How to Increase the Recovery Disk Size

Windows System Restore creates a recovery file on your hard drive and updates it when major changes occur on your operating system. If you have a system problem you can use System Restore to use the recovery file to restore everything the way it was before the system changed. You can adjust the hard disk space that System Restore uses for its recovery through its control panel.

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  Click "Start." Right-click "Computer" and select the "Properties" option from the menu.

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  Choose "System Protection."

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  Select your primary hard drive and click "Configure."

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  Move the slider toward the right to increase the amount of space that System Restore is allowed to use. Click "Apply" and "OK."