I understand that.
But the question is what could I possibly have done to generate 4.5 GB of data to be archived away by System Restore?


I do have a scheduled backup running separately, but that archives to a different drive.


"Installed" (installed or otherwise extracted) ... Interactive JPEG Optimizer (1 MB), MoSearch (54 MB incl. 48 MB generated data file), LimeWire (18 MB), SeaMonkey (34 MB), TreeSize (1 MB), XnView (9 MB), FSViewer (6 MB).

Windows Defender updated its' definitions. There have been no Vista program updates - at all, that I am aware of.


So what is generating this huge amount of data being stuck into System Restore over such a short period of time? (Is it any wonder that my HD at times, seems to run incessantly)? And what actually is in those files?


PS: If you dual boot, XP & Vista, because the System Restore in each OS work differently, one is not recognized by the other, & XP will delete any Restore Points created by Vista. (I gather that Vista is XP aware, but XP is not Vista aware).