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post #16 of 19
12/6/09 at 3:20pm
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Originally Posted by Al4x View Post
ah sorry

it was the shadow copy, it obviously doesnt show in disk management or file tree revealing programs.. i had to resize it

it was taking up exactly the amount of space i had lost!

53GBs!! so it was related to system restore/backup
How do you resize it?
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post #17 of 19
12/6/09 at 5:07pm
Thread Starter 
here are the instructions..

See how much storage in Volume 'C'

Type this into CMD. (Administrator Privs)

vssadmin List ShadowStorage


Getting rid of old Restore Points Volume 'C'

Type this into CMD. (Administrator Privs)


vssadmin Resize ShadowStorage /For=C: /On=C: /MaxSize=2048MB

NB: 1024 = 1GB.
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post #18 of 19
12/6/09 at 5:09pm
Thread Starter 
i resized to 2GB cause i dont need it
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post #19 of 19
12/6/09 at 6:12pm
It is frustrating when the OS hides things from you even when you are using the administrator account.

The shadow copies can be a neat and useful feature if you know it is there. But it is well hidden and few people know it is there to even use it to recover a file.
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