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August 29, 2008  
Subject: Huge backup files after Vista Crash and restore
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance
Date: 7/13/2008 12:00:04 PM
From: =?Utf-8?B?U3Rhbg==?= [Email Address Protection]

Vista has crashed on me several times in the last few days. Every time I
restore the operating system it creates a huge backup file on my C: drive.
My hard disk is filling up fast but when I try to delete these files I get a
message saying I don't have the correct permissions. Since I'm the only one
who uses this computer and have all the privliges what do I need to do?

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Subject: Re: Huge backup files after Vista Crash and restore
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance
Date: 7/13/2008 3:13:36 PM
From: "Rick Rogers" [Email Address Protection]

Hi,

You need to open either explorer or the command prompt with elevation. Click
start, type explorer (or cmd) into the search line. Right click the menu
entry and choose 'run as administrator'. Click continue, then delete the
unwanted backups.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Stan" <Stan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:28D733F5-6C58-408F-8B27-44F250534857@microsoft.com...
> Vista has crashed on me several times in the last few days. Every time I
> restore the operating system it creates a huge backup file on my C: drive.
> My hard disk is filling up fast but when I try to delete these files I get
> a
> message saying I don't have the correct permissions. Since I'm the only
> one
> who uses this computer and have all the privliges what do I need to do?


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