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Saveing Disk Space.
      #391581 - Tue Apr 15 2008 04:37 PM
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hi i was told that you can give yourself more disk space if you change the amount recycle bin and system restore takes up is this true is it OK and how do i do it please .

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Re: Saveing Disk Space. [Re: heres_johnny]
      #391588 - Tue Apr 15 2008 05:37 PM
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Right click My Computer | Properties | System Restore | Settings
Set the slider as required and OK out.
This is for XP, for Vista ask again or Google.

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Re: Saveing Disk Space. [Re: ourstanley]
      #391594 - Tue Apr 15 2008 06:21 PM
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hi ourstanley my system restore is at max 12% what will i set it too & my recycle bin is set at 5%

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Re: Saveing Disk Space. [Re: heres_johnny]
      #391628 - Tue Apr 15 2008 10:50 PM
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That is for you to decide, personally I have mine set at 3%.

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Re: Saveing Disk Space. [Re: ourstanley]
      #391648 - Wed Apr 16 2008 02:07 AM
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to decide on the percentage of disk space to use u must consider the size of hard drive ur using i have a 500gb hd so mine is set at 1% which is plenty
normally set the percentage so system restore only uses a max of 5gb and recycle bin no more than 100mb that way u can utilise more disk space for yourself

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Re: Saveing Disk Space. [Re: heres_johnny]
      #391649 - Wed Apr 16 2008 02:08 AM
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OurStanley is quite right. 3% 'system restore' allows for enough restore points. I've never understood why anyone would need the default of 12% anyway.

You will notice a dramatic increase in 'free space' on the disc when you have done it. Mine increased from 13.0GB to 17.0GB when I did it some weeks ago
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Re: Saveing Disk Space. [Re: radiogandy]
      #391691 - Wed Apr 16 2008 01:24 PM
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thanks for your help guys

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