Windows 10: Why does System Protection Disk Usage increase when no new Restore Points have been added?

Hello


I'm running Windows 10 64 bit Version 10.0.17134.165


Starting with no Restore Points and 0 bytes used in System Protection I manually created one Restore Point (RP).


The one RP used 60.5MB. In three days no other RPs were created but the space used grew to 1.8GB.


I was under the impression (perhaps incorrectly) that the System Protection space was only used when new RPs were created.


I don't know if this is normal and have been unable to find any information on it.


Regards

ALG

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My restore points are being deleted??!!

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft community.

This issue can be caused if the maximum storage size limit is set to low

for your shadow storage.


To resolve this issue, adjust the maximum shadow storage allocation. To do this, follow the steps listed below:

1.Click Start, type System in the Search

box and then click System from the list under Control panel

2.Click System

protection in the task pane

3.Under Protection Settings click to select Local

Disk (C (System) and then click Configure

4.Under Disk Space Usage, move

the Max Usage slider to the right to increase the disk space usage for System

Restore points

Note: If protection is turned on for additional drives you might consider

increasing the Max Usage for those drives as well.

Thanks.

 

Unable to save a Restore Point in Windows 10

Hello George,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

With the issue description, I understand that you are facing issues in creating a restore point on your Windows 10 operating system. I will certainly help you in getting this fixed.

This issue can be caused if the maximum storage size limit is set to low for your shadow storage.

To resolve this issue, adjust the maximum shadow storage allocation. To do this, follow the steps listed below:

• • • • • • • • 
                Click Start, type System in the Search box and then click System from the list under Control panel
                
              • 
                Click System protection in the task pane
                
              • 
                Under Protection Settings click to select Local Disk (C (System) and then click Configure
                
              • 
                Under Disk Space Usage, move the Max Usage slider to the right to increase the disk space usage for System Restore points
                

Note: If protection is turned on for additional drives you might consider increasing the Max Usage for those drives as well.

Hope this information is helpful. Please write back to us if you need any further assistance, we'll be glad to assist you.

 

WINDOWS 10 UPDATE DELETED MY RESTORE POINTS

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft community.

This issue can be caused if the maximum storage size limit is set to low

for your shadow storage.


To resolve this issue, adjust the maximum shadow storage allocation. To do this, follow the steps listed below:

1.Click Start, type System in the Search

box and then click System from the list under Control panel

2.Click System

protection in the task pane

3.Under Protection Settings click to select Local

Disk (C (System) and then click Configure

4.Under Disk Space Usage, move

the Max Usage slider to the right to increase the disk space usage for System

Restore points

Note: If protection is turned on for additional drives you might consider

increasing the Max Usage for those drives as well.

Thanks.