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    XPS M1530 memory problem

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Zer0 Access, May 11, 2008.

  1. Zer0 Access

    Zer0 Access Notebook Evangelist

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    Ever since i bought this laptop i seem to have a memory problem in my hard drive. Basically every now and then i lose like 5-10G of hard drive for no apparent reason at all. I dont instally anything or download etc the Gigabites just...disappear...Basically i get it back by going disk cleanup and deleting the error reports and system restore points. But then a few days later it all disappear again.

    can someone help please?

    Thanks
     
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  2. Bowlerguy92

    Bowlerguy92 Notebook Deity

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    You answered your own question, "system restore points" is what is taking that space up. If the space is precious there is a way to turn it off in Vista by going to the backup and restore center.
     
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    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    WHy do you have system restore on if you keep deleting them?
     
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    By the sounds of it I wouldn't imagine he is quite A-OK with what they are in the first place and simply cares about hard disk space.
     
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  5. Zer0 Access

    Zer0 Access Notebook Evangelist

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    ye i want to keep my restore points but i also want my hard drive space :( how can restore points take up so much memory?

    Also if i did want to turn them of how do i do that? (computer noob)
     
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    rahx Notebook Consultant

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    Space or system availability, you can only have one at a time. It's a one-way-or-another deal.

    System restore points take up so much space because it keeps track of whatever change every time you make to the system (new settings, new programs, etc.).

    To turn it off (assuming you are on Vista), right click on "My Computer"->Properties->System Protection (3rd one on the left), then clear the checkbox before the drive you do not want to have system restore on. Click OK to confirm. You may need to reboot for it to take effect afterwards.
     
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  7. Zer0 Access

    Zer0 Access Notebook Evangelist

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    ok thanks. just one more thing is it a bad thing if u turn them of...like are they really important?
     
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    i read somewhere that after awhile the system restore points stop taking up hard drive space because it just deletes an old point when creating a new one.
     
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    I for one really do not use system restore. I dedicate a max of 2gb to system restore just in case there is a problem that I cannot fix, and have to use it. With that said, I have never had to actually use system restore in Vista however.
     
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    Personally I've never had any good experience with System Restore. For one, I rarely run into problems I can't fix myself. And when I couldn't, System Restore had never been able to either. So for me, it's the first thing I turn off every time I reload the OS.
     
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    System restore is really handy. I recommend that you keep it on. You can reduce the system restore/shadow copy space through the cmd prompt. I forgot the commands, search the software section

    You can clear all the system restore points except for the last one using disk cleanup (2-7gb). If you dont use Hibernate, you can also delete the 4gb hibernate file.

    Also if you updated to SP1 read this:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=244656
     
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  12. Zer0 Access

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    thanks i think ill actually keep it. Also what is the hibernate file?
     
    Zer0 Access, May 12, 2008
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