Solve the problem of releasing the hard disk space in Vista system restore

In Windows XP, the system restore function takes up a lot of hard disk space. In Windows Vista, although the system restore function is more powerful, it is puzzled that the hard disk space required for system restore is even larger. For whatever reason, we don't want our hard drive to be occupied by the system for unreasonable use. So if you want to save hard disk space as much as possible, you can consider turning off the system restore function, or reducing the system restore file by saving only the most recent system. The way to restore a point and delete the previous version is to free up the hard disk space. There are two ways to do this.

First, save only the most recent system restore point to free up hard disk space

Click: Start=> All Programs=> Attachments=> System Tools=> Disk Cleanup, at In the pop-up dialog box, select “All users' files on this computer”; In UAC (User Account Control), ask if you want to continue the warning dialog box, choose Continue; if there are multiple hard disks in the machine or there are multiple partitions on the hard disk , a window will pop up specifying the hard disk to be cleaned, and the system partition will be selected here; the disk cleaning tool will first scan the hard disk, then jump to the options page, select “other options", and then click “system restore” In the attribute, "Clean up";

When popping up "Do you want to delete all restore points (except the most recent ones)?" Click "“" in the dialog box, and you're done.

In many cases, by performing the above steps, the available disk space will be greatly improved.

Second, turn off system restore to free up hard disk space

First of all, it should be pointed out that turning off system restore is not a good choice, this is also a measure Microsoft has been recommending users not to take, especially for the general For the user, turning off system restore means that the system loses its ability to recover from unexpected failures. Moreover, in comparison, system restore in Windows Vista is greatly improved compared to Windows XP, which can maintain the system more effectively.

Turning off System Restore in Windows Vista is similar to Windows XP. Of course, the difference is still there. The brief introduction is as follows:

Right click on the “Computer” station and select “&ldquo ;Properties", then select “Advanced System Settings"; In UAC (User Account Control) ask if you want to continue the warning dialog box, choose Continue; in the "System Properties" window, select “System Protection” Card; in the "Available drives" list, clear the selection of all hard disk partitions;

In the "OK to close the system restore" prompt window, select “ close system restore & rdquo; ;

Click “ is ” in the warning window, then close the “system properties” window. Vel1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt">In the "Available drives" list, clear the selection of all hard disk partitions; in the "OK to close the system restore" prompt window, select “ Turn off System Restore" in the warning window, click “yes", then close the “system properties” window.