restore point setting will not turn off

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Cliff S. - 21 May 2008 13:32 GMT

I am running Vista Ultimate. Just installed SP1. Just installed Kaspersky.
I have just downloaded and installed PerfectDisk. When running PerfectDisk,
the defrag map shopws many files that are ignored and will not move. In a
lengthy discussion with PD tech support we turned of and tried to clear the
restore point so that there would be no excluded files in the defrag. We
tried everything to "release" the retore files. Vista showed that when we
unticked the C drive the drive dshowed it had no resore point, but in fact it
still had. For some reason we can't clear this. We have looked at processes
running and there appear to be no other programs running with restore
abilities (unless Kaspersky has). Any ideas on how to really turn off and
clean the restore point.

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dullpain - 21 May 2008 22:56 GMT

Are you aware that there are studies showing that defragmenting a hard drive
has minimal impact on computer performance and less so with Vista--one of
the actual advantages of Vista is background defragmentation.
You may be chasing a non-existent problem.
At least according to a recent issue of one of the computer magazines, but
what do they know?

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AJR - 21 May 2008 23:11 GMT

Default Vist defrag runs as a low-leve lutility and the default setting is
for it to run Wednesdays (Time? - check documentation). Low-level means it
runs in the back-ground and releases resources if required by a running
application.

Regarding the subject of your post - there are protected system files which
cannot, and will not, be moved/relocated, something of which I would expect
PD support be aware.

>I am running Vista Ultimate. Just installed SP1. Just installed Kaspersky.
> I have just downloaded and installed PerfectDisk. When running
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> abilities (unless Kaspersky has). Any ideas on how to really turn off and
> clean the restore point.

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