In this new window ( Figure B), both the restore settings and the disk space usage can be configured.įigure B Watch what you click in this window, or you might accidentally delete all your restore points! Click the Configure button in the current window to open the System Protection screen. Now it's time to get into the configuration tool for System Restore. Figure A From this window, you can also run the System Restore tool.
If, however, you have multiple drives on your system and you store your restore points on an external drive, you will need to select the drive here (from the Available Drives listing) prior to the next step. From the Computer Properites window, click on the System Protection tab and access the Configuration tool for System Restore ( Figure A).īefore you open the configuration window, the correct disk must be selected. To get to the tool to make this change, you must open the Computer Properties window by clicking Start and then right-clicking the Computer entry. Step 1: Open the Computer Properties window The process of shrinking the maximum allowed space for System Restore is actually quite simple. You won't get massive amounts of space returned to your drive, but you might just get enough back to help you (and a system) out of a jam. I will show you how to shrink the maximum size allowed for system restore so that you can get back space on a drive when space is at a premium. This system typically works great, but it can, if improperly configured, take up more and more space on your drive. When that happens, users can return the machine to an earlier state when it was working correctly. This is often helpful when a machine goes sideways and the possible cause cannot be found. The System Restore feature of Windows allows users to, effectively, revert their machine to an earlier state. One way to find a few extra gigs of space is to take them from Windows 7 System Restore. But sometimes you just need to reclaim as much as possible from the system. Sometimes it's as simple as moving files to an external drive. I have found myself in the situation too many times where I need to eke out as much space as possible on a Windows 7 machine.
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