Restore Points

[Guest]

How do you delete very old restore points xp 2k

Thanks
David Blust

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

All XP System Restore checkpoints are automatically deleted after 90 days.
How far back are you thinking as 'very old'?

 

[Guest]

Hi

All XP System Restore checkpoints are automatically deleted after 90 days.
How far back are you thinking as 'very old'?

-- not that old....Thanks sheadog

Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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[Will Denny]

Hi

The checkpoints can't be manually deleted, so you have a few options open to
you.

Either delete all of them by turning System Restore off/on or by using Disk
Cleanup to delete all but the last checkpoint:

Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Disk Cleanup.

Click on the 'More Options' tab, then 'Clean up...' on the third option.

A 3rd option is to decrease the amount of disk space made available to
System Restore:

Right click on My Computer, then select Properties>System Restore. Select
the appropriate drive and click on 'Settings'. You can use the slider to
decrease the amount of disk space used by SR. I have mine set to 300 mb
which gives me about 5/6 checkpoints