Oh, and as for the procedure of viewing SVI folder contents, it is just a
matter of gining yourself NTFS permissions on the folder since default is
full access for SYSTEM account only. Change Windows Explorer settings to
show system and hidden files, then open SVI folder properties and go to
Security tab. Rest should be obvious.

I doubt you will see anything interesting there however. And don't forget to
change permissions back when you finish. Access restrictions are there for
purpose.

--
Alexander Suhovey


"Alexander Suhovey" <asuhovey******.com> wrote in message
news:F51DA2DA-97B1-43AA-9E71-672B40C285F5@microsoft.com...
> Gerry,
>
> There's a DiskPercent entry under
> HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\S ystemRestore\cfg
> registry key. It's value is 0x0000000f (15 decimal).
>
> You can try to change it, reboot and see if it'll lower disk space
> allocation for System Restore... or break your OS.
>
> Don't forget to post back with results.
>
> --
> Alexander Suhovey
>
> "Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@tenretnitb.com> wrote in message
> news:Oq6aY4MPHHA.4172@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Richard
>>
>> What is the procedure for viewing the contents of the System Volume
>> Information folder? Is it true that the default setting is 15% of volume?
>> Can the default be decreased? If so how?
>>
>> Setting default disk allocations based on a percentage of volume has in
>> many quarters for a long time been felt to be a misguided approach. Are
>> there any better ways for calculating a reasonable allocation? Is a
>> consensus of opinion on this issue emerging?
>>
>> abcd please note 15% of 75 gb is 11.25 gb i.e your missing space!
>>
>> --
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>> Gerry
>> ~~~~
>> FCA
>> Stourport, England
>> Enquire, plan and execute
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Richard Urban wrote:
>>> Your apparent lost space is in the same locations that it was with
>>> Windows XP. These are hidden/system files and System Restore files
>>> (System Volume Information).
>>>
>>>
>>> "abcd" <abcd@abcd.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23jT81WMPHHA.3944@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> I have 75GB on hard disk. I have installed Vista,SQL Server, MSDN
>>>> library. It shows 28GB is consumed. If I count the total of all the
>>>> folders it comes to around 16GB. Where is 11GB?
>>
>