Windows 10: Windows Restore Point Disk Usage Keeps Increasing By the Second

Restore points keep increasing in size for no apparent reason. I keep noticing that all my restore points disappear and now I believe that it is because they grow over days and eat up all of the allocated space. I created one this morning and total Current Useage was around 20MB. This evening it was over 600 MB. I turned off and back on system protection to clear it out and created a new restore point. It was using 18MB when created 5 minutes ago. Now it is 53MB and growing.






What is going on here? I have seen this question posed in the past in this forum, but never a resolution. Absurd! In the time it took me to write this post, Current Usage has risen to 60.59MB. I am running Windows 10 ver 1909.

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Restore points being deleted

Hi.

If you have a complete backup image, I would clear all your restore points first.

The deletion of restore points are generally caused by any one of the following by-design conditions:

1) You run out of disk space on the system drive or on any one of the available non-system drives, and System Restore stops responding and stops monitoring your system.
2) You manually turn System Restore off. (not in your case.)
3) A restore point reaches an age of 90 days. The restore point is then deleted because 90 days is the default time to live.

To resolve this, adjust the maximum storage allocation. Follow the steps listed below:

1) Press Windows key + W on the keyboard to search Settings, type “System” in the Search box and then click System from the list of results.
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 the protection is turned on for additional drives you might consider increasing the Max Usage for those drives as well.

Does this help you?

*Think

 

Windows 10 Restore point issues (Restore point missing)

Hi Amos,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand the inconvenience you are facing currently. Let me help you in resolving the issue.

The deletion of restore points may be caused by any one of the following by-design conditions:

- You run out of disk space on the system drive or on any one of the available non-system drives, and System Restore stops responding and stops monitoring your system.

- You manually turn System Restore off.

- A restore point reaches an age of 90 days. The restore point is then deleted because 90 days is the default time to live.

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

1. Press
Windows key + W on the keyboard to search Settings, type “System” in the Search box and then click
System from the list of results.

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.

Also refer to the link given below:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/create-a-system-restore-point

Hope the information helps. Keep us posted on Windows related queries and we will be happy to assist you further.

 

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.