Hi
Well its not recommended to reduce windows os size unless to have an expert that can prepare for you a shrinked windows os 7 cd.
You can or instance delete restore points, or just disable that function.
But unfortunately this Hibernate feature in Windows Seven and Windows Vista takes upto 8 Giga bites (GB) in your hard disk.
Click Start, and then click Run. Then in the open box, type ” cmd ” without quotes and then click OK.
From an administrative command prompt, type “powercfg -h off” to get that space back.
So this trick will help you to increase up to 8GB hard disk space.
To determine how much disk space System Restore is using, the following command can be used:
vssadmin list shadowstorage
For the above command to run you must use elevated privileges:
1 – Click on the Start menu then click All Programs / Accessories.
2 – Right Click on the Command Prompt option and from the drop down menu click on the Run as Administrator option.
3 – At the command prompt type:
vssadmin list shadowstorage
and press Enter
After the vssadmin has executed you will see results similar to the following:
Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 250 MB
Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 400 MB
Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 2.50 GB
The output above shows space used on the C:\ drive by System Restore is 250 MB.
The maximum space allocated for System restore is 2.092 GB
To view the number of restore points you currently have on your Computer run the following command
vssadmin list shadows
Next, to reduce the allocated space used by Vista's System Restore, use the following command:
vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=[OnVolumeSpec:] /for=[ForVolumeSpec:] /maxsize=[MaxSizeSpec]
Where:
OnVolumeSpec: is the drive letter, for examaple C
ForVolumeSpec: is the drive letter, for example C
MaxSizeSpec: is the maximum size you want System Restore to use, example 1GB
Example: vssadmin resize shadowstorage /On=C: /For=C: /Maxsize=1GB
When decreasing the space allocated to System Restore, you will loose the earlier system restore points. The advantage is gaining extra free space. If you are concerned with losing the previous restore points, wait until you do not need them anymore before reducing the allocated space.
Well its not recommended to reduce windows os size unless to have an expert that can prepare for you a shrinked windows os 7 cd.
You can or instance delete restore points, or just disable that function.
But unfortunately this Hibernate feature in Windows Seven and Windows Vista takes upto 8 Giga bites (GB) in your hard disk.
Click Start, and then click Run. Then in the open box, type ” cmd ” without quotes and then click OK.
From an administrative command prompt, type “powercfg -h off” to get that space back.
So this trick will help you to increase up to 8GB hard disk space.
To determine how much disk space System Restore is using, the following command can be used:
vssadmin list shadowstorage
For the above command to run you must use elevated privileges:
1 – Click on the Start menu then click All Programs / Accessories.
2 – Right Click on the Command Prompt option and from the drop down menu click on the Run as Administrator option.
3 – At the command prompt type:
vssadmin list shadowstorage
and press Enter
After the vssadmin has executed you will see results similar to the following:
Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 250 MB
Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 400 MB
Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 2.50 GB
The output above shows space used on the C:\ drive by System Restore is 250 MB.
The maximum space allocated for System restore is 2.092 GB
To view the number of restore points you currently have on your Computer run the following command
vssadmin list shadows
Next, to reduce the allocated space used by Vista's System Restore, use the following command:
vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=[OnVolumeSpec:] /for=[ForVolumeSpec:] /maxsize=[MaxSizeSpec]
Where:
OnVolumeSpec: is the drive letter, for examaple C
ForVolumeSpec: is the drive letter, for example C
MaxSizeSpec: is the maximum size you want System Restore to use, example 1GB
Example: vssadmin resize shadowstorage /On=C: /For=C: /Maxsize=1GB
When decreasing the space allocated to System Restore, you will loose the earlier system restore points. The advantage is gaining extra free space. If you are concerned with losing the previous restore points, wait until you do not need them anymore before reducing the allocated space.
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