System restore point delete

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I want to delete some of the restore point but not all. Is there any way to
do that?
(windows xp user)
 
You can delete all but the last restore point. Open Windows Explorer and right click the C: drive. Select Properties, Disk Cleanup. Once the scanning process is complete, you'll get a new dialog. Go to More Options. You can remove all but the last restore point there. Otherwise, its all or nothing.
 
True, forgot about that trick :) But there's no control over how many you'll delete.
 
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Doug Knox MS-MVP said:
True, forgot about that trick :) But there's no control over how many you'll delete.

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Thank you BERT and thank you DOUG KNOX for help
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Hi,

To remove some of the oldest restore points, reduce the amount of disk
space used to hold them by moving the slider to the left. Move the
slider one click at a time an check the calendar between each one. This
will remove the oldest restore points on a FIFO (first in - first out)
basis.

Here are some tips adjusting disk space usage and keeping System Restore
healthy:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/healthy.html
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Hiya, Bert. Checked your date lately? ;^)
 
Hi Sharon,

Thanks, for the heads up. One of the side effects of installing Vista...
 
Adding to the excellent advice from Bert and Doug:

To selectively remove a restore point, one can write a program which uses
the "SRRemoveRestorePoint" API.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sr/sr/srsetrestorepoint.asp

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Requirements
Client Requires Windows Vista or Windows XP.
Header Declared in SRRestorePtAPI.h.
DLLRequires SrClient.dll.
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One problem is that when you use WMI to enumerate the list of available
restore points, the "deleted" restore is again included in the listing.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I want to delete some of the restore point but not all. Is there any way to
do that?
(windows xp user)
 
Hi,

To remove some of the oldest restore points, reduce the amount of disk
space used to hold them by moving the slider to the left. Move the
slider one click at a time an check the calendar between each one. This
will remove the oldest restore points on a FIFO (first in - first out)
basis.

Here are some tips adjusting disk space usage and keeping System Restore
healthy:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/healthy.html
 
Hi Doug,

Not knowing what the user was trying to accomplish, I thought I would
toss it in. <g>
 
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