System Restore

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Tom Penharston

I want to create a system restore point on January 12th and use it once
a week for the next four months.

Unfortunately, storage is limited to 12 percent of the hard disk. My
January 12th restore point will be overwritten by newer events.
How do I protect my restore point?
 
One cannot selectively manipulate Restore Points. They are
only retained for 90 days, then first in, first out (deleted).

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| I want to create a system restore point on January 12th and use it once
| a week for the next four months.
|
| Unfortunately, storage is limited to 12 percent of the hard disk. My
| January 12th restore point will be overwritten by newer events.
| How do I protect my restore point?
 
Hi Tom,

Unfortunately, this is not possible. You'd like to read the System Restore FAQ available here:

Can I make System Restore permanently store a restore point so it is always available to restore to?
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/faqsrwxp.mspx

For long-term registry backup/restore ability, you should consider using a third-party utility like ERUNT (freeware) available from : http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/

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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
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I want to create a system restore point on January 12th and use it once
a week for the next four months.

Unfortunately, storage is limited to 12 percent of the hard disk. My
January 12th restore point will be overwritten by newer events.
How do I protect my restore point?
 
Hi

Restore points are automatically deleted after 90 days - 4 months is longer
than that. The only way to increase that value is via the Registry. That
option can't be altered via Control Panel or anywhere else. A Restore point
that old not be very good for your system - with regard to the Registry
always updating.

Open the Registry Editor and navigate to the following:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore

In the right hand column double click 'RPLifeInterval' and change the
Decimal Value. Default is 7,776,000 seconds (90 days). You'll have to
change it to whatever you want - in seconds.

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Tom Penharston said:
I want to create a system restore point on January 12th and use
it once
a week for the next four months.

Unfortunately, storage is limited to 12 percent of the hard
disk. My
January 12th restore point will be overwritten by newer events.
How do I protect my restore point?
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You can't. The problem is not just that it will be overwritten,
but also that there is a maximum of 90 days that any restore
point will be kept.
 
Each week I will restore, and then I will create my own restore point
to be used the following week.

-Tom
 
Will

If the OP wishes to take up your advice might he need a larger hard disk
<g>?


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Hope this helps.

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The math(s) was beyond me!!

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Will Denny
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Tom said:
Each week I will restore, and then I will create my own restore point
to be used the following week.
Click to expand...

As said - limit of 90 days. You can in effect turn off the automatic
generation of points *if* you do not use Task Scheduler, essential to
making them. Control Panel - Scheduler tasks, click the Advanced menu,
and click 'Stop using' (so it says 'Start using'. You will still be
able to make points manually
 
Alex Nichol said:
As said - limit of 90 days. You can in effect turn off the automatic
generation of points *if* you do not use Task Scheduler, essential to
making them. Control Panel - Scheduler tasks, click the Advanced menu,
and click 'Stop using' (so it says 'Start using'. You will still be
able to make points manually
Click to expand...
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Please tell us which version of XP you are talking about, as this doesn't
exist on WXP-Home w/Sp1. There is NO "Advanced Menu" on Schedule Tasks.
What verson has it?

FS
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There is on mine,except it's with SP2 installed. I doubt very much if it
was added on the SP2. I suggest you look again.

The full list is File, Edit, View, Favorites, Tools, Advanced and Help.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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