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Suggested space for system restore?

Discussion in 'Legacy Windows' started by Marv6, 2015/07/22.

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    Marv6 Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Have around 900 GBs of space total in my Windows C: drive. Have system restore configured for !% 9.15 GBs which is the minimum. Current usage is 91.47 MB, approx. 2 restore points. Should I increase the Max usage to a greater %? Thanks!
     
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    Neil, thanks for the link!
     
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    Evan Omo

    Evan Omo Computer Support Technician Staff

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    Hi Marv6. On all the computer that I set up, I set System Restore to use just 1% of the available hard drive space so that it doesn't use up dozens of gigabytes but its still useful in case you need to perform a System Restore.
     
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    Evan that's what I set mine to. Was concerned if it would be enough. Will leave it at that.
     
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    Sounds good. :)
     
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