disk space usage slider


  1. soulfood
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    disk space usage slider


    hi, i want to know how to use the maximum disk space slider in the system restore page. can anyone help? thank you
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  3. Brink
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    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    Hello soulfood,

    The tutorial below can help show you how to. If you have any questions, then please feel free to ask. :)

    System Protection - Change Disk Space Usage

    Hope this helps,
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  4. soulfood
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    i don't understand, how the disk space usage slider works. does 1% equal 1 GB or 10GB? and 50% equal 500GB? thank you
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  6. kado897
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    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
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    Divide the GB of the drive by 100 to get 1%. So 1% of a 500GB drive would be 5GB.
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