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Old 08-26-2007, 11:50 AM
Vega
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System Restore Size / Registry

Scrolling the Registry I found the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore\cfg

In the right pane there is a dword value "DiskPercent = f (hexadecimal)"
which sets the amount of System Restore to 15%.

Question: is it possible to adjust the System Restore size permanently by
changing this value?

Thanks,
Jurij Vega

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Old 08-26-2007, 12:00 PM
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Re: System Restore Size / Registry

Hi,

Better to use vssadmin as described here by MVP Bert Kinney:
[url]http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskspacev.html[/url]

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Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
[url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]
My thoughts [url]http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com[/url]

"Vega" <vegalabTOGLIMI******.it> wrote in message
news:%23o7Z$DB6HHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Scrolling the Registry I found the following key:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
> NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore\cfg
>
> In the right pane there is a dword value "DiskPercent = f (hexadecimal)"
> which sets the amount of System Restore to 15%.
>
> Question: is it possible to adjust the System Restore size permanently by
> changing this value?
>
> Thanks,
> Jurij Vega
>[/color]

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Old 08-26-2007, 12:00 PM
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RE: System Restore Size / Registry

Vega - Go to "howtogeek.com". You will find his instructions for reducing
System Restore usage. Mine is down to 5% and my earliest restore point goes
back about one week. It's simple to do. Wayne
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"Vega" wrote:
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> Scrolling the Registry I found the following key:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
> NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore\cfg
>
> In the right pane there is a dword value "DiskPercent = f (hexadecimal)"
> which sets the amount of System Restore to 15%.
>
> Question: is it possible to adjust the System Restore size permanently by
> changing this value?
>
> Thanks,
> Jurij Vega
>
>[/color]
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Old 08-26-2007, 12:00 PM
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Re: System Restore Size / Registry

Good question. Good link from Rick. Here's an explanation from Jill Zoller
with input from SR team members at MSFT:

[url]http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/archive/2006/11/16/identifying-how-much-disk-space-is-used-for-restore-points-in-windows-vista.aspx:[/url]

Good luck,

CH


"Vega" <vegalabTOGLIMI******.it> wrote in message
news:%23o7Z$DB6HHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Scrolling the Registry I found the following key:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
> NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore\cfg
>
> In the right pane there is a dword value "DiskPercent = f (hexadecimal)"
> which sets the amount of System Restore to 15%.
>
> Question: is it possible to adjust the System Restore size permanently by
> changing this value?
>
> Thanks,
> Jurij Vega
>[/color]

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Old 08-26-2007, 01:20 PM
Vega
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Re: System Restore Size / Registry

"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:erbp7GB6HHA.5984@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> Better to use vssadmin as described here by MVP Bert Kinney:
> [url]http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskspacev.html[/url]
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> [url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
> Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]
> My thoughts [url]http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com[/url]
>
> "Vega" <vegalabTOGLIMI******.it> wrote in message
> news:%23o7Z$DB6HHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> Scrolling the Registry I found the following key:
>>
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
>> NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore\cfg
>>
>> In the right pane there is a dword value "DiskPercent = f (hexadecimal)"
>> which sets the amount of System Restore to 15%.
>>
>> Question: is it possible to adjust the System Restore size permanently by
>> changing this value?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jurij Vega
>>[/color]
>[/color]

Thanks Rick Rogers, Wayne L and Chad Harris for your prompt replies.
I followed your suggestions and reduced the Restore size to 5GB from
previous 18GB.

Thanks again,
Jurij Vega


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