System Restore Points

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XP Home 'forgets' system restore points.

There's only ever today's restore point, providing one's been
made today. Tomorrow it'll be gone.

(And here's me thinking XP would be superior to 98SE!)
 
Hi

Check to see how much disk space is allocated to SR. Right click on My Computer, select Properties and then the System Restore tab. Highlight the appropriate drive and then click Settings. The default is 12%. Try increasing the slider to see if that helps.

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| XP Home 'forgets' system restore points.
|
| There's only ever today's restore point, providing one's been
| made today. Tomorrow it'll be gone.
|
| (And here's me thinking XP would be superior to 98SE!)
|
 
Jock said:
XP Home 'forgets' system restore points.

There's only ever today's restore point, providing one's been
made today. Tomorrow it'll be gone.

(And here's me thinking XP would be superior to 98SE!)
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Have you checked to see how much space you have allocated for restore points?

See this article for help with this problem.

Troubleshooting System Restore in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=302796
 
XP Home 'forgets' system restore points.

There's only ever today's restore point, providing one's been
made today. Tomorrow it'll be gone.

(And here's me thinking XP would be superior to 98SE!)
Click to expand...

How much space is allowed for System Restore? Old restore points are
dropped to make room for new ones. May want to try bumping the amount of
allotted space up just a tad. If there are other users on the system, are
they using the "delete all but the most recent restore point" option in
disk cleanup?
 
Yo Jock..

Apart from a reload after a physical HDD failure, my ex-wife has never had
to 'restore'.. she doesn't load junk onto her system, and she never messes
with settings.. updates are always executed promptly.. been this way for two
years.. XP is superior to 98SE, for sure.. restore points need space to
save.. increase the allocate space..
 
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Hi

Check to see how much disk space is allocated to SR.
Click to expand...
Right click on My Computer, select Properties and then the
System Restore tab. Highlight the appropriate drive and
then click Settings. The default is 12%. Try increasing
the slider to see if that helps.
--

Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| XP Home 'forgets' system restore points.
|
| There's only ever today's restore point, providing one's been
| made today. Tomorrow it'll be gone.
|
| (And here's me thinking XP would be superior to 98SE!)
|
.
thanks for evetones help i'll try what you have suggested
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i got several replys and all suggest the same thing i
appreciate your help
 
Right click on My Computer, select Properties and then the
System Restore tab. Highlight the appropriate drive and
then click Settings. The default is 12%. Try increasing
the slider to see if that helps.
Click to expand...

I don't know who's responding to who here!

The slider is at maximum, but the setting is still 12%,
It appears the maximum is 12% !
 
Will Denny said:
Hi >Check to see how much disk space is allocated to SR. Right click
on My Computer, select Properties and then the System Restore tab.
Highlight the appropriate drive and then click Settings. The default is
12%. Try increasing the slider to see if that helps.
Click to expand...

Will, I read a while back somewhere in usenet that with today's HD
sizes, a 12% setting is way too much for system restore to need.

I gathered from several posts/replies, that 1 to 2 gigs is plenty for
several restore points. At the XP 12% default my 160 gig HD was
allotting 18,315 MBs for system restore to use, which is what? 18
gigs?.

I have now set the slider at 1%, which is reporting 2011 MBs (almost 2
gigs I guess).

Is 2 gigs enough for restore points or what?

Big Mac
 
My restore space is set to 1% and that gives me 1047MB on a 80GB drive
which is the equivalent of a months points. That is more than enough as I
wouldn't want to go back more than a couple of days anyway.
Joan
 
Jock said:
XP Home 'forgets' system restore points.
There's only ever today's restore point, providing one's been
made today. Tomorrow it'll be gone.
(And here's me thinking XP would be superior to 98SE!)
Click to expand...

XP is really a good program. It is pretty rock-solid. But there are
bound to be a few problems here and there for a few people. I had a
system restore problem when I 1st got my computer. XP would try to
restore to a saved point, but it always said it couldn't so it after
trying.

I am surprised no one suggested this to you after several replies I
see. First, and this is besides the point, I read before that 2
gigabytes allotted is plenty for several restore points. I don't know
how accurate that figure is, but several people agreed that 1 to 2
gigs was plenty. a 100 gig HD set at 12% is 12 gigabytes - way too
many according to what I read.

As far as your problem, you might want to try this. It can't hurt
since you already have no restore points.

OK. Go into that system restore window where the slider bar is, and
check the box "turn off system restore". Then "apply". And just to
make sure, after it erases whatever (it takes a little while of hard
drive access), go ahead and reboot. I don't think you have to reboot,
but do it anyway. Then, after you reboot, go back in there and turn
system restore back on. Slide the slider to whatever % is a couple of
gigs, or, if you feel unsafe about 2 gigs, try 3 gigs for system
restore to use It will report in megabytes, so 3 gigs is a bit over
3000 MBs. Don't forget to once again "apply" whenever appropriate.

Then do a manual "save" of a restore point (create a restore point),
and see if it there tomorrow. If so, make another restore point and
see if both are there the next day. I hope it works out for you.
This is the 1st thing you should try that isn't complicated.

If you still have a problem after that, I don't know what to suggest.
Somewhere in this newsgroup is posted a way to manually delete all
system restore related files - complicated, but what to try next after
what I have mentioned.

Big Mac
 
Will, I read a while back somewhere in usenet that with today's HD
sizes, a 12% setting is way too much for system restore to need.

I gathered from several posts/replies, that 1 to 2 gigs is plenty for
several restore points. At the XP 12% default my 160 gig HD was
allotting 18,315 MBs for system restore to use, which is what? 18
gigs?.

I have now set the slider at 1%, which is reporting 2011 MBs (almost 2
gigs I guess).

Is 2 gigs enough for restore points or what?
Click to expand...

I take your point. My disc is 120GB so I should think 12%
is more than enough.

Still won't save them though.
 
XP is really a good program. It is pretty rock-solid. But there are
bound to be a few problems here and there for a few people. I had a
system restore problem when I 1st got my computer. XP would try to
restore to a saved point, but it always said it couldn't so it after
trying.

I am surprised no one suggested this to you after several replies I
see. First, and this is besides the point, I read before that 2
gigabytes allotted is plenty for several restore points. I don't know
how accurate that figure is, but several people agreed that 1 to 2
gigs was plenty. a 100 gig HD set at 12% is 12 gigabytes - way too
many according to what I read.

As far as your problem, you might want to try this. It can't hurt
since you already have no restore points.

OK. Go into that system restore window where the slider bar is, and
check the box "turn off system restore". Then "apply". And just to
make sure, after it erases whatever (it takes a little while of hard
drive access), go ahead and reboot. I don't think you have to reboot,
but do it anyway. Then, after you reboot, go back in there and turn
system restore back on. Slide the slider to whatever % is a couple of
gigs, or, if you feel unsafe about 2 gigs, try 3 gigs for system
restore to use It will report in megabytes, so 3 gigs is a bit over
3000 MBs. Don't forget to once again "apply" whenever appropriate.

Then do a manual "save" of a restore point (create a restore point),
and see if it there tomorrow. If so, make another restore point and
see if both are there the next day. I hope it works out for you.
This is the 1st thing you should try that isn't complicated.
Click to expand...

Thanks for all that. I've done it and today's system restore
is now showing in the folder System Volume Information, which I'm
fairly sure it didn't before. I shall keep my fingers crossed until
tomorrow.
If you still have a problem after that, I don't know what to suggest.
Somewhere in this newsgroup is posted a way to manually delete all
system restore related files - complicated, but what to try next after
what I have mentioned.
Click to expand...

Thanks again.
 
Thanks for all that. I've done it and today's system restore
is now showing in the folder System Volume Information, which I'm
fairly sure it didn't before. I shall keep my fingers crossed until
tomorrow.
Click to expand...

Today 'There are no restore points available'. !!

The antivirus no longer runs, cannot be uninstalled and a fresh
version cannot be installed.

I suspect a virus although Trend's Housecall announces I am clean.

I think a re-install of XP tomorrow. :o(
 
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