System Restore

[MadCat]

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Is it possible to delete old system restore points? If so, should I bother?

 

[Guest]

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Hi,

There are three ways to easily remove restore points (you should not do this
selectively).

1) Start/run cleanmgr.exe (disk cleanup), there is a "clean up" button on
the "more options" tab to remove all but the newest restore point.

2) Control Panel/System/System Restore tab, go to settings and reduce the
amount of space allotted to System Restore. This will remove older restore
points, how many depends on how much space you require for a point, and how
much space you leave.

3) Control Panel/System/System Restore tab, click the "turn off system
restore on all drives" box. This will eliminate all restore points. Once
reenabled, the system will begin creating new ones. You should reboot in
between doing this.

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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

"Madcat" <Madcat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Is it possible to delete old system restore points? If so, should I
> bother?
>

 

[Guest]

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Madcat <Madcat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Is it possible to delete old system restore points? If so, should I bother?

It is possible and if you need the disk space there is no problem with
doing it. Use the Disk Cleanup tool for this.

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