Computer Tips - How to management the quantity of Disk area employed by System Protection in Windows seven or Vista

The shadow copies for Windows seven or Vista that were mentioned within the previous tip will consume quite a trifle of disk area. However, it's simple to alter the area settings for these System Restore backups. These settings are found beneath System Protection. There are varied ways that to access them however here is one that's convenient :

1. Open the beginning menu and right-click laptop. 
2. Choose Properties.
3. On the left facet of the window that opens, click System Protection.
4. The dialog shown in figure one below can open.
5. Highlight the disk or volume you wish to configure.
6. Click the button Configure.
7. The dialog shown in figure two can open. during this case, disk C: has been selected.
8. Use the slider (shown highlighted) to regulate the area allotted on the chosen volume.
9. Click OK and OK once more.

For a a lot of fine-grained manner of adjusting the settings, the command-line with the command vssadmin may be used. Its use is mentioned at this link. The strategies given there show the way to allocate a numerically specified quantity of area or to delete shadow copies.

Be aware that Vista Home Premium doesn't give for access to shadow copies nor will Windows XP.

Figure 1. Settings for Windows System Protection

Figure 2. Allocating space for Shadow Copies