How do I delete restore points to reduce my disk footprint?

To delete all but the last restore point, use the Disk Cleanup tool. Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and then click Disk Cleanup. Click the More Options tab, and then select Clean up in the System Restore dialog box.

To remove all restore points on your computer, first disable System Restore in your system and then re-enable System Restore. Click Start, Control Panel, and then click the System icon. Click the System Restore tab in the dialog box, select the Turn off System Restore check box, and then click Apply.

Clear the check box again to disable System Restore, and then click OK.

You can reduce the number of restore points by reducing the total amount of space that System Restore can use. Keep in mind that the less disk space available for system restore, the fewer restore points you have.

By default, System Restore can only occupy up to 12 of the current disk space. However, in order to save more restore points, you need to increase the disk space occupied by System Restore, which can be done as follows.

Right-click to open "My Computer Properties System Restore", here you can select any drive letter in your system, and then click on the "Settings" option next to it to set it. If you only want to restore the contents of the C drive, you can turn off the system restore in other drive letters, and you can also intuitively move the slider to modify the space size of the system restoration, so as to effectively avoid the system restore taking up too much space.

Win7 System Restore Disk Space Solution:

1.Click the "Start" button, right-click on the "Computer" option, select the "Properties" option, and when the "System" window appears, click on the "System Protection" text.

2.Select the disk you want to set up in the list and click the "Configure" button.

3.Drag the Maximum Usage slider to adjust the size of the disk that allows the System Restore feature to use, and finally click the OK button.

4.Disk space reduction may cause serious shortages, which will cause the system to slow down or even crash, remember to review and resize the disk reasonably after using the system restore function.

Solution 1: The system displays hidden files: Open "My Computer" and click Tools - Options - remove the checkmark before "Hide Protected OS Files (Recommended)", and then select Show hidden files, folders and drives. (pictured).

Solution 2: (If there is still a big gap between the total size of hidden files and displayed files and the total occupancy of view C drive).

Click Start and run regedit

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Solution 4: If the above scheme is invalid, use the chkdsk command, click Start - Run - cmd (Win7 recommends using "Administrator Permission to Run") - chkdsk

Solution 1: Show hidden files and view the occupied files of hidden files: Click.

Organization - Folders and Search Options - View - Uncheck the box before "Hide protected OS files (recommended)" and select Show hidden files, folders, and drives. Show all hidden files.

Solution 2: (If there is still a big gap between the total size of hidden files and displayed files and the total occupancy of view C drive).

Click Start and run regedit

Confirm. hkey local machine software microsoft windows currentversion explorer advanced folder hidden showall, delete checked, hold the source and right-click, create a new value of type "dword", name it "checked", and set the key value to.

Solution 4: If the above scheme is invalid, use the chkdsk command, click or search to start - run - cmd (win7 recommends using "administrator rights to run") - chkdsk

Generally, the system prompts that this should be your system virtual memory is not enough, try to clean up the temporary folder and web browsing history, because when you surf the Internet, there will be temporary files stored in the corresponding directory for the next browsing speed up.

All can cancel hibernation and probably make more than 1g cancel system restore to clean up the garbage.