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How to configure shadow copy storage?
Hi,
I was looking into the Event logs on my Vista system and found the following error message: "The shadow copies of volume C: were aborted because the shadow copy storage could not grow due to a user imposed limit." After I perform a disk clean and delete the shadow copies, my System drive (C is about 26GB. How do I increase the shadow copy storage and avoid this error message? Thank you in advance. Wish you all a Happy New Year! Regards, NJ |
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How to configure shadow copy storage?
Shadow storage is controlled by the command-line utility vssadmin. Click
Start. In the search box type cmd and press Ctrl+Shift+Enter to run command as an administrator. At the command prompt type: vssadmin /? to see the options. Vssadmin list shadowstorage will show you the amount of shadow storage allocated and used. Vista be default uses up to 15% of a drive's available space to save restore points. The minimum space required is 300MB. On my 250GB drive, about 33GB is set aside for shadow storage. As the space fills up, Vista deletes the oldest shadow copies. You may also Google vssadmin. There is a lot of info about it there. If you really insist on changing the space percentage, the 15% is set in the registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\S ystemRestore\Cfg. Using the registry editor, regedit.exe, to edit this key, in the right-hand pane, double click the DiskPercent value and adjust if from the default setting of 15 to the percent you want. But it's a lot safer and faster to change the size allocated, as opposed to the percent, with vssadmin. Tyro "Neil Jones" wrote in message ... Hi, I was looking into the Event logs on my Vista system and found the following error message: "The shadow copies of volume C: were aborted because the shadow copy storage could not grow due to a user imposed limit." After I perform a disk clean and delete the shadow copies, my System drive (C is about 26GB. How do I increase the shadow copy storage and avoid this error message? Thank you in advance. Wish you all a Happy New Year! Regards, NJ |
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How to configure shadow copy storage?
Neil Jones;925383 Wrote: Hi, I was looking into the Event logs on my Vista system and found the following error message: "The shadow copies of volume C: were aborted because the shadow copy storage could not grow due to a user imposed limit." After I perform a disk clean and delete the shadow copies, my System drive (C is about 26GB. How do I increase the shadow copy storage and avoid this error message? Thank you in advance. Wish you all a Happy New Year! Regards, NJ Hi neil, You can read Brinks tutorial on increasing the SR size. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76...isk-space.html Try not to post multiple posts on the same subject in different categories though, this is frowned upon. -- Airbot If I helped you then you can click on the scales arty: If you helped me then Thank You. Aaron |
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How to configure shadow copy storage?
see this link from my website:
http://vistasupport.mvps.org/decreas...em_restore.htm -- -- John Barnett MVP Windows XP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org Web: http://www.silversurfer-guide.com The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. "Neil Jones" wrote in message ... Hi, I was looking into the Event logs on my Vista system and found the following error message: "The shadow copies of volume C: were aborted because the shadow copy storage could not grow due to a user imposed limit." After I perform a disk clean and delete the shadow copies, my System drive (C is about 26GB. How do I increase the shadow copy storage and avoid this error message? Thank you in advance. Wish you all a Happy New Year! Regards, NJ |