My Windows 10 PC has a 2TB E: drive for storing pictures and videos. The System Volume Information directory on that drive always contains a file of around 200-250GB, with a recent timestamp - not older than a week or so.
This should be a system restore point. I go to System Properties -> System Protection; select E and click Configure. I find:
- restore points are disabled for E
- restore points are limited to 15% of the disk capacity
- currently, 200GB (consistent with the size of the above file) are occupied by restore point(s).
My questions are:
- Why is there a restore point at all, given that the disk only contains media, and restore points are disabled?
- How can I determine if it is safe to remove the restore point?
- How can I prevent future restore points to be generated?