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    my HD space just dropped 20 gb out of no where????????

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by jaxxx, Feb 27, 2008.

  1. jaxxx

    jaxxx Notebook Consultant

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    last night it was at a stable 55 gb then today I just noticed it was down to 35 gb HD space left... where did it go??

    I did a system restore to a piont 3 days ago which went through but the HD space is still the same at 35 gb left.
     
    jaxxx, Feb 27, 2008
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    crash NBR Assassin

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    crash, Feb 27, 2008
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    SmoothTofu Inspiron 1420 Owner

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    Clear your system restore points (open up System Restore > System Protection > uncheck C:, hit apply, confirm dialogue, then recheck box and click ok. Also, you may wish to manually recreate a restore point in the same window.

    By doing this, you will erase all the system restore points that have accumulated on your system (possibly taking up 10s of GBs, while keeping system restore on and available for future restores.
     
    SmoothTofu, Feb 27, 2008
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    Could be a backup from Rescue and Recovery
     
    Palmvim, Feb 27, 2008
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    jaxxx Notebook Consultant

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    to be honest , system restore piont has used up the 15% space already and it worried me at first but has became stable now to where its not taking up anymore HD space, plus it woudnt just drop 20 gb overnight.


    a backup from rescue and recovery could be possible....how can I confirm this?? and what was the piont of having this back up in my HD??
     
    jaxxx, Feb 27, 2008
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    jaxxx Notebook Consultant

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    just opened restore and recovery from thinkvantage and clicked on "view all backups" and I got "no backups found" :(
     
    jaxxx, Feb 27, 2008
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    It's vista's shadow storage, tweak that down to 3gb and you will be fine.
     
    Acorn, Feb 27, 2008
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    Edit: Post late. Info already been mentioned.
     
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    jaxxx Notebook Consultant

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    does vista's shadow storage really drop 20 gb overnight???

    how can I tweak this?
     
    jaxxx, Feb 27, 2008
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    Gintoki Notebook Prophet

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    Yes, i can confirm this. I usually loose 10-20GB of space with each shadow copy.
     
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    thats crazy.. with sytem restore pionts HD space usually goes back up then down and up again (cycle) , will this do the same and bring my HD space back up?

    how can I tweak this down?
     
    jaxxx, Feb 27, 2008
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