How do I Delete some of the excessive restore files ?

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I'm lost ,I've tried to find and Delete the huge amount of files stored by the Restore feature of Win.XP( which doesn't work anyhow) without going through the usual Restore by Disc.Is there anyone out there who also has this problem.The Restore section takes up more room than the Regular files
1.)How do I get back my space?
and 2).How do I Defeat the feature on Win.XP?
 
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Dr. Ramone said:
I'm lost ,I've tried to find and Delete the huge amount of files stored
Click to expand...
by the Restore feature of Win.XP( which doesn't work anyhow) without going
through the usual Restore by Disc.Is there anyone out there who also has
this problem.The Restore section takes up more room than the Regular files.
 
How to Turn On and Turn Off System Restore in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310405&Product=winxp

Troubleshooting System Restore in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302796

System Restore for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner.com/xp_restore.htm

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| I'm lost ,I've tried to find and Delete the huge amount of files stored by the Restore feature of
Win.XP( which doesn't work anyhow) without going through the usual Restore by Disc.Is there anyone out there
who also has this problem.The Restore section takes up more room than the Regular files.
| 1.)How do I get back my space?
| and 2).How do I Defeat the feature on Win.XP?
 
BTW the Restore feature does work in XP and has saved me a lot of work
from time to time. If yours is not working, I would try and figure out why
because you are doing without a great tool.

Is there any chance you think it does not work as you are expecting it
to do something other than what it does?

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26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math


Dr. Ramone said:
I'm lost ,I've tried to find and Delete the huge amount of files stored
Click to expand...
by the Restore feature of Win.XP( which doesn't work anyhow) without going
through the usual Restore by Disc.Is there anyone out there who also has
this problem.The Restore section takes up more room than the Regular files.
 
Greetings --

You cannot normally delete individual Restore Points, nor should
you try.

However, you can control the amount of space used by the System
Volume Information, the folder in which WinXP's System Restore feature
stores information used to recover from errors. By default, WinXP
sets aside a maximum of 12% of the partition's size for storing System
Volume Information, but the amount of space set aside for this purpose
can be adjusted by the user. Start > All Programs > Accessories >
System Tools > System Restore > System Restore Settings, select the
pertinent partition and click Settings. If you're so inclined, you
can even disable this very useful and helpful feature.

Actually though, I can say from personal experience that System
Restore has performed exactly as advertised the two times I've needed
to use it, once for a network configuration problem of my own
creation, and once when a hardware problem caused some registry
corruption.


Bruce Chambers

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Dr. Ramone said:
I'm lost ,I've tried to find and Delete the huge amount of files
Click to expand...
stored by the Restore feature of Win.XP( which doesn't work anyhow)
without going through the usual Restore by Disc.Is there anyone out
there who also has this problem.The Restore section takes up more room
than the Regular files.
 
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