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The Disc Cleanup Wizard does not erase restore points by itself. It presents
you with the option to erase all but the most recent restore point, but this
is a choice for you to make.
--
Ted Zieglar
"john f" <johnf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3166149E-6197-4718-BF67-AF653BF7FD17@microsoft.com...
>
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
>
> > Hi John,
> >
> > No, you can't get the points back, once gone, they're gone. Why did it
> > happen? Here are a few possibilities:
> >
> > - You temporarily disable System Restore. Regardless of the reason why,
if
> > you turn it off, all points are removed. When you restart it, new ones
are
> > created.
> >
> > - You installed a Service Pack. This process will remove all but the
latest
> > one (which is created as part of the installation process) to prevent
system
> > corruption caused by restoring to an older point after the Service Pack
is
> > installed.
> >
> > - You ran disk cleanup. There is a setting in this utility that will
remove
> > all but the most recent restore point.
> >
> > - You reduced the amount of space allotted to System Restore in the
System
> > applet. Doing so removes older restore points.
> >
> > - You deleted the contents of the System Volume Information folder. This
is
> > normally a hidden system folder, but if you set folder options correctly
you
> > can see it. Normally, you must be a member of the administrator group in
> > order to delete the contents of this folder.
> >
> > --
> > Best of Luck,
> >
> > Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> > Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> > www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> > Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> >
> > "john f" <johnf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:F359747C-6EC5-4655-9722-34D421486D5F@microsoft.com...
> > > All of my system restore points suddenly disappeared. I did not turn
the
> > > feature off. Is there some way I can these points back ? Does anyone
know
> > > what might have caused this ? Thanks.
> >
> Rick:
> I ran disc cleanup at about the time the restore points disappeared. That
> must be the culprit. Wish there had been some warning about this!!
Thanks
> for the tip. >
> >
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