seasidetrader Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Running Defraggler deletes all of my system restore files in Windows 7 Ultimate. Can someone advise as to how to change the settings in Defraggler so it does not delete those system restore files. Thanks for any assistance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Defraggle Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Running Defraggler deletes all of my system restore files in Windows 7 Ultimate. Can someone advise as to how to change the settings in Defraggler so it does not delete those system restore files It generally doesn't. A FAQ is "why is my disk filled with large fragmented files?" almost always System Volume Info used for restore. Was your disk fairly full, and not defragged before with Defraggler? It tends to do more defrag work, and compacts unlike the Win defrag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seasidetrader Posted April 10, 2011 Author Share Posted April 10, 2011 Thanks for your reply. My hard drive is only 55% used and 45% free. I run Defraggler and CC Cleaner once a week and noticed my system restore files were being deleted. So I created a new restore point and ran cc Cleaner and the restore point remained. Then I ran Defraggler and the restore point was removed and missing. So therefore it must be Defraggler removing the restore points. Really not sure why and I definitely do not want the restore points removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 That sounds like an odd problem, do you have your system restore allocation set to a small size? winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuit Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 I just checked & also noticed that I only now have 1 system restore point after allowing Defraggler to defrag free space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted April 10, 2011 Moderators Share Posted April 10, 2011 This is a problem discussed on here quite a few times, and it applies to Vista and Win7 "System Restore/Volume Shadow Copy". It's nothing to do with Defraggler, as it happens with any third party defrag program. The System Shadow Copy provider uses a copy-on-write mechanism that operates at a 16-KB block level. This is independent of the file system's cluster allocation unit size. If the file system's cluster size is smaller than 16 KB, the System Shadow Copy provider cannot easily determine that disk defragmentation I/O is different from typical write I/O, and performs a copy-on-write operation. This might cause the Shadow Copy storage area to grow very quickly. If the storage area reaches its user-defined limit, the oldest shadow copies are deleted first. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312067#top Previously discussed here: http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=31045&view=findpost&p=187500 Wiping free space won't help as you're creating a very large file during the WFS process (which is deleted on completion of course). It's an Operating System issue unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikki605 Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 The same happens on my Win7 Pro x64 laptop (restore points deleted after running Defraggler). I even have C:\System Volume Information\* in the Exclude section. I've just gotten in the habit of creating a manual restore point right after Defraggler completes. Restore points are created properly from this point forward until the next time I run Defraggler. Win10 Pro x64 Desktop (Speccy) - Win10 Pro x64 Laptop (Speccy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapture Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Out of curiosity, do you have your system restore files being saved to your OS drive? I wonder if you had them saved to a different partition/volume that defraggler would not touch those areas and remain contained within the c: confines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Bone Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Out of curiosity, do you have your system restore files being saved to your OS drive? I wonder if you had them saved to a different partition/volume that defraggler would not touch those areas and remain contained within the c: confines? How do I change to a different partition? W7 Home Premium x64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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