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Hundreds of MB Restore FIles in Sys Vol Info

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corkyg

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After installing Vista Business, I decided to evaluate Ultimate, so I upgraded Business. That went perfectly, and I can make some real comparisons. However, there are many "Restore" files placed in System Volume Information, and it is not accessible. How do I tell Vista to get rid of these - in that "Restore" to the previous version is not an option?
 
Are you out of drive space? Otherwise don't fool with it. Vista will dynamically shrink that space as needed.

If you really want to shut it off and make system restore and previous file versions unavailable then go to System Properties (Windows + Pause key), Advanced System Settings (on the left), system protection tab. Uncheck any disks you desire.




 
Disk cleanup has an option to remove all but the latest restore point. That should free up a bunch of space.
 
Thanks, both of you. I did both - and got rid of the problem. No shortage of disk space - I just don't like to see large areas out of my control. 🙂

It's all working perfectly.
 
Originally posted by: stash
Disk cleanup has an option to remove all but the latest restore point. That should free up a bunch of space.
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That did a lot, Stash. Thanks. But - there was one nasty file - huge - that persisted. It was the "hiberfil.sys" file that relates to a function I have never used nor have any desire to use - hibernation. Here is how to get rid of it - almost 2 GB in size!

1. Go to START then PROGRAMS.
2. In Accessories, find COMMAND PROMPT and RIGHT CLICK on it.
3. Run as ADMINISTRATOR.
4. If asked by UAC for permission, say YES.
5. At Command Promt, type: powercfg -h off
6. Hit ENTER
7. Close C/P and reboot.

Adios, hibernation, and good riddance. 🙂


 
Yup, getting rid of hiberfil.sys is pretty key in a scenario with 2+GB of ram if you're never going to use hibernate.
 
I don't suggest getting rid of the information kept in System Volume Information.

For more technical users, it's a very easy way to recover from bad registry settings, a completely corrupt registry, and other issues. For less technical users, a variety of system utilities exist to automate key parts of the recovery process using this information.

For the tiny amount of disk space used (for most systems, it's not that much) why is this an issue?
 
Originally posted by: dclive
For the tiny amount of disk space used (for most systems, it's not that much) why is this an issue?
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It interferes with optimization of the drive and causes fragmentation of other files because of where it parks itself and doesn't allow being moved to a more efficient site, even during off-line defrag.

 
LOL. You're kidding, right? On a remotely modern system, you'd never notice this in a million years. Just what, exactly, are you using to (try to) measure this and the performance impact?

Spend an extra 20 minutes working late one night and buy a 7600GT rather than a 7600GS. Now _there_ is a performance difference you can measure. This isn't.

 
Originally posted by: corkyg
Originally posted by: dclive
For the tiny amount of disk space used (for most systems, it's not that much) why is this an issue?
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It interferes with optimization of the drive and causes fragmentation of other files because of where it parks itself and doesn't allow being moved to a more efficient site, even during off-line defrag.
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Shenanigans.


Look, turning off system restore is a BAD move. If it looks like it's consuming a lot of space so what? It will resize when needed. Just merily use your computer and ignore it. When your butt gets dropped in the hot grease some day because of a damaged file or registry this will save you.

Don't confuse my post earlier on how to clear it up as an endorsement of the practice. I merely helped you load the gun you're going to shoot yourself in the foot with.

You wouldn't even know what was in system volume information if you didn't go remove a bunch of permissions placed there to protect you. Congratulations because of your tampering a virus can now easily get into your restore points just like Windows ME!
 
Yes, please keep System Restore on. Also, anyone reading this thread should check to make sure it is on at all. Where I work (school IT - always lots of new computers) we've been seeing Gateway and HP systems shipping without System Restore enabled. The system gets to us, we need to do something...and there are no hives to restore, nothing to revert to when the Cisco VPN blows up, etc etc.

Removal of the hibernate cache file is a whole different story, and I think most people will condone that elimination of that if you're not planning on hibernating. (desktop, always on situation, etc)
 
Yeah. It sucks to try to help somebody and find that their System Restore has been disabled. It can mean that a five-minute fix has now turned into a multi-hour ordeal.
 
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