I mean, it translates to decimal 15. Bad wording as usual. Thanks for
pointing that out.

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Alexander Suhovey

"John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
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> That would be hexadecimal :-)
>
> "Alexander Suhovey" <asuhovey******.com> wrote in message
> news:F51DA2DA-97B1-43AA-9E71-672B40C285F5@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> Gerry,
>>
>> There's a DiskPercent entry under
>> HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore\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...[color=darkred]
>>> 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?
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