XP unknown files consumed 71%, 52 GB of my hard drive. How can I get rid of them.

Last month, my hard drive is full of unknown files. The magnitude became visible when I ran WinDirStat.

I reduced the space allocated for the restore system to the basket and 2% to 2% Points. No significant impact.

I stopped and restarted the system restore. No significant impact. I turned it then turn back.

I ran MS cleaning disk before and after the change of the other Options to remove all but the most recent System Restore Point. No significant impact.

I ran Auslogics Disk Defragmenter that revealed the paths, sizes and file names. I am unable to make a copy of the list, but it contains a ton of files, many of them up to + 400 MB. The following selection all have paths that include "SystemRestore".

_Registry_Machine_Software
Snapshot
Data44
22 data (more)
Objects.Data
_Registry_User_USRCLAS_S-1-5-21-367027545
_Registry_User_NTSUSER_S-1-5-21-3670207545
Registry_User_Default
Regisistry_Machine_System
Change.log.6
Change.log.2 (more)
A0065793.dll
A0065796.dll (more)
RP1202
RP1205 (more)

What should do? My system seems to be about to become unusable.

Thank you.

This is unusual.

Files, and system restore points are all contained in the "hidden doubling: directory
C:\System Volume Information\_restore {}...-
None of the paths include the text "SystemRestore".

Access to this directory is strictly limited by default and "WinDirStat" cannot be used to watch this directory without help.

"Access to the System Volume Information folder"
  <>http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/309531 >

To completely remove your restore points and start over with a new restore point, simply turn off System Restore and then turn it back on...

"How to disable and enable the system restore in Windows XP"
  <>http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310405 >

My guess is that the files that you see are not system restore area and are completely useless.  If these files are all under a common directory, try to rename this directory to something different and restart your machine.  If your machine continues to run well, then these files probably aren't necessary and can be deleted.  If your system does not work well, you should be able to start safe mode and rename the directory back.

HTH,
JW

Tags: Windows

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