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How do you delete very old restore points xp 2k

Thanks
David Blust

 

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Hi

All XP System Restore checkpoints are automatically deleted after 90 days.
How far back are you thinking as 'very old'?

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> How do you delete very old restore points xp 2k
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> Thanks
> David Blust

 

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"Will Denny" wrote:

> Hi
>
> All XP System Restore checkpoints are automatically deleted after 90 days.
> How far back are you thinking as 'very old'?
>
> -- not that old....Thanks sheadog
>
> Will Denny
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
> Please reply to the News Groups.
>
>
> "sheadog" <sheadog@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:738337F2-7CC0-4401-AA7B-E9E34DEBADF5@microsoft.com...
> > How do you delete very old restore points xp 2k
> >
> > Thanks
> > David Blust
>
>
>

 

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Hi

The checkpoints can't be manually deleted, so you have a few options open to
you.

Either delete all of them by turning System Restore off/on or by using Disk
Cleanup to delete all but the last checkpoint:

Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Disk Cleanup.

Click on the 'More Options' tab, then 'Clean up...' on the third option.

A 3rd option is to decrease the amount of disk space made available to
System Restore:

Right click on My Computer, then select Properties>System Restore. Select
the appropriate drive and click on 'Settings'. You can use the slider to
decrease the amount of disk space used by SR. I have mine set to 300 mb
which gives me about 5/6 checkpoints

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"sheadog" <sheadog@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Will Denny" wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> All XP System Restore checkpoints are automatically deleted after 90
>> days.
>> How far back are you thinking as 'very old'?
>>
>> -- not that old....Thanks sheadog
>>
>> Will Denny
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>> Please reply to the News Groups.
>>
>>
>> "sheadog" <sheadog@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:738337F2-7CC0-4401-AA7B-E9E34DEBADF5@microsoft.com...
>> > How do you delete very old restore points xp 2k
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > David Blust
>>
>>
>>