Solved shadow copy?

[GradeAbra]

I did not download or install anything, but i notice that the storage space reduces itself by afew GB. Is this causes by shadow copy? Is there anyway to get back those space?

I wonder is there any tutorial to reduce shadow copy storage like in Vista?

 

[Brink]

Hello GradeAbra,

Yes, you can reduce the size of the storage space used by system protection if needed.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/335-system-protection-change-disk-space-usage.html


This might also help ID areas where you may be losing HDD space at as well.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/129976-hard-disk-space-free-up-recover.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[GradeAbra]

Thanks again. So shadow copy and Restore point uses the same storage space? I tried tried to reduce it to 3gb but it does not seem like i am getting back the space i lost previously?

 

[Brink]

Yes, they use the same storage space.

Have you already check the items at the other link to see if one of them may be using up space?

 

[GradeAbra]

Yes, regarding the hibernation, what i just turn it on. Usually it would take up 2gb but this time i did not see the reduce in storage. I wonder is it necessary to turn on hibernation at all?

 

[Brink]

It just really depends on if you use hibernate or not. If not, then disable it to free up the allocated HDD space used for it.

 

[GradeAbra]

What is the advantages of hibernation?

 

[Brink]

This link can help give you some more details about sleep, hibernate, and hybrid sleep.

Sleep and hibernation: frequently asked questions

Sleep is a power-saving state that allows a computer to quickly resume full-power operation (typically within several seconds) when you want to start working again. Putting your computer into the sleep state is like pausing a DVD player—the computer immediately stops what it’s doing and is ready to start again when you want to resume working.

Hibernation is a power-saving state designed primarily for laptops. While sleep puts your work and settings in memory and draws a small amount of power, hibernation puts your open documents and programs on your hard disk, and then turns off your computer. Of all the power-saving states in Windows, hibernation uses the least amount of power. On a laptop, use hibernation when you know that you won't use your laptop for an extended period and won't have an opportunity to charge the battery during that time.

Hybrid sleep is designed primarily for desktop computers. Hybrid sleep is a combination of sleep and hibernate—it puts any open documents and programs in memory and on your hard disk, and then puts your computer into a low-power state so that you can quickly resume your work. That way, if a power failure occurs, Windows can restore your work from your hard disk. When hybrid sleep is turned on, putting your computer into sleep automatically puts your computer into hybrid sleep. Hybrid sleep is typically turned on by default on desktop computers.

 

[GradeAbra]

How can i turn on Hybrid for my desktop?

 

[Brink]

Any other questions on this topic should be posted in a New Thread since this thread is not about that topic. One thread per different topic to help keep things on topic.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/778-power-plan-settings-change.html

 

[GradeAbra]

I posted in your thread through the above link.