Using defragmentation program creates XX.X Gig file

[ECH]

Hello,

I need some help to solve a problem that is very annoying. For whatever reason whenever I defrag my hard drive be it win7's version of Perfect Disk a file is created in System Volume Information that is several Gigs. I cannot figure out why this is happening. The file name itself looks like a registry key. I cannot delete it and it is simply removing all HD free space.

Now here's the kicker, it will sometimes grow on it's own for whatever reason. Other times it will reduce in size on it's own. But if I defrag my hard drive it will grow exponentially to 2x, 3x it's current size until I run out of HD space.

Can someone help me remove these files?

Sidenote:
When I look up file name in the registry it's found under FileNotToBackup and it's name is VSS Default Provider.

 

[zigzag3143]

Hello,

I need some help to solve a problem that is very annoying. For whatever reason whenever I defrag my hard drive be it win7's version of Perfect Disk a file is created in System Volume Information that is several Gigs. I cannot figure out why this is happening. The file name itself looks like a registry key. I cannot delete it and it is simply removing all HD free space.

Now here's the kicker, it will sometimes grow on it's own for whatever reason. Other times it will reduce in size on it's own. But if I defrag my hard drive it will grow exponentially to 2x, 3x it's current size until I run out of HD space.

Can someone help me remove these files?

Sidenote:
When I look up file name in the registry it's found under FileNotToBackup and it's name is VSS Default Provider.

VSS is windows volume shadow service used to backup and restore. those files may just be restore points. where are they located?

 

[ECH]

C: drive

 

[ECH]

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With your post I figured it out. I went to:

Right-click My Computer and click Properties
Click System protection to the left
Selected C: drive then click Configure
Click Delete then click OK

Now the files are gone. What a quagmire as I would have never thought it was restore points. Still don't understand why the same file is used when defraging the hard drive.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello ECH.



Just a suggestion, don't disable system restore use "configure" to set it at something small like 2GB, you never know if/when SR may save your bacon.

 

[MilesAhead]

Or you can just hit WinKey Break then System Protection and turn it off, do the defrag, backup whatever, then turn it back on and make a restore point. It's safer if you already have a backup image of your system though, before turning it off temporarily.

Or you can use CCleaner and just delete all but the newest, right before a defrag or backup.