System volume information taking up a lot of space
I'm troubleshooting a windows 7 computer and notice that the System volume information is taking up 665.3 GB of a 900GB hard drive.
When scanning with TreeSize I see 71 files as per this screenshot. What can I do about this? Why do they take up so much space?
When scanning with TreeSize I see 71 files as per this screenshot. What can I do about this? Why do they take up so much space?
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I just checked and the it is set to max usage 100%
I will clean it up and set to 5-10 %
Will report back here tomorrow
I will clean it up and set to 5-10 %
Will report back here tomorrow
Be aware in this situation, that reduction from 100 to 5 or 10% will clear out all the restore points and pretty much empty system volume information. There is no way to lower the consumed space without clearing restore points.
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That is what I want. Why would I want to keep that many restore points that I will never use?
Or am I missing the point?
Or am I missing the point?
Just set to 10% and it will delete the older ones, i don't think you will ever use them.
Lowering the percentage will keep fewer in future as you are wanting.
But the initial reduction will remove them all, and then you build up again to your desired level.
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But the initial reduction will remove them all, and then you build up again to your desired level.
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i would - after cleaning the space - make a restore point, so you have at least ONE you know
Run Disk Cleanup and when it is ready to start, click on the lower left button to Clean Up System Files. That will likely help as well.
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