hd space gone after restart

Sean_Grimes · 06-18-2008, 09:44 PM

Well I've noticed every time i turn off my computer and then turn it on in the morning the c drive memory goes down. I have kept an eye on it for the past week while deleting useless things but nothing seems to help. Do yall have any advice? tell me what I need to tell you to help me out, thanks. Do I need to do hijack this or something?

This is my first time ever using this forum.

Also, if this helps, I have daily scans with AVG and a weekly spybot s&d scan and no problems have been detected

**Lead3** · 06-19-2008, 07:58 AM

Hi,
Welcome to TSF.

With Vista, each day it will save a System Restore point until it reaches the maximum of 15% of your drive. This is most likely what you are seeing. You can remove all but the latest by going to disk cleanup. Unless your drive is really small, I wouldn't worry about it. You can also set the maximum storage size allocated to system restore.

Paul

Sean_Grimes · 06-19-2008, 12:24 PM

Yesterday I had 86.2 GB left and today when i turned it on I have 84.7 GB left, I've done disk cleanup but it freed up no space.. Is it something to worry about?

**Lead3** · 06-19-2008, 02:41 PM

In disk cleanup did you select the More Options tab? Here it lets you cleanup the restore points.
I wouldn't worry at this point. Once the 15% get used up, Vista will remove the oldest restore ponts to make room for the new ones and no more disk space will be used.

Paul

06-18-2008, 09:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sean_Grimes Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 24 OS: Vista home prem	hd space gone after restart Well I've noticed every time i turn off my computer and then turn it on in the morning the c drive memory goes down. I have kept an eye on it for the past week while deleting useless things but nothing seems to help. Do yall have any advice? tell me what I need to tell you to help me out, thanks. Do I need to do hijack this or something? This is my first time ever using this forum. Also, if this helps, I have daily scans with AVG and a weekly spybot s&d scan and no problems have been detected Last edited by Sean_Grimes; 06-18-2008 at 09:48 PM.

06-19-2008, 07:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
Lead3 Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 1,378 OS: 98SE,2000,XP SP3,VISTA SP2 x64 & x86, Windows 7 x64 & x86 My System	Re: hd space gone after restart Hi, Welcome to TSF. With Vista, each day it will save a System Restore point until it reaches the maximum of 15% of your drive. This is most likely what you are seeing. You can remove all but the latest by going to disk cleanup. Unless your drive is really small, I wouldn't worry about it. You can also set the maximum storage size allocated to system restore. Paul __________________

06-19-2008, 12:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
Sean_Grimes Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 24 OS: Vista home prem	Re: hd space gone after restart Yesterday I had 86.2 GB left and today when i turned it on I have 84.7 GB left, I've done disk cleanup but it freed up no space.. Is it something to worry about?

06-19-2008, 02:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
Lead3 Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 1,378 OS: 98SE,2000,XP SP3,VISTA SP2 x64 & x86, Windows 7 x64 & x86 My System	Re: hd space gone after restart In disk cleanup did you select the More Options tab? Here it lets you cleanup the restore points. I wouldn't worry at this point. Once the 15% get used up, Vista will remove the oldest restore ponts to make room for the new ones and no more disk space will be used. Paul __________________ Last edited by Lead3; 06-19-2008 at 02:43 PM.