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How to Create a System Restore Point in Windows 7
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/697-system-restore-point-create.html

How to Do a System Restore in Windows 7
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/700-system-restore.html

System Protection - Change Disk Space Usage
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/335-system-protection-change-disk-space-usage.html

How to Turn System Protection On or Off in Windows 7
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/330-system-protection-turn-off.html

Adjusting the amount of disk space System Restore uses to hold restore points
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskspacev.html

How To Change How Much Space System Restore Can Use
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76227-system-restore-disk-space.html
http://www.petri.co.il/change_amount_of_disk_space_used_by_system_restore_in_vista.htm

Vssadmin ShadowStorage Commands
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755866(WS.10).aspx

Volume Shadow Copy Service
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee923636(WS.10).aspx

Volume Shadow Copy Service
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb968832(VS.85).aspx

VSSADMIN
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/89d2e411-6977-4808-9ad5-476c9eaecaa51033.mspx?mfr=true

Windows Vista System Restore Guide
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial143.html

Controlling Shadow Copies in Vista (and Windows 7!)
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2342534,00.asp

A good utility :

Shadow Explorer - Free
http://www.shadowexplorer.com/

Hope this helps.
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