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Hi Mike.......
You're right, of course........I do apologize.......I've gotten in that bad
habit of starting to read what somebody writes and then thinking "I know
what they're saying" and running off and doing my thing without actually
reading the rest of what they wrote........I must stop that.........thanks
for gently pointing it out.
I went back and followed your instructions and lo and behold, it worked like
you said it would<g>.
So the answer this time is, 315MB for the RESTORE folder size.
I don't mind the Operating System think for me and doing things to make
things better, what I don't like is it doing it without permission or even
mentioning it.........NOTHING (IMHO), justifies the Operating System undoing
something I do on purpose, like setting a special Restore Point, without at
least notifying the operator what has been done, or better yet, Warning them
that it SHOULD be done........but I'm not here to argue how Me should have
been done, only to learn how it is, and for that I do appreciate your time
and information.
You say that "On a properly maintained system there should be ZERO failure
when using system restore".......true, if we're to have any confidence in
it...........but exactly how does one determine if their system is "properly
maintained" and how might we be notified if that state deterioates?
I do appreciate your help, I've learned a great deal so far...........
Thanks again,
Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3
"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
news:eft3PNpQFHA.904@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >> How large is the C:\_RESTORE archive?
> > I don't know about that. I have a C:_Restore "folder", and in it are
> > 4 files, DISKCFG.DAT=1KB, SRDISKID.DAT=1KB, VxDMon.cfg=1KB, and
> > VxDMon.dat=62KB. Is this what you're asking about? There is no
> > C:\RESTORE file by that name.
>
> I need to know the total size of the C:\_RESTORE folder. My original post
> explained how first you needed to configure Explorer to see the contents
> of this folder. Unless you do that you will not be able to establish the
> total space used by this folder and its five sub-folders.
>
> >> How many checkpoints do you have currently available?
> > The calendar shows 2or3 every day since April 3, but the calendar
> > will not step back into march where I know I set some manually.
> > AND, as a side note, just because it shows a restore point, don't
> > mean that it's there when you go to use it, ....I've had MANY fail in
> > the past.....zero confidence factor there........and HEY, this is the
> > main reason I bought Me in the first place, huh?
>
> It appears you may have failed to read my post. System Restore is not a
> backup application and two or three checkpoints a day going back to April
> 3 is plenty enough. On a properly maintained system there should be ZERO
> failure when using system restore.
>
> > I don't know of any. I do have one thing that reclaims memory, called
> > RAMpage, does that count? I
>
> RAMpage will certainly make the use of Win Me worse but shouldn't cause
> loss of checkpoints. However until you tell us how large the C:\_RESTORE
> folder is we have yet to establish whether you have lost any checkpoints.
> Remember the infinitely large hard drive has yet to be invented and until
> then older checkpoints will have to be deleted to make room for newer.
>
> > I tend to agree as far as the "automatic" restore points are
> > concerned, but when I set an intentional one with comments, I expect
> > it to be there when I go back.....
>
> It appears you may not understand the purpose of system restore or how it
> works. It is NOT a replacement for a proper backup strategy. There is no
> difference between an automatic checkpoint and a manual one other than
> that you know the exact state of the system when the manual checkpoint was
> made.
> --
> Mike Maltby MS-MVP
> mike.maltby@gmail.com
>
>
> CLR <croberts@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Mike.........
> >
> > Thanks much for your time to respond to my problem.......
> > Here's the answers to your questions, as best I can........
> >
> >> How much space do you have allocated to the restore archive?
> > It shows it's set at MAX, and right above it shows 7034MB
> >
> >> How large is the C:\_RESTORE archive?
> > I don't know about that. I have a C:_Restore "folder", and in it are
> > 4 files, DISKCFG.DAT=1KB, SRDISKID.DAT=1KB, VxDMon.cfg=1KB, and
> > VxDMon.dat=62KB. Is this what you're asking about? There is no
> > C:\RESTORE file by that name.
> >
> >> How many checkpoints do you have currently available?
> > The calendar shows 2or3 every day since April 3, but the calendar
> > will not step back into march where I know I set some manually.
> > AND, as a side note, just because it shows a restore point, don't
> > mean that it's there when you go to use it, ....I've had MANY fail in
> > the past.....zero confidence factor there........and HEY, this is the
> > main reason I bought Me in the first place, huh?
> >
> >> What if any third party clean-up utilities are you using, especially
> >> those that run as the system first boots?
> > I don't know of any. I do have one thing that reclaims memory, called
> > RAMpage, does that count? I have noticed a gradual slowdown in my
> > system performance, like something was running in the background
> > consuming resources, but it's sure not helping things like you would
> > think a "clean-up utility" would do.
> >
> >> Personally I consider a week's worth of checkpoints to be more than
> >> adequate
> > I tend to agree as far as the "automatic" restore points are
> > concerned, but when I set an intentional one with comments, I expect
> > it to be there when I go back.....it's not. I do not like for the
> > Operating System to "clean things up" for me without my permission or
> > at least notice. Do I need to engage a third party "Restorer" in
> > order to accomplish this?
> >
> > Again, thanks much for responding, and for taking the time to make
> > your instructions clear and easy to follow..........that was most
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Vaya con Dios,
> > Chuck, CABGx3
> >
> >
> >> --
> >> Mike Maltby MS-MVP
> >> mike.maltby@gmail.com
> >>
> >>
> >> CLR <croberts@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi All..........
> >>>
> >>> All of my Restore points keep disappearing........even the ones I
> >>> make special.........I have nothing from March now, only some in
> >>> April...........the calendar won't even switch to March.........
> >>>
> >>> Is this ordinary?..........if not, any ideas on how to fix it?
>
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