Re: Windows vista update big space

"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| TaurArian wrote:
| > My bet is the System Restore points -
| >
| >
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/9f6d755a-74bb-4a7d-a625-d762dd8e79e51033.mspx
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| >
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/517d3b8e-3379-46c1-b479-05b30d6fb3f01033.mspx#ERAAC
| > To store restore points, you need at least 300 megabytes (MB) of
| > free space on each hard disk that has System Protection turned on.
| > System Restore might use up to 15 percent of the space on each
| > disk. As the amount of space fills up with restore points, System
| > Restore will delete older restore points to make room for new ones.
| >
| > System Restore will not run on hard disks smaller than 1 gigabyte
| > (GB).
|
| Dangit!
|
| I always forget that - I make a virtual machine and I know that the first
| thing I should do in Vista is disable the System Restore (it is a virtual
| machine - I already have a roll-back capability) yet I have forgotten on
| virtually every Vista VM. *sigh*
|
| Random thanks for the reminder TaurArian - even if that wasn't your
| intention. Does explain why my current Vista VM disk grew to over 11.5GB...
| almst 3GB of restore points thanks to doing the updates.
|
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| Shenan Stanley
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Hi Shenan

Believe it or not, I tend to forget about SR about 50% of the time. Sometimes I remember,
sometimes I dont before I image my drives. Also I sometimes forget to clear my TIF before
imaging also. Oh well, doesn't matter. Which reminds me, next time I'm looking at the
Vista laptop, I must check my SR settings.

Kaylene


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