Manual restore point growing too fast?

Check how many restore points those really are. The cmd command is vssadmin list shadows

I suspect there are more than 1 restore points. But it does not matter. The shadowstorage works first in, first out.

I use Ccleaner/tool box to check and remove restore points if I so desire. You can pick a choose which one to keep or remove.

System Protection Restore Points - Delete

If you have Windows Up Dates set to automatic you could be getting those updates. Some of those updates could include a restore point. Do you have a automatic back up program? Do you have another drive hooked that has backups installed? I really don't have any idea how one restore point gets bigger once it is set. I think you are worrying to much about nothing. Have a nice cup of coffee, I'm going to and maybe some others will jump in.

boredwithwin7 said:

whs said:

Check how many restore points those really are. The cmd command is vssadmin list shadows

I suspect there are more than 1 restore points. But it does not matter. The shadowstorage works first in, first out.

HI There!

When I have a look under "start/system restore" and tick "see all restore points". It lists all rstore points as well. i have only 1 restore point now. And it is growing too fast. What could be the problem "windows indexing service" perhaps?

A single restore point does not grow. Why don't you look into the shadowstorage as I suggested. Btw: Single restore points can be up to 1GB in size.

boredwithwin7 said:

When I start with a vlean slate (that is deletion of all restore points and create 1 manually after virus-scanning). This Restore point grows pretty fast. Starts with 72MB and grows to 140 MB wihtin 2 hours. 1 Gb within two days. What could be the reson?

I have 1 500GBsystem harddrive and 2% reserved for System Restore.

Please post a snip of where you are getting the info on restore points.