Hi. I hope someone has the answer to this. My hard drive was 94gb used out of a 250 drive, and 7% fragmented. I ran Defraggler before backing it up. It ended up with 133gb used. What could cause this? Thanks for any help.
PS. Everything works fine. Just want to know what made the used space swell like that.
What a great post. That link to remove all but the restore points, except for the last one, WAS GREAT.
Got rid of about 50gb of space on my laptop drive, which is quite a bit.
Thanks,
Jon
Hi Jon, I'm pleased it worked for you. That is a lot of space.
Sorry DennisD,
Forgot to mention here that in the night during my sleeping I had a lightbulb above my head and it gave me an idea...
Windows makes a "swap"file and I have reduced that first to zero... And than back to the original setting and now I got 400gb of space back...
Thanks for thinking with me...
Grtz,
Ferry
You're welcome Ferry.
How big is/was your page file?
If you have 512mb of memory or less, it's usual to set it's size at about one and a half times the size of the memory. If you have more than that, a 1 to 1 ratio would probably suffice. My memory is 2gb, and my page file is just over that.
I believe you are referring to the ability to restore the system state to a previously RECORDED condition,
which I accept.
I was referring to the CREATION of the records in Restore points at the time when conditions changed.
When Windows is running normally the O.S. gives a lot of aggravation and extra bloat when I delete a file or even select its properties to see what version is stated.
The bloat is a copy of the file added to the current Restore Point, and possibly another copy added to dllcache if Windows File Protection or some-such decides against me.
I vaguely remember through the mists of time that 3 or 4 years ago I used Safe Mode for any "heavy lifting" of moving or deleting stuff that XP thought I would need again.
I cannot remember whether Safe Mode defeated the preservation of System Restore and/or dllcache,
but I now have it firmly in my mind that Safe Mode allowed me to eradicate large folders without any reincarnation.
I assume that if Defraggler does stuff that causes System Restore to duplicate everything in Restore Points,
then I thought that using Defraggler in Safe Mode would evade the "evil gaze" of System Restore and the Restore Points would survive the onslaught.
Please advise if my recollections and assumptions are correct or otherwise.
Also please advise if Restore Point bloat is definitely avoid when any defragger operates in "Boot Mode",
or do different defraggers have different forms and degrees of "boot mode".
I've had something similar happen, before running Defraggler I had 109 GB free w/ 24% defragmentation, now after it ran I have 179.5 GB free. I'm also on Windows 7.
I've had something similar happen, before running Defraggler I had 109 GB free w/ 24% defragmentation, now after it ran I have 179.5 GB free. I'm also on Windows 7.