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As you can imagine, storing all these copies of your Windows

configuration consumes quite a bit of disk space. That’s why
System Restore lets you limit how much of your drive is
allowed to fill up with restore points. Click Configure in the
System Protection dialog box (Figure 16-3); you get a slider

that lets you cap the percentage of the drive that can be
swallowed up with restore-point data. When your drive gets

full, System Restore starts deleting the oldest restore points as
necessary.

In times of strife, there’s also a nuclear option here: the Delete

button. Note, however, that this deletes not just all your restore
points, but also the backups of all your documents (those
created by the File Histories feature described starting on
“Turning System Restore Off”).

You’ve been warned. Be careful out there.

If that seems like the right restore point, click Next, and then
Finish; that’s all there is to it. If it seems like you might want to
rewind your computer to an even earlier point, though, read on:

3. Choose “Choose a different restore point.”

The list of all memorized restore points appears (Figure 16-4,
bottom).