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by galamb

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I am currently running Win Me and the Restore folder on my C drive is taking over 500MB of space. I wish to disable system restore in order to regain space until I can move certain files onto another drive but don't know how to do this. I then hope to enable Restore again as I find that it has helped me in the past. Also, is there any way to limit the maximum amount of space that Restore can take on a drive? Please help before I'm spaced out!

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by raffi_

Hello.

The minimum size of the Data Store is 200 megabytes. On logical drives that are 4 GB or larger, the Data Store is approximately 12 percent of the system drive.

To manually adjust the size of the Data Store, follow these steps:

1-In Control Panel, click System.
2-Click the Performance tab.
3-Click the File System button.
4-On the Hard Disk tab, adjust the System Restore disk space use slider to the preferred size.

To disable System Restore follow these steps:
1-In Control Panel, click System.
2-Click the Performance tab.
3-Click the File System button.
4-Click the Troubleshooting tab.
5-Click the Disable System Restore check box.
6-Click OK, and then click Close.
7-Restart your computer when prompted

Neither of these things is particulary recommended by MS so please be careful.

Regards
Raffi_

by mayuresh

The solution given by 'Raffi_ ' on top is perfect for disabling ur system restore function. Give him all the points.

Also i would like to point out, that disabling system restore might not recover ur 500mb of space that it is already occupying. So if possible, connect u HDD to a machine running 95/98 and delete ur restore directory from there.

HTH

regards
mayuresh

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