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The vss storage tag on WindowsForum.com covers how Windows uses Volume Shadow Copy Service to hold restore points, backups, and point-in-time recovery data on disk. Discussion here focuses on the storage footprint VSS can build up, especially on small SSDs, and how classic System Restore lets you cap that allocation or delete obsolete restore points when space runs short. A recurring theme is that Windows 11's newer Point-in-time restore behaves differently from classic System Restore, with separate storage rules and a broader rollback effect on local files, so the older advice does not always carry over cleanly.
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    Windows 11 Point-in-Time Restore Rolls Back Local Files

    Windows users can cap the disk space consumed by classic System Restore without disabling it, but the advice needs one important update: Windows 11’s newer Point-in-time restore is a separate recovery system with different storage rules and a much broader rollback effect. MakeUseOf’s report...