System restore points

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Guydpb

As already known XP makes restore points from time to time; which I fin
quite usefull as long as you keep in mind not to import viruses from
previous restore point.
Now if you you set your restore memory to let's say 3% this should b
enough for at least 15 restore points, depending on the size of you
HDD.
The problem is that Windows makes these restore points each time with
Microsoft Update and when you install some programs. Also you can mak
restore points yourself.
In practice however you will see that there usually isn't a restor
point available or at least one from the same day if you need one i
case of a minor bug. The option is to make restore points yourself, i
my case I get an automatic daily warning with a clock alarm that pop
up a message.
Is there a program that can make automatic restore points for exampl
on a daily basis? And why is it so that when the treshold is reached o
your 3% setting for example, XP erases all restore points so that you
left with none, and this without being aware.
If you have to many restore points and want to get rid of them excep
the last one just disable the restore point setting for the drive i
question and simply reanable it afterwards
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Guydp
 
See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Utilities, Single Click System Restore Point. This utility can be run as a Scheduled Task. You can also create a Quick Launch shortcut to it, for single click Restore Point creation.

3% may not be enough, depending on how much space that actually is. 3% of your drive may be quite a bit of space, but all of the "protected" files can take up a lot of space, depending on what's installed. XP should not delete more restore points than are necessary to make room for the newest one.
 
By default, "System Restore" makes a new restore point every day or when
there is a change to the system. The default amount of disk space allotted
is 12% of the drive, which is too much on a modern large HD. As new restore
points are created, the oldest is deleted. The only real control you have
over SR is to create new points, lower the amount of space allotted, remove
all but the last or disable SR.

LOL, JAX
 
Thanks for the reply,
My question: should 3% not be enough for a 60Gb notebook drive? An
what about the vanishing of ALL my restore points when these 3% of HD
space are reached? Is that normal? Cause when I disable and reenabl
the restorepoint setting I always remain with the latest one; which i
OK. About the QuickLaunch (shortcut). I already had one installed lon
time ago.

Again thanks
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Guydp
 
Yes, 3% of a 60 Gig. drive should be enough. When you disable and re-enable
SR it will automatically delete all but the newly created restore point,
that is normal. I see nothing in your OP about a QuickLaunch shortcut. I
don't know what you are asking about.

LOL, JAX
 
The advise of making a shortcut-quick launch to initiate the syste
restore display was brought up in a previous post by Doug Knox MS-MVP
I had already made one some time ago. But still the mistery remains wh
ALL my restore points are gone (includung the last one) when these 3
are reached, instead of leaving the last one. Often I wanted to chec
if there was a restore point available, only to find out there wa
none; and a day before or so there where more than 10
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Guydp
 
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