New desktop computer - Windows 10 Home. In System Restore, Configure, the Max Usage slider is all the way to the left.
What does that mean?
The hard drive is 1 TB, so I'm not concerned about how much it uses.
(On my old Windows 7 desktop, I moved the slider to the right and it now saves fewer restore points.)
Thanks, cb
Hello abredt, :)
Moving the slider to right will allow more max usage storage space for restore points.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4...dows-10-a.html
How much space is used when the slider is all the way to the left? It doesn't say.
cb
Minimum is 320 MB, but it should give you a size. Does it show a size after restarting the computer?
It never shows a size when the slider is at the left.
At 1% it says 9.17 GB and goes up in increments until at maximun it is 917 GB.
Interesting note - I checked the size of the C: drive before and after creating a restore point and it only took 0.2 GB. The only thing I have installed so far is Macrium free.
cb
You can also use the command below in an elevated command prompt to see the current used, allocated, and maximum sizes for each drive you have system protection turned on for.
vssadmin list shadowstorage
This will be the same as step 1 in OPTION TWO below to help. :)
System Protection - Change Disk Space Usage - Windows 7 Help Forums
Big Trouble:
I changed the size and all prior restore points are gone. I did not click Delete all restore points.
cb
It shouldn't have unless you reduced the size below what was currently being used for that disk.
I'm pretty sure I only increased it - not reduced it. It also turned off System Protection. I definitely did not click that.
I just ran a Macrium free image, so I'm not inclined to mess around with system restore configuration again.
cb
cb
Yeah, it's usually best to only change system protection settings in the UI instead using OPTION ONE below.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3...dows-10-a.html
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