Re: System Restore folder using enormous amount of memory

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Dan M79892 said ...
> Thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately it didn't work. Any other ideas?
>
> Some other info that may help:
> Looking at the properties of the _RESTORE folder, it says 19.7 GB (20.7 on
> disk), containing 63,968 files on 5 folders. I have the folder view set to
> show hidden files and folders, but I only see 4 files in the folder,
> totalling 64 KB.
>
> "Jerry" wrote:
>
> > You can delete all restore points except for the most recent by running
> > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Cleanup > Select the drive > More Options
> > > System Restore > Cleanup and answer yes.
> >
> > "Dan M79892" <Dan M79892@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:D2C8EFD2-6AB8-4095-9F9D-CF37F3C0D7FB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >I have a 40GB internal hard drive using Windows XP Home. The System
> > >Restore
> > > folder on the C drive is using up approximately 20GB. The settings
> > > indicate
> > > that it should use 6%, or about 2400 MB. How do I reclaim all this memory
> > > and prevent this from happening again?
> >
> >
> >
>
I had exactly the same problem a few months ago when I noticed that I
only had about 10GB left of my 80GB disk and yet there were few restore
points or files. Turning off system restore solved the problem and
handed back the space. however, when I switched Restore on again I
started to lose disk space at a rate of about 0.7GB every time I re-
booted, yet there were no extra restore points. No-one on this forum or
on my PC provider's very helpful help desk could help me I'm afraid and
I've just left System Restore switched off for the past few months - not
good, I know, but at least it resolves this immediate problem.

So if someone else can resolve this I, too, will be delighted. One
suggestion was that I had somehow had a rootkit of some kind installed
on my PC which might have been eating up disk space, but this turned out
to be not the case after investigation.
--
Wilf
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