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Windows Me - Adjust the storage space of the System Restore

November 25, 2013
Updated: December 6, 2021
Quick overview:

The Windows Me system restore function is one of the operating system's flagship features, as it makes it easy to back up the computer's most important files and restore them if necessary. This function requires a lot of space on the hard disk for the backup, which can be a bottleneck, especially on computers with low hard disk capacity. There is a way to reduce the reserved space far beyond the conventional ways (system control):

1. Click in succession on Start/Execute and enter in the command line regedit in.

2. Now shimmy through the Registration key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\StateMgr\Cfg\ReservedDiskSpace and look at the right half of the window.

3. Double-click on the value Min and select in the newly appeared dialog Decimal. Now you can enter the desired number, e.g. 50 which means that the system restore will reserve at least 50 megabytes.

4. The value Max indicates the upper limit, which can be 100, for example. When you restart the computer, the new values are already active.

NOTE FOR NEW PUBLICATION: This article was produced by Sandro Villinger and comes from the Windows tweaks archive, which has been built up since the late 1990s.

Founded Windows Tweaks as a teenager in 2001, his helpful PC tricks made it Germany's most visited Windows site (at the time Sandro looked like this). He then went on to write for international publications such as PC-Praxis, Computerbild, PCWorld in the USA, IMTEST.de and Hifi.de. Sandro's main job is as Global Product Marketing Lead and Consultant for various global tech companies, including Microsoft, AVG, Avast, Nero, TeamViewer, Swiss IT Security Group and now currently in the fintech sector for Gendigital. But he can't get rid of his passion and shares his tweaks here again. Privately, he enjoys traveling the world and loves Asia, especially Japan, Singapore and Korea, but also natural places like Iceland and the Nordics. You can reach Sandro via e-mail.

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