Customize Vista's System Restore?

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Phillip Pi

In Windows XP, I could customize each drive to have a non-default size
(low as 200 MB), disable, or enable for the system restore feature. In
Vista, I cannot customize each drive. I can only enable and disable it.

Did I miss this option in Vista?

Thank you in advance. :)
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"Phillip Pi" wrote in message
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> In Windows XP, I could customize each drive to have a non-default size
> (low as 200 MB), disable, or enable for the system restore feature. In
> Vista, I cannot customize each drive. I can only enable and disable it.
>
> Did I miss this option in Vista?
>
> Thank you in advance. :)
> --
> Phillip Pi
> Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
> ISP/Symantec Online Services, Consumer Business Unit
> Symantec Corporation
> www.symantec.com
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Email: phillip_pi@symantec.comSYMC (remove SYMC to reply by e-mail)
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Please do NOT e-mail me for technical support. DISCLAIMER: The views
> expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
> views of my employer. Thank you.



There's this option at the command line, although how well it works I don't
know

vssadmin resize shadowstorage /?

I recall a thread a while back where it was suggested that it doesn't work
as intended, due to a bug (?). May be worth a try though. Let us know if it
does the trick.

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"Phillip Pi" wrote in message
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> In Windows XP, I could customize each drive to have a non-default size
> (low as 200 MB), disable, or enable for the system restore feature. In
> Vista, I cannot customize each drive. I can only enable and disable it.
>
> Did I miss this option in Vista?
>
> Thank you in advance. :)
> --
> Phillip Pi
> Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
> ISP/Symantec Online Services, Consumer Business Unit
> Symantec Corporation
> www.symantec.com
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Email: phillip_pi@symantec.comSYMC (remove SYMC to reply by e-mail)
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Please do NOT e-mail me for technical support. DISCLAIMER: The views
> expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
> views of my employer. Thank you.

Did you try using System Restore to take you
back to a time prior to when this began. While System Restore is meant to
only restore your settings and registry to a specific point in time, as a
precaution, your data should be well backed up before using it. Start
Menu\Programs\Accessories\System Tools\System Restore.

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Michael Solomon
Backup is a PC user's best friend
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"Jon" <Email_Address@SomewhereOrOther.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Phillip Pi" wrote in message
> news:uS5XeKG2HHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> In Windows XP, I could customize each drive to have a non-default size
>> (low as 200 MB), disable, or enable for the system restore feature. In
>> Vista, I cannot customize each drive. I can only enable and disable it.
>>
>> Did I miss this option in Vista?
>>
>> Thank you in advance. :)
>> --
>> Phillip Pi
>> Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
>> ISP/Symantec Online Services, Consumer Business Unit
>> Symantec Corporation
>> www.symantec.com
>> -----------------------------------------------------
>> Email: phillip_pi@symantec.comSYMC (remove SYMC to reply by e-mail)
>> -----------------------------------------------------
>> Please do NOT e-mail me for technical support. DISCLAIMER: The views
>> expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
>> views of my employer. Thank you.
>
>
>
> There's this option at the command line, although how well it works I
> don't know
>
> vssadmin resize shadowstorage /?
>
> I recall a thread a while back where it was suggested that it doesn't work
> as intended, due to a bug (?). May be worth a try though. Let us know if
> it does the trick.
>
> --
> Jon
>
>


It ha worked fine on the 4 machines I have done it so far. The only thing I
did notice was that it did not take first time on one of the machines. This
had to be done on these machines because system restore was using up to 50%
of the HDD. I set it to 5 Gig on each machine.

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On 8/6/2007 1:13 PM PT, Michael Solomon wrote:

>> In Windows XP, I could customize each drive to have a non-default size
>> (low as 200 MB), disable, or enable for the system restore feature. In
>> Vista, I cannot customize each drive. I can only enable and disable it.
>>
>> Did I miss this option in Vista?
>
> Did you try using System Restore to take you
> back to a time prior to when this began. While System Restore is meant to
> only restore your settings and registry to a specific point in time, as a
> precaution, your data should be well backed up before using it. Start
> Menu\Programs\Accessories\System Tools\System Restore.

Umm, I am not restoring anything. I just want to customize it. Please
reread what I typed.
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Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services, Consumer Business Unit
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
-----------------------------------------------------
Email: phillip_pi@symantec.comSYMC (remove SYMC to reply by e-mail)
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expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
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"Phillip Pi" wrote in message
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> On 8/6/2007 1:13 PM PT, Michael Solomon wrote:
>
>>> In Windows XP, I could customize each drive to have a non-default size
>>> (low as 200 MB), disable, or enable for the system restore feature. In
>>> Vista, I cannot customize each drive. I can only enable and disable it.
>>>
>>> Did I miss this option in Vista?
>>
>> Did you try using System Restore to take you
>> back to a time prior to when this began. While System Restore is meant
>> to
>> only restore your settings and registry to a specific point in time, as a
>> precaution, your data should be well backed up before using it. Start
>> Menu\Programs\Accessories\System Tools\System Restore.
>
> Umm, I am not restoring anything. I just want to customize it. Please
> reread what I typed.
> --
> Phillip Pi
> Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
> ISP/Symantec Online Services, Consumer Business Unit
> Symantec Corporation
> www.symantec.com
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Email: phillip_pi@symantec.comSYMC (remove SYMC to reply by e-mail)
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Please do NOT e-mail me for technical support. DISCLAIMER: The views
> expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
> views of my employer. Thank you.
I'm sorry, Phillip, I think that was meant for a different thread and
somehow I accidentally posted it in this one.

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Backup is a PC user's best friend
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Phillip - There is a MS site for reducing System Restore. Do a Google search,
or go to "howtogeek.com" home page. I've used his advice and it works. Wayne
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Wayne L


"Michael Solomon" wrote:

>
>
> "Phillip Pi" wrote in message
> news:#ZBSaAH2HHA.1100@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > On 8/6/2007 1:13 PM PT, Michael Solomon wrote:
> >
> >>> In Windows XP, I could customize each drive to have a non-default size
> >>> (low as 200 MB), disable, or enable for the system restore feature. In
> >>> Vista, I cannot customize each drive. I can only enable and disable it.
> >>>
> >>> Did I miss this option in Vista?
> >>
> >> Did you try using System Restore to take you
> >> back to a time prior to when this began. While System Restore is meant
> >> to
> >> only restore your settings and registry to a specific point in time, as a
> >> precaution, your data should be well backed up before using it. Start
> >> Menu\Programs\Accessories\System Tools\System Restore.
> >
> > Umm, I am not restoring anything. I just want to customize it. Please
> > reread what I typed.
> > --
> > Phillip Pi
> > Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
> > ISP/Symantec Online Services, Consumer Business Unit
> > Symantec Corporation
> > www.symantec.com
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> > Email: phillip_pi@symantec.comSYMC (remove SYMC to reply by e-mail)
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> > Please do NOT e-mail me for technical support. DISCLAIMER: The views
> > expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
> > views of my employer. Thank you.
> I'm sorry, Phillip, I think that was meant for a different thread and
> somehow I accidentally posted it in this one.
>
> --
> Michael Solomon
> Backup is a PC user's best friend
> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>
>
 
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On 8/6/2007 3:19 PM PT, Michael Solomon wrote:

>
>
> "Phillip Pi" wrote in message
> news:#ZBSaAH2HHA.1100@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> On 8/6/2007 1:13 PM PT, Michael Solomon wrote:
>>
>>>> In Windows XP, I could customize each drive to have a non-default
>>>> size (low as 200 MB), disable, or enable for the system restore
>>>> feature. In Vista, I cannot customize each drive. I can only enable
>>>> and disable it.
>>>>
>>>> Did I miss this option in Vista?
>>>
>>> Did you try using System Restore to take you
>>> back to a time prior to when this began. While System Restore is
>>> meant to
>>> only restore your settings and registry to a specific point in time,
>>> as a
>>> precaution, your data should be well backed up before using it. Start
>>> Menu\Programs\Accessories\System Tools\System Restore.
>>
>> Umm, I am not restoring anything. I just want to customize it. Please
>> reread what I typed.

> I'm sorry, Phillip, I think that was meant for a different thread and
> somehow I accidentally posted it in this one.

Thanks for the reply. Misreplying happens (I have done it before). :)
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Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services, Consumer Business Unit
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
-----------------------------------------------------
Email: phillip_pi@symantec.comSYMC (remove SYMC to reply by e-mail)
-----------------------------------------------------
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expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
views of my employer. Thank you.
 
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On 8/6/2007 3:54 PM PT, Wayne L wrote:

> Phillip - There is a MS site for reducing System Restore. Do a Google search,
> or go to "howtogeek.com" home page. I've used his advice and it works. Wayne

Thank you.
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Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services, Consumer Business Unit
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
-----------------------------------------------------
Email: phillip_pi@symantec.comSYMC (remove SYMC to reply by e-mail)
-----------------------------------------------------
Please do NOT e-mail me for technical support. DISCLAIMER: The views
expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
views of my employer. Thank you.
 
On 8/6/2007 3:54 PM PT, Wayne L wrote:

> Phillip - There is a MS site for reducing System Restore. Do a Google search,
> or go to "howtogeek.com" home page. I've used his advice and it works. Wayne

http://lifehacker.com/software/windows-vista/vista-tip--reduce-system-restore-disk-usage-254365.php
for anyone who cares. I wonder why MS disabled this. I think it is a big
waste to have GBs of system restore points if I had an one TB drive
(153.6 GB used for system restore points) or something. :/
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Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services, Consumer Business Unit
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
-----------------------------------------------------
Email: phillip_pi@symantec.comSYMC (remove SYMC to reply by e-mail)
-----------------------------------------------------
Please do NOT e-mail me for technical support. DISCLAIMER: The views
expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
views of my employer. Thank you.
 
Phillip Pi411950 Wrote:
> In Windows XP, I could customize each drive to have a non-default size
> (low as 200 MB), disable, or enable for the system restore feature. In
> Vista, I cannot customize each drive. I can only enable and disable it.
>
> Did I miss this option in Vista?
>
> Thank you in advance. :)
> --
> Phillip Pi
> Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
> ISP/Symantec Online Services, Consumer Business Unit
> Symantec Corporation
> 'Symantec Corp.' (http://www.symantec.com)
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Email: phillip_pi@symantec.comSYMC (remove SYMC to reply by e-mail)
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Please do NOT e-mail me for technical support. DISCLAIMER: The views
> expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
> views of my employer. Thank you.

Hi Philipp,

This will show you how to do with screenshots.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76227-system-restore-disk-space.html

Shawn


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Hi Phillip,

How to adjust disk space in Windows Vista:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskspacev.html

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org

Phillip Pi wrote:
> In Windows XP, I could customize each drive to have a non-default size
> (low as 200 MB), disable, or enable for the system restore feature. In
> Vista, I cannot customize each drive. I can only enable and disable it.
>
> Did I miss this option in Vista?
>
> Thank you in advance. :)
 
Dudes, I have just read this and completed the nessecary steps. I asked a q
in filling 30GB of space only to find that 14GB was restore points, see post
"FILLED 30GB of SPACE".
Think that this is a very handy tip and worth knocking the size down a fair
bit. Top drawer stuff.
Cheerz, Marcus
 
marcusFZ6412822 Wrote:
> Dudes, I have just read this and completed the nessecary steps. I asked
> a q
> in filling 30GB of space only to find that 14GB was restore points, see
> post
> "FILLED 30GB of SPACE".
> Think that this is a very handy tip and worth knocking the size down a
> fair
> bit. Top drawer stuff.
> Cheerz, Marcus

Marcus,

I'm glad it has helped you. Thank you for the feedback.

Shawn


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You're welcome Marcus.

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org

marcusFZ6 wrote:
> Dudes, I have just read this and completed the nessecary steps. I asked a q
> in filling 30GB of space only to find that 14GB was restore points, see post
> "FILLED 30GB of SPACE".
> Think that this is a very handy tip and worth knocking the size down a fair
> bit. Top drawer stuff.
> Cheerz, Marcus
 

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