Concerned by lack of available system restore points

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Dave Harry

Vista32, 4GM RAM, 70GB partition for C: with 25GB free.

I only get one or two restore points. Once upon a time I had very many.

If I create a manual restore point, I often have only that single restore
point as others are deleted.
"Show points more than 5 days old" sometimes offers only one - or none.


I remember XP had a place I could adjust the space for RP's. (This Vista was
not upgraded.)
Can I get this in some back end of Vista too?

What else could I look for?
 
To display the current space allocated for restore points type (or copy and
paste) "vssadmin list shadowstorage" (without the quotes but the spaces) and
press Enter.

To reduce (or increase) the disk space allocated, type (or copy and paste)
"vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=c: /for=c: /maxsize=10GB" (without the
quotes
but the spaces) and press Enter. This example assumes changing the space on
drive C to 10GB. Be sure to create a manual restore point immediately after
resizing because all of your previous restore points will be removed.
 
Vista32, 4GM RAM, 70GB partition for C: with 25GB free.

I only get one or two restore points. Once upon a time I had very many.

If I create a manual restore point, I often have only that single restore
point as others are deleted.
"Show points more than 5 days old" sometimes offers only one - or none.


I remember XP had a place I could adjust the space for RP's. (This Vista was
not upgraded.)
Can I get this in some back end of Vista too?

What else could I look for?
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ERUNT system , does one every day .
 
Thanks Bob. That looks like it will do it nicely.

Shadow Copy Storage association
For volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{c64e55af-08da-11dc-81f6-806e6f6e6963}\
Shadow Copy Storage volume:
(C:)\\?\Volume{c64e55af-08da-11dc-81f6-806e6f6e6963}\
Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 2.178 GB
Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 2.469 GB
Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 2.774 GB

Hmmm, not much. I've set it to 8GB though in my case the 2 existing points
have remained.

Appreciated
 
YW Dave.

Dave Harry said:
Thanks Bob. That looks like it will do it nicely.

Shadow Copy Storage association
For volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{c64e55af-08da-11dc-81f6-806e6f6e6963}\
Shadow Copy Storage volume:
(C:)\\?\Volume{c64e55af-08da-11dc-81f6-806e6f6e6963}\
Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 2.178 GB
Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 2.469 GB
Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 2.774 GB

Hmmm, not much. I've set it to 8GB though in my case the 2 existing points
have remained.

Appreciated
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