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Mihtedge
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Dec 18, 2025

Memory recovering after working with Restore Points

Hello, I rolled back the system to Restore Point and then undid it (using Windows tools), which resulted in approximately 60GB of disk space being lost. In other words, as a result of this “empty” o...
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MariuszWicik
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May 11, 2026

This is a common System Restore issue. When you restore and then undo the restore, Windows can leave behind orphaned VSS shadow copies that don’t appear in Disk Cleanup or System Protection. That’s why you lost ~60GB.

Fix:

  1. Run PowerShell as Administrator: 

    vssadmin delete shadows /all

    1. Reconfigure System Restore (set disk usage to 2–3% or turn it off/on).

    PC Manager cannot remove VSS shadow copies, so it won’t recover the missing space.