Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Stop Windows System Restore from filling a hard drive


Stop Windows System Restore
from filling a hard drive

Wed., September 23, 2009

Stop Windows System Restore from filling a hard drive

Stop Windows System Restore from filling a hard drive I'll show you how Vista's System Restore works and how the hidden VSSAdmin command-line tool can prevent it from filling up your hard drive.



  Poll: Has Windows System Restore ever saved your computer?

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