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i need help cleaning up my Recovery (D;)
Ive been trying to do all that I know how to do to try and clean up, compress, delete unused programs and i am having no luck. I read somewhere that you can reformat, but I don't know how to do it and I'm afraid i will lose vital info. Please help me. Marilyn -- mykerl |
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i need help cleaning up my Recovery (D;)
Go to startall programsaccessoriescommand prompt and copy and paste this syntax into a command prompt and press enter: *vssadmin resize shadowstorage /For=C: /On=C: /MaxSize=2GB * This will reduce your shadow storage to 2GB you will see an immediate increase in space on your drive after rebooting. System restore in Vista utilizes the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) which manages restore points or shadow copies. A shadow copy is essentially a previous version of a file or folder at a specific point. Restore points are a special type of shadow copy because they store specific information needed during a system repair with System Restore. Shadow Copies are also created by Previous Versions, Windows Backup, and CompletePC Backup. The shadow copy storage area is where all types shadow copies are stored on each volume where VSC (Volume Shadow Copy) is turned on. -- Ultimate User |
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i need help cleaning up my Recovery (D;)
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:50:07 -0500, Ultimate User
wrote: Go to startall programsaccessoriescommand prompt and copy and paste this syntax into a command prompt and press enter: *vssadmin resize shadowstorage /For=C: /On=C: /MaxSize=2GB * You ever try to paste in a command prompt window??? |
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i need help cleaning up my Recovery (D;)
mykerl wrote:
Ive been trying to do all that I know how to do to try and clean up, compress, delete unused programs and i am having no luck. I read somewhere that you can reformat, but I don't know how to do it and I'm afraid i will lose vital info. Please help me. Marilyn Your subject line references a Recovery drive but you don't mention it in your message body so I'm a bit confused as to what you're trying to do. It's especially difficult to give you focused help since you left out any details such as whether this is a laptop or a desktop, make/model, etc. Most OEM machines (HP, Sony, etc.) have an image on a special partition of the hard drive that allows you to restore your computer to factory condition. In many cases this partition is labeled "Recovery" so your D: drive might be this recovery partition. If this is the case, you should not have *anything* of your own on this partition at all. If this is your situation and you've been putting stuff on the recovery partition, remove *only* your own data, not touching the image, and save it to your Documents folder on the C: drive. Please post back with a better description of your computer and what you're actually trying to do if you want more help. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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i need help cleaning up my Recovery (D;)
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:50:07 -0500, Ultimate User
wrote: Go to startall programsaccessoriescommand prompt and copy and paste this syntax into a command prompt and press enter: *vssadmin resize shadowstorage /For=C: /On=C: /MaxSize=2GB * You are just FULL of bad advice today, aren't you! You bear closer watching to make sure you don't screw someone's computer up. |
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i need help cleaning up my Recovery (D;)
It's easy.
open a cmd window, right-click in it, select Paste or right-click on the window header, select Edit - Paste then edit the wrap... -- Vista Home Premium 32 SP1 http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview "Paul Montgomery" wrote in message news On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:50:07 -0500, Ultimate User wrote: Go to startall programsaccessoriescommand prompt and copy and paste this syntax into a command prompt and press enter: *vssadmin resize shadowstorage /For=C: /On=C: /MaxSize=2GB * You ever try to paste in a command prompt window??? |
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i need help cleaning up my Recovery (D;)
All the time, apparently it's something you haven't figured out yet.
-- ---- Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "Paul Montgomery" wrote in message news On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:50:07 -0500, Ultimate User wrote: Go to startall programsaccessoriescommand prompt and copy and paste this syntax into a command prompt and press enter: *vssadmin resize shadowstorage /For=C: /On=C: /MaxSize=2GB * You ever try to paste in a command prompt window??? |
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i need help cleaning up my Recovery (D;)
Check if in recovery drive if you a see a folder by the name of "MediaID.bin" & also a folder by the name of your computer, example 1986rulez, then remove both of them as you could using "Backup & Restore to backup the data. And the data is being backup into recovery drive. -- tanuj_chadha Tanuj History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. - Karl Marx :geek: |