Hi Folks,
I have Windows 7 64bit and have always kept the ability to use "System Restore" in case of a problem if/when no other options worked. I know the opinions are pro and con about having it at all but I'm keeping mine set that way.
However, it’s important to understand my drive configuration in order to offer any helpful answers to my question: I have 5 drives, (3 SSDs and 1 HDD internally connected and 1 HDD externally connected via eSATA), of which 3 play important roles to the O/S in one capacity or another.
To be more precise, my O/S is installed on a Samsung 840 Evo 500GB SSD. There are a few other programs, (Adobe PS & MS Office), installed on the same drive for a total used space of about 180GB.
The second is “K” drive; a 1TB HDD, (Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM), that plays the O/S program support roll.
The 3rd critical drive is a Plextor 256GB SSD, which stores the O/S Temp and TMP files. (if more system details are needed, my basic system specs are below in my signature,).
Those are the 3 drives that I believe play a direct role in the Windows system’s operation. Of the other two drives, I have a Crucial 500GB SSD (internally connected), which is dedicated to my Flight-Sim, (FSX). The 5th drive is an eSata connected, 1TB HDD, (another Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM), and is a standard software storage drive.
SO; I have all 5 drives setup with the Windows “System Protection” option. Each drive is configured with between, 6% & 15% of assigned restore space.
However, whenever I create a restore point, I create it ONLY on the C drive, (my main O/S drive). I’ve had to use my System Restore option several times in the past 12 months with this configuration and it always went smoothly, resulting in a successful completion about 75% of the time.
So can anyone tell me if the space I’ve assigned to my drives other than the C drive, are necessary? I have noticed that the percentage of space assigned to some of these drives decrease when I created a restore point on the C drive.
Even so, the percentage used of their assigned space was never the same as the space reduction resulting in the C drive itself. In fact, the other drives would only lose a very small amount of space compared the C drive, with exception to the HDD drive, (K), which supports the C drive.
Assuming that I need to assigned space to the 3 “critical” drives I listed above, would I need any space assigned to the other two, ‘not-so-critical’ drives?
Thanks,
Rich
I have Windows 7 64bit and have always kept the ability to use "System Restore" in case of a problem if/when no other options worked. I know the opinions are pro and con about having it at all but I'm keeping mine set that way.
However, it’s important to understand my drive configuration in order to offer any helpful answers to my question: I have 5 drives, (3 SSDs and 1 HDD internally connected and 1 HDD externally connected via eSATA), of which 3 play important roles to the O/S in one capacity or another.
To be more precise, my O/S is installed on a Samsung 840 Evo 500GB SSD. There are a few other programs, (Adobe PS & MS Office), installed on the same drive for a total used space of about 180GB.
The second is “K” drive; a 1TB HDD, (Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM), that plays the O/S program support roll.
The 3rd critical drive is a Plextor 256GB SSD, which stores the O/S Temp and TMP files. (if more system details are needed, my basic system specs are below in my signature,).
Those are the 3 drives that I believe play a direct role in the Windows system’s operation. Of the other two drives, I have a Crucial 500GB SSD (internally connected), which is dedicated to my Flight-Sim, (FSX). The 5th drive is an eSata connected, 1TB HDD, (another Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM), and is a standard software storage drive.
SO; I have all 5 drives setup with the Windows “System Protection” option. Each drive is configured with between, 6% & 15% of assigned restore space.
However, whenever I create a restore point, I create it ONLY on the C drive, (my main O/S drive). I’ve had to use my System Restore option several times in the past 12 months with this configuration and it always went smoothly, resulting in a successful completion about 75% of the time.
So can anyone tell me if the space I’ve assigned to my drives other than the C drive, are necessary? I have noticed that the percentage of space assigned to some of these drives decrease when I created a restore point on the C drive.
Even so, the percentage used of their assigned space was never the same as the space reduction resulting in the C drive itself. In fact, the other drives would only lose a very small amount of space compared the C drive, with exception to the HDD drive, (K), which supports the C drive.
Assuming that I need to assigned space to the 3 “critical” drives I listed above, would I need any space assigned to the other two, ‘not-so-critical’ drives?
Thanks,
Rich
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