Restore points keep disappearing after installing update!

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Is it possible that Windows remove restoring points after installing some
updates?
Last year I thought it was a fluke, but now I am almost certain Windows
update removes restore points so the user cannot restore Windows to the
state before update.
Any comments on that?
Jack
 
Jack said:
Is it possible that Windows remove restoring points after installing some
updates?
Last year I thought it was a fluke, but now I am almost certain Windows
update removes restore points so the user cannot restore Windows to the
state before update.
Any comments on that?
Jack
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No. Updates are not designed to auto remove restore points when they are
installed.
 
So, what can be the reason for them to disappear?
I checked today and I have none.
Last December I set 3 different setup points each having a different name.
How to find them?
Jack

Harry Ohrn said:
Jack said:
Is it possible that Windows remove restoring points after installing some
updates?
Last year I thought it was a fluke, but now I am almost certain Windows
update removes restore points so the user cannot restore Windows to the
state before update.
Any comments on that?
Jack
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No. Updates are not designed to auto remove restore points when they are
installed.

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Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
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Hello,

It may be due to its quota running out.

System Restore is given about a percentage of the hard drive space to use,
if it exceeds that, it will delete early restore points to free up space.

You can correct this by Start > Control Panel > System > System Restore
(tab) and increasing the slider to the right.

More info here -
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/plan/faqsrwxp.mspx
Q. Why are my restore points missing or deleted?
A. If no free disk space on monitored system drive or on any of the
available non-system drives exists, System Restore will purge restore points
consistently across all monitored partitions to free disk space. If the free
disk space falls below 50 MB on any monitored partition, System Restore will
stop monitoring and suspend.
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Jack said:
So, what can be the reason for them to disappear?
I checked today and I have none.
Last December I set 3 different setup points each having a different name.
How to find them?
Jack

Harry Ohrn said:
Jack said:
Is it possible that Windows remove restoring points after installing
some updates?
Last year I thought it was a fluke, but now I am almost certain Windows
update removes restore points so the user cannot restore Windows to the
state before update.
Any comments on that?
Jack
Click to expand...

No. Updates are not designed to auto remove restore points when they are
installed.

--


Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
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System Restore is not the most stable creation. Check here for possible
suggestions http://bertk.mvps.org/html/missingrps.html

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Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


Jack said:
So, what can be the reason for them to disappear?
I checked today and I have none.
Last December I set 3 different setup points each having a different name.
How to find them?
Jack

Harry Ohrn said:
Jack said:
Is it possible that Windows remove restoring points after installing
some updates?
Last year I thought it was a fluke, but now I am almost certain Windows
update removes restore points so the user cannot restore Windows to the
state before update.
Any comments on that?
Jack
Click to expand...

No. Updates are not designed to auto remove restore points when they are
installed.

--


Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
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