System Restore

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Question about space... I was looking in help and on the internet to find
out how much space system restore takes.. and it appears that it takes about
200MB+ .. my question is... is that for each restore point I create.. every
check point too? I have 6.1gig left on my C drive.. 17.8 left on my D
Drive.

Also it appears that old restore points are purged to make room for new
ones.. How far back does it go? any help appreciated.. Rainy
 
Rainy said:
Question about space... I was looking in help and on the internet to find
out how much space system restore takes.. and it appears that it takes about
200MB+ .. my question is... is that for each restore point I create.. every
check point too? I have 6.1gig left on my C drive.. 17.8 left on my D
Drive.
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The System Volume Information is the folder in which WinXP's
System Restore feature stores information used to recover from errors.
By default, WinXP sets aside a maximum of 12% of the partition's size
for storing System Volume Information, but the amount of space set
aside for this purpose can be adjusted by the user. Start > All
Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore > System
Restore Settings, select the pertinent partition and click Settings.

If you don't want to use System Restore, simply turn off the System
Restore feature (Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools >
System Restore, System Restore Settings) and reboot. This will delete
all of your Restore Points.

Also it appears that old restore points are purged to make room for new
ones.. How far back does it go? any help appreciated.. Rainy
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A maximum of 90 days.


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To gain drive space, turn off system restore. Reboot and see what the
difference is. That will tell you how much space is being used. Then you
can tell windows, as Bruce desbribed, how much space it can have.

When the system is stable, turn on the restore point thing, and create a
restore point manually and name it, the ones you make and name yourself
won't be purged in 90 days. You really only need to make them when the
system is changed.

I've gotten gigabytes back by running ccleaner. Its a free program.
Google it , download and install it. It's the best thing I've come across
for cleaning up windows.

Mike
 
Rainy said:
Question about space... I was looking in help and on the internet to
find out how much space system restore takes.. and it appears that it
takes about 200MB+ .. my question is... is that for each restore
point I create..
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It varies. Some Restore Points take more than others.

every check point too?
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I don't know what you mean by "check point."

I have 6.1gig left on my C
drive.. 17.8 left on my D Drive.

Also it appears that old restore points are purged to make room for
new ones.. How far back does it go?
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Until it's used the space you've allocated to it (12% of your drive by
default, but you can lower that), subject to a maximum of 90 days.
 
Rainy said:
Question about space... I was looking in help and on the internet to find
out how much space system restore takes.. and it appears that it takes about
200MB+ .. my question is... is that for each restore point I create.. every
check point too? I have 6.1gig left on my C drive.. 17.8 left on my D
Drive.

Also it appears that old restore points are purged to make room for new
ones.. How far back does it go? any help appreciated.. Rainy
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As a general rule, System Restore is best used for situations such as
"Oops. Need to go back to 5 minutes ago." or " ....to yesterday,
just before I installed supercrappola version 7".

Using System Restore to go back more than a week or perhaps 10 days at
most is almost certain to cause more problems than it will ever
resolve.

Use Control Panel - System - System Restore to specify the amount of
disk space that should be used by System Restore on each
drive/partition. You should turn off System Restore on partitions
that are used only for data files, disk images, etc. as System Restore
does not back up these items and leaving it active on them just
results in more processing overhead.

For the operating system drive a setting of between 800 and 1 gb will
normally provide at least a week's worth of restore points for most
users, although users who regularly install and install a number of
large applications might find that they need more space in order to
have enough available restore points.

For more information about System Restore see MVP Bert Kinney's System
Restore pages: http://bertk.mvps.org/index.html


Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
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has never been in bed with a mosquito."
 
Hi Bruce, Oh I want to use system restore.. It has saved me a few times, and
don't want to do without it.. I will check settings and see what I can do
about all those check points.. too many in my opinion.. I would much rather
set my own! when I know the system is running great.. thanks for the
response.. Rainy
 
Hi Rainy,

Before running any cleaning tool, I would suggest making sure System
Restore is functioning correctly.

Create a new restore point named TEST.
Create a new folder in the desktop an name it TEST.
Now restore to the Test restore point.
You will receive a message if the restore was successful, and the Test
folder on the desktop will be gone.
 
thanks so much.. I will try this. although I'm pretty sure it's working
correctly.. I used it a couple of weeks ago.. it came off without a hitch :)
thanks for the response.. Rainy
 
Hi ... I would like to know if it's advisable to turn off system restore on
my D Drive... I have never restored D as windows is only on C.. so can I
turn it off? Also I adjusted the size down to 7 percent and gained a bit of
space... thanks so much for the Tip.. Rainy
 
Rainy said:
Hi ... I would like to know if it's advisable to turn off system
restore on my D Drive... I have never restored D as windows is only
on C.. so can I turn it off?
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Yes. Since System Restore backs up only the operating system, having it
running on a drive that doesn't contain the operating system is useless.
 
thanks! appreciate knowing for sure.. Rainy
Ken Blake said:
Yes. Since System Restore backs up only the operating system, having it
running on a drive that doesn't contain the operating system is useless.
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