Vista keeps using GB of HD space out of the blue sky

[changsterdj]

i have barely installed any programs, and everytime I turn on my computer, I notice that there is less and less HD space...

wtf is going on?

 

[Shumway]

Do you have system restore turned on?

Could be the reason its taking up space as it creates more and more restore points

 

[changsterdj]

Do you have system restore turned on?

Could be the reason its taking up space as it creates more and more restore points

how do I turn it on or off?

and can I delete the system restore points?

 

[95BlackGA]

how do I turn it on or off?

and can I delete the system restore points?

A very quick Google search came up with this :

Disable The System Restore In Windows Vista ~ Windows Fanatics

Once disabled, all previous restore points are deleted.

 

[Hefemeister]

Are you in a pinch for drive space? Because if not, having multiple restore points is a good thing.

 

[changsterdj]

thanx i will give try

and I am not in a pinch to have space,

it just seems odd, that lots of GB of space just disappear

like i had 122 GB left, and then i turn on my comp, and I am at 100gb left

just tryna find out where it goes

 

[jambab]

ye, well the other option is to just manually back-up onto a CD or any other device and disable system restore, if it gets too much of a pain.

but i recommend you keep it turned on.

 

[changsterdj]

if it is system restore......i think i would keep it, but I dont like how its taking so many GB....like its taken at least 30-40gb of my hard drive

 

[carnageX]

System Restore, Shadow Copies, the paging file, temp files, etc can all eat up space.

 

[advancedgeek]

there is a chance that a virus is replicating files but i doubt that