Windows vista update big space

I am a new user of vista. using home premium service pack 1 32bit. i have
observed that my HDD space is slowly being eaten up from a certain space like
275 to 264 over 9-10 GB just vanished and i dont know what cause this. i have
never experience this on my xp. 1st to solve this case i turn of auto update
to inform me of things i only wish to install but it wont solve the problems.
still my HDD slowly dwindles in space. please someone tell me whats happening
im really bothered and don't really know what to do. i am 100% sure that
there are no viruses or watsoever in my pc. so pls can someone explain whats
really happening here i need a very good explanation. thank you

My bet is the System Restore points -

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...e79e51033.mspx

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...033.mspx#ERAAC
To store restore points, you need at least 300 megabytes (MB) of free space on each hard
disk that has System Protection turned on. System Restore might use up to 15 percent of
the space on each disk. As the amount of space fills up with restore points, System
Restore will delete older restore points to make room for new ones.

System Restore will not run on hard disks smaller than 1 gigabyte (GB).


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"Shamamo" <> wrote in message
news:A5A578A1-C9F7-4586-BCCA-...
|I am a new user of vista. using home premium service pack 1 32bit. i have
| observed that my HDD space is slowly being eaten up from a certain space like
| 275 to 264 over 9-10 GB just vanished and i dont know what cause this. i have
| never experience this on my xp. 1st to solve this case i turn of auto update
| to inform me of things i only wish to install but it wont solve the problems.
| still my HDD slowly dwindles in space. please someone tell me whats happening
| im really bothered and don't really know what to do. i am 100% sure that
| there are no viruses or watsoever in my pc. so pls can someone explain whats
| really happening here i need a very good explanation. thank you

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TaurArian wrote:
> My bet is the System Restore points -
>
> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...e79e51033.mspx
>
> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...033.mspx#ERAAC
> To store restore points, you need at least 300 megabytes (MB) of
> free space on each hard disk that has System Protection turned on.
> System Restore might use up to 15 percent of the space on each
> disk. As the amount of space fills up with restore points, System
> Restore will delete older restore points to make room for new ones.
>
> System Restore will not run on hard disks smaller than 1 gigabyte
> (GB).

Dangit!

I always forget that - I make a virtual machine and I know that the first
thing I should do in Vista is disable the System Restore (it is a virtual
machine - I already have a roll-back capability) yet I have forgotten on
virtually every Vista VM. *sigh*

Random thanks for the reminder TaurArian - even if that wasn't your
intention. Does explain why my current Vista VM disk grew to over 11.5GB...
almst 3GB of restore points thanks to doing the updates.

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MS-MVP
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"Shenan Stanley" <> wrote in message
news:...
| <snip>
|
| TaurArian wrote:
| > My bet is the System Restore points -
| >
| >
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...e79e51033.mspx
| >
| >
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...033.mspx#ERAAC
| > To store restore points, you need at least 300 megabytes (MB) of
| > free space on each hard disk that has System Protection turned on.
| > System Restore might use up to 15 percent of the space on each
| > disk. As the amount of space fills up with restore points, System
| > Restore will delete older restore points to make room for new ones.
| >
| > System Restore will not run on hard disks smaller than 1 gigabyte
| > (GB).
|
| Dangit!
|
| I always forget that - I make a virtual machine and I know that the first
| thing I should do in Vista is disable the System Restore (it is a virtual
| machine - I already have a roll-back capability) yet I have forgotten on
| virtually every Vista VM. *sigh*
|
| Random thanks for the reminder TaurArian - even if that wasn't your
| intention. Does explain why my current Vista VM disk grew to over 11.5GB...
| almst 3GB of restore points thanks to doing the updates.
|
| --
| Shenan Stanley
| MS-MVP
| --
| How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
| http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
|

Hi Shenan

Believe it or not, I tend to forget about SR about 50% of the time. Sometimes I remember,
sometimes I dont before I image my drives. Also I sometimes forget to clear my TIF before
imaging also. Oh well, doesn't matter. Which reminds me, next time I'm looking at the
Vista laptop, I must check my SR settings.

Kaylene