Windows Tip: Minimize Windows System Restore
Jake Bechtold | February 8, 2008
“Finally!!” You Windows fans scream. Yes, I do have a Windows tip for today. If your hard drive is bogged down, perhaps you need to reduce system restore.
While system restore is a God send it can have a tendency to consume large amounts of disk space. By default System restore is allocated a minimum of 15% of disk volume for restore points.
Decreasing system restore space is somewhat a trade off – reduce the allocated space and, although you gain extra free space, you also loose the earlier system restore points. If you are happy having a reduced number of system restore points available, then by all means reduce the allocated space
However, before you can make an informed decision as to how much to reduce the space allocated to system restore, it is wise to find out just how much space system restore is actually consuming.
The choice is yours. Have fun!
Vista Tip: Reduce System Restore disk usage [via Zen + Computing]