Reduce Disk Space Usage in Vista
SYSTEM restore is a prominent utility in Windows that can recover files and settings in case of a system crash. It is a must to turn on this feature, but at the same time, it uses a lot of disk space as well. You can limit the amount of disk space system restore uses by executing some commands in the command prompt.
To do so:
Click "Start" and type "cmd" in the"Search" box. Type the command "vssadmin list
shadowstorage" and press the [Enter] key. You will now be able to view the amount of disk space system restore has occupied.
To change the amount of space system restore will use, type the command
vssadmin Resize ShadowStorage /For=C: /On=C: /Maxsize=512MB
and press the [Enter] key. Here C: is the drive name whereas 512MB is the storage size.Change the size to whatever you want/need. Obviously for any other disks you would need to change C: to that drives letter.
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