Free Up Space Used By Backup and Restore
Posted By Brent Trahan On August 20, 2009 @ 3:31 pm In Guides, System Protection | No Comments
Reduce Space Used by Backup and Restore
- Open the Control Panel in the Start Menu.
- Open Backup and Restore in the Control Panel.
[1]Note: If Backup and Restore is not available, change View by to Large icons at the top right of the Control Panel.
- Click Manage space in the Backup section of the Backup and Restore window.
[2] - First we’ll free up space taken by you data files (documents, pictures, so on…). Click the View backups button in the Data file backup section.
[3] - Select a backup period to delete and then click the Delete button.
[4] - Click Delete in the confirmation window.
[5] - Click Close when it’s finished.
[6] - Click Close in the backup periods window.
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- Next we are going to set Backup and Restore to only keep the latest system image (backup of your programs and settings). Click Change settings under System image.
[3]
- Select Keep only the latest system image and minimize space used by backup and then click OK.
[7] - Click Delete in the confirmation window.
[8]Note: If you’re just looking to temporarily free up space, I would go back to step 10 and set it to let Windows manage space used for system images after it deletes the old system images.
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