deleting old system restore points

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nigel morse

Hi All
I have lots of old restore points and I was wondering how to
delete them all in a safe manner. The computer is (famous last words?)
quite stable, so I should be ok to do it.

Thanks to all you reply
 
Hi Nigel,

There are three ways to easily remove restore points (you cannot do this
selectively).

1) Start/run cleanmgr.exe (disk cleanup), there is a "clean up" button on
the "more options" tab to remove all but the newest restore point.

2) Control Panel/System/System Restore tab, go to settings and reduce the
amount of space allotted to System Restore. This will remove older restore
points, how many depends on how much space you require for a point, and how
much space you leave.

3) Control Panel/System/System Restore tab, click the "turn off system
restore on all drives" box. This will eliminate all restore points. Once
reenabled, the system will begin creating new ones. You should reboot
inbetween doing this.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
 
Disk cleanup, more tab has a box to check to remove all but
the last restore point.


| Hi All
| I have lots of old restore points and I was wondering how
to
| delete them all in a safe manner. The computer is (famous
last words?)
| quite stable, so I should be ok to do it.
|
| Thanks to all you reply
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