System Restore

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The last 2 times I have used System Restore there have only been a few very
recent dates. If I remember correctly there used to be several months of
dates to return to. There is plenty of HDD space. How can I correct this.
TIA.
 
housetrained said:
The last 2 times I have used System Restore there have only been a few
very recent dates. If I remember correctly there used to be several
months of dates to return to. There is plenty of HDD space. How can I
correct this.
TIA.
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try to figure out How to Return to XP, As I am trying to Get that info.
 
The last 2 times I have used System Restore there have only been a few very
recent dates. If I remember correctly there used to be several months of
dates to return to. There is plenty of HDD space. How can I correct this.
TIA.
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There's nothing to correct. It isn't the total hard space available,
rather how much is set aside for System Restore. You really only need
your last system restore point or a most two or three if you feel
unlucky or your system isn't stable. Keeping dozens of Restore Points
is pointless, wasteful of hard drive space and redundant. Vista will
delete older restore points automatically as the space fills up.

If you must fiddle you can change things from a command prompt.
Generally Vista wants up to 15% of the partition for this purpose. You
can make it less or more but there is no logical reason to mess with
the default settings.

Let's say you want to set aside 4GB for System Restore.

Type in exactly as shown below including spaces.

vssadmin resize shadowstorage /For=C: /On=C: /MaxSize=4GB

To learn more type only 'vssadmin' to see all options and syntax.

To see your current configuration type:

vssadmin List Shadows
 
The last 2 times I have used System Restore there have only been a few very
recent dates. If I remember correctly there used to be several months of
dates to return to. There is plenty of HDD space. How can I correct this.
TIA.
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Vista needs TON more space for restore points.

Your drive is probably set for 16gigs... that on my system is only
good for about 7 restore points which is easily used up if you are
installing programs that set restore points.

Here are instructions on how to figure out the space currently set,
and how to change that space:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsxp/bb264753.aspx#EUAAC
 
Your problem may not be allocated restore space. When you look for restore
points, are you checking the box to show restore points older than 5 days?
Also, look at your restore points and see if any of them are system
checkpoints, if not, then System Restore is not functioning correctly.

Ramone
 
1. Are you ticking the box to show restore points older than five days?
2. Why would you want to run a System Restore several months old?
 
housetrained said:
The last 2 times I have used System Restore there have only been a few
very recent dates. If I remember correctly there used to be several
months of dates to return to. There is plenty of HDD space. How can I
correct this.
TIA.
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If you're at the point where you "need" a system restore, you probably
need to reinstall Windows. System restore is a bad joke and will only
mess up your computer more than it is now.

Alias
 
Adam said:
That line applies to you Frank and the answer is a resounding YES.
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As Frank is incapable of answering the question, he resorts to his usual
lame attempt at changing the subject with an unfounded insult.

Alias
 
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