subject: Enforcing Disk Quota Limit May Cause Data Loss In Windows Vista [print this page] In Microsoft Windows Vista, you can easily setup the 'Hard Disk Drive Space Quota' to set upper limits of storage space usage for user accounts. When you reach the maximum limit of allocated user space, it gives you a deny or warning message. This feature in MS Windows Vista is specifically useful when you have several users that access same computer and you need to restrict hard drive space for the users. However, in some cases this process may cause damage to your system and results into partition loss. In such circumstances, you need to use Partition Recovery solutions to retrieve lost partition and stored data.
Every drive in Microsoft Windows Vista has distinguished quota settings. If you perform any action on a volume, it does not affect other disk volumes. While managing the hard drive quotas the operations you perform on a disk volume don't affect other volumes.
You can limit the hard drive space usage in Microsoft Windows Vista through enabling Disk Quota organization feature by following the underwritten steps:
Select 'Computer' from Start Menu of Microsoft Windows Vista.
Right-click the Windows drive on which you need to configure the disk quota and then select Properties.
Click Quota tab and select Show Quota Settings.
Click the Enable Quota Management check box to select it.
Click the Deny disk space to users exceeding quota limit check box to select it if you wish to purely enforce the storage limit.
Select the Limit disk space to and enter the amount. Always change KB to GB.
You should give Set warning level to any value under quota limit.
Click OK button for enabling the disk quotas on particular hard drive.
Forcing the disk quota limit is optional. However, you are not recommended to do so as it may lead to serious data loss situations and application malfunction. In such situations, Partition Recovery Software come for your rescue.
The Partition Recovery applications use high-end scanning techniques to methodically scan the entire hard drive and extract all lost data from it. They come equipped with self-explanatory user interface and thus all you to have Windows Partition Recovery on your own. With read-only and non-destructive conduct, the do not alter original data on the hard drive.
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is the most excellent solution for all your data loss problems. The software is designed for Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, 2003, XP, and 2000. It recover FAT16, FAT32, VFAT, NTFS, and NTFS5 file system partitions.
