Help Deleting Files

by pants101 Dec 14, 2003 12:23PM PST

So i was going through my computer and found a folder called _RESTORE and i clicked properties and it says that it takes up 22 gigs. I really needed more room on my comp so i tried deleting it. It comes up as Access denied. The source file may be in use. every time.

Why does it do this? Is the file needed? oh and the files inside the folder are: DISKCFG, SRDISKID, VxDMon.cfg, and VxDMon.cfg

thanks for the help

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Generally, yes it's needed...

by Keith Marcotte Dec 14, 2003 7:09PM PST

Description of the System Restore Utility in Windows Millennium Edition:

http://support.microsoft.com?id=267951
http://support.microsoft.com?id=263455

22GB seems "a bit" large. To manually adjust the size of the Data Store, follow these steps:

1. In Control Panel, click System.
2. Click the Performance tab.
3. Click the File System button.
4. On the Hard Disk tab, adjust the System Restore disk space use slider to the preferred size.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Reducing the disk space used by System Restore may FIFO existing Restore Points, so use caution when performing this action.

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Re:Generally, yes it's needed...

by pants101 Dec 15, 2003 2:14AM PST

I went to where you said and under the system restore slider i tried to move it, but it wouldnt increase or decrease. and the words system restore were shaded like they were not selectable, so i dont really know whats happening :/

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What was the slider set to?

by Keith Marcotte Dec 15, 2003 4:36AM PST

I have 2 hard drives in my WinME PC (20GB and 60GB). According to the slider, I'm using about 2GB of space with the slider set to "Max".

Go to the Troubleshooting tab on that same screen (refer to end of Q267951). What is "Disable System Restore" set to? It should NOT be checked (box should be blank). Reboot and create a manual restore point. Some of your old checkpoints should roll off.

Are you up to date on Windows patches?

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Re:Help Deleting Files

by pants101 Dec 15, 2003 4:53AM PST

It's set to the third notch, which i assume is 22gigs, and there is not box to check off.

and no i dont think im up to date on windows pathces, can i got those from download/microsoft.com?

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Re:Re:Help Deleting Files

by pants101 Dec 15, 2003 4:55AM PST

oops my mistake, yes the box was checked off, so i turned it blank. Now it says i have 27% availbable memory as opposed to 51% before. but under my C:/ drive it still says that only 3.5 gigs are free out of 33.3

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Did you manually create a restore point?

by Keith Marcotte Dec 15, 2003 5:16AM PST

While it was "off", the PC Health program was probably still running an putting files into System Restore. Manually create a restore point (see "When to Create and Use Manual Restore Points" in that first link I gave you). This should roll off some of the older files.

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If that doesn't work...

by Keith Marcotte Dec 15, 2003 5:23AM PST

Turning System Restore off again and then on again should erase all restore points. Then you can manually create a restore point to start off.

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