The slider where you can select how much disk space is allocated to System Restore points doesn't work for me. It was initially at 12%, and when I slid it down to 4%, nothing happened. I rebooted, then even disabled system restore, and tried in Disk Cleanup More Options to delete all but the last restore point. That did reduce the points down to just one, but System Restore is still is taking the 4 GB (12% of my 40 GB drive), as viewed in the space taken up by the _RESTORE folder.
So how can I reclaim this disk space? Google searches turn up mostly Windows ME problems, very few on XP Pro.
Edit: Sorry, it all just depended on how I formulated the Google search. The answer was in this, the #3 hit for "System Restore" space. I am always afraid to delete any kind of system file or folder on Windows, but I actually got aways with it for once! I did turn System Restore back in after reducing the space to 2% or so.
So how can I reclaim this disk space? Google searches turn up mostly Windows ME problems, very few on XP Pro.
Edit: Sorry, it all just depended on how I formulated the Google search. The answer was in this, the #3 hit for "System Restore" space. I am always afraid to delete any kind of system file or folder on Windows, but I actually got aways with it for once! I did turn System Restore back in after reducing the space to 2% or so.
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