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    recovered 18gb after a vista restore..wtf is going on?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by eyecon82, Oct 3, 2007.

  1. eyecon82

    eyecon82 Notebook Deity

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    Well before...i had 102gb/149gb free...my computer was having problems while coming back from sleep mode, so I decided to do a restore from a restore point a few days back from the vista backup/restore program. I did not change any files, but miraculously, after the restore i had 120gb/free out of 149gb. All my files are still there, but this is a huge mystery to me. how did I gain 18gb out of nowhere? My backup was on an external HD, so that wasn't the solution.

    I am so bewildered by this...how can 18gb come back out of nowhere? I had no other backups on my thinkpad HD...does anyone have any insight on this?

    I am mind boggled. I guess it's a good thing..but im worried that something may be missing...18gb worth..wtf is going on? Thanks
     
    eyecon82, Oct 3, 2007
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    PhoenixAG Notebook Consultant

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    I think Vista just deleted your System Restore points. As you can't set a limit for how much space System Restore uses, it tends to go wild and use up 15-20GB easily.

    Just delete those restore points, by going into disk properties and Disk Cleanup. The 2nd tab will let you delete the restore points.

    I think your restore deleted the rest of the restore points. I once cleaned up my restore points and gained more than 20GB!

    HTH!
     
    PhoenixAG, Oct 3, 2007
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  3. eyecon82

    eyecon82 Notebook Deity

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    but i never had any restore points that I know of. I just did one backup to the external HD. Does vista automatically create the restore points?
     
    eyecon82, Oct 3, 2007
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    ooxxoo Notebook Evangelist

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    Yes it does. It'll use up to 15% of your max HD space.
     
    ooxxoo, Oct 3, 2007
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    how do I stop this from happening? Thanks
     
    eyecon82, Oct 3, 2007
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    The only way that I know of is to turn off system restore on the drive. This is accessed from one of the tabs in Computer>Properties.
     
    aadadams, Oct 3, 2007
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