the large restore Files. Hopefully
someone
knows what file ot files overnight grew so large as to cause the
abnormally
large size System Restore points on my PC....possibly that file(s) can
be
altered or deleted...afterall, my PC ran fine for 24 mos.....without
the
large File(s).

"Peter Foldes" wrote:

See the following
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_clear_system_restore_po.htm
--
Peter

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"denmarfl" <denmarfl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Vista Home Prem 32bit. Has anyone come up with what is causing
System
Restore Points on a PC that has been running for almost 2 years
where
Restore
points were Restore Points took 5 to 7 days to equal 1GB, and now
suddenly
over the past 3 weeks each restore Point is taking up 3 to 4GB of
HDD
space
Daily? I know its System restore using up space, if I turn it off,
which
deletes all Points, I regain the Space lost....but the process than
starts
over again. There has to be a file(s) that grew in size in 1 day
causing
this......








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