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slobizman · 04-16-2007, 03:37 PM

Crap! Now, I went into my System Restore and it told me that it was unable to protect my computer. So I searched around and found a Microsoft note on how to disable it in services, enable it, etc. In the process I was able to get the System Restore tab up in My Computer/Properties. But it told me I cannot run system restore because there is not enough space. It showed that 10% of my drive was equal to 500MB! As you can see in my screenshot above, I have a 160 GB C drive and only around 1/4 or less is used.

Now, about a week ago I cloned my old C drive (with Acronis) to the new 160GB drive. Everything went smoothly and there is no problem with any data. But obviously, something is messed up where it records the size of my drive.

Can anyone help me on this new problem!!! Please?????

04-16-2007, 03:37 PM	#16 (permalink)
slobizman Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 33 OS: XP	Re: "Drive Installer Error" on External USB drive on XP system Crap! Now, I went into my System Restore and it told me that it was unable to protect my computer. So I searched around and found a Microsoft note on how to disable it in services, enable it, etc. In the process I was able to get the System Restore tab up in My Computer/Properties. But it told me I cannot run system restore because there is not enough space. It showed that 10% of my drive was equal to 500MB! As you can see in my screenshot above, I have a 160 GB C drive and only around 1/4 or less is used. Now, about a week ago I cloned my old C drive (with Acronis) to the new 160GB drive. Everything went smoothly and there is no problem with any data. But obviously, something is messed up where it records the size of my drive. Can anyone help me on this new problem!!! Please?????