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Q: Loss of disk space after doing a system restore ( Answered,   2 Comments )
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Subject: Loss of disk space after doing a system restore
Category: Computers
Asked by: acdclive25-ga
List Price: $3.00
Posted: 09 May 2004 18:31 PDT
Expires: 08 Jun 2004 18:31 PDT
Question ID: 343755
I have Windows XP Professional, a Pentium 4 processor, with 1GB of
ram. I recently did a system restore and my available disk space went
from 85% to 63% after the restore was complete. I have no idea why
this happened after doing a simple system restore. I have not added
any new programs, and any other time I have done a system restore this
has never happened. Any ideas????
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Subject: Re: Loss of disk space after doing a system restore
Answered By: hummer-ga on 10 May 2004 04:05 PDT
 
Terrific news, acdclive25, I'm glad I was able to help and thank you
for letting me know. Sincerely, hummer

>>>>>>>>>>>

Three ideas:

What "maximum disk space" is set on your System Restore?

Try the Cleanup utility:
Click Start / Run / Cleanmgr / More Options / System Restore / Cleanup

TreeSize V1.71: Freeware:
"TreeSize tells you where precious space has gone to."
http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml

Regards,
hummer
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Subject: Re: Loss of disk space after doing a system restore
From: hummer-ga on 09 May 2004 19:30 PDT
 
Hi acdclive25,

Three ideas:

What "maximum disk space" is set on your System Restore?

Try the Cleanup utility:
Click Start / Run / Cleanmgr / More Options / System Restore / Cleanup

TreeSize V1.71: Freeware:
"TreeSize tells you where precious space has gone to."
http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml

Regards,
hummer
Subject: Re: Loss of disk space after doing a system restore
From: acdclive25-ga on 09 May 2004 21:07 PDT
 
Thanks Hummer. That "TreeSize" utility told me what the problem was.
Seems there was a movie I had forgotten all about that was left on my
hard drive. But the TreeSize utility found it, I deleted the movie,
and my disk space is back to normal. Thanks again.

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