Vista System Restore-space allocation?

[ManyBeers]

Where in Vista Home Premium is the setting for amount of disk space to use for System Restore?

 

[RebateMonger]

At Administrator's command line:
"vssadmin resize shadowstorage /?"

There's no GUI for setting the maximum size of System Restore. Without manually setting it, System Restore may use up to 15% of the hard drive.

 

[ManyBeers]

Originally posted by: RebateMonger
At Administrator's command line:
"vssadmin resize shadowstorage /?"

There's no GUI for setting the maximum size of System Restore. Without manually setting it, System Restore may use up to 15% of the hard drive.

My harddrive is 220 gig how much would you allocate? On XP I normally allocated enough for 7 days which was about 6% of my 8 gig drive. I don't think more than 10 points is neccessary-at least not for me. In fact I have never gone back more than 3 days, and only rarely havr I ever used SR.

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: ManyBeers
My harddrive is 220 gig how much would you allocate?

Well, I have a Windows Home Server that makes nightly backups of all my PCs, so I can go back months if necessary. How much space you need depends on how often your files change and how large they are, so there's no "right" answer for everyone.

 

[ManyBeers]

Originally posted by: RebateMonger

Originally posted by: ManyBeers
My harddrive is 220 gig how much would you allocate?

Well, I have a Windows Home Server that makes nightly backups of all my PCs, so I can go back months if necessary. How much space you need depends on how often your files change and how large they are, so there's no "right" answer for everyone.

OK what if I want to make it 2% how exactly would I enter it in the Administrators command line. Is that the command prompt?

 

[RebateMonger]

Resizing Volume Shadow Service Storage

To check your current setup:
"vssadmin list shadowstorage"

Example to change the size:
"vssadmin Resize ShadowStorage /For=C: /On=C: /MaxSize=20GB"

I don't see a straightforward "percentage" option. Calculate 2% and insert it manaully in the command line prompt. Vista will make the changes IMMEDIATELY, erasing entries to make the VSS space meet your new requirements.

 

[ManyBeers]

Originally posted by: RebateMonger
Resizing Volume Shadow Service Storage

To check your current setup:
"vssadmin list shadowstorage"

Example to change the size:
"vssadmin Resize ShadowStorage /For=C: /On=C: /MaxSize=20GB"

I don't see a straightforward "percentage" option. Calculate 2% and insert it manaully in the command line prompt. Vista will make the changes IMMEDIATELY, erasing entries to make the VSS space meet your new requirements.

Ok thanks. I'll give it a go.

 

[ManyBeers]

I went with 10 gigs.