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The last 2 times I have used System Restore there have only been a few very recent dates. If I remember correctly there used to be several months of dates to return to. There is plenty of HDD space. How can I correct this. TIA.  SignatureJohn the West Ham fan C.E.T. housetrained@hotmail.com <>< > The last 2 times I have used System Restore there have only been a few > very recent dates. If I remember correctly there used to be several > months of dates to return to. There is plenty of HDD space. How can I > correct this. > TIA. try to figure out How to Return to XP, As I am trying to Get that info. >The last 2 times I have used System Restore there have only been a few very >recent dates. If I remember correctly there used to be several months of >dates to return to. There is plenty of HDD space. How can I correct this. >TIA. There's nothing to correct. It isn't the total hard space available, rather how much is set aside for System Restore. You really only need your last system restore point or a most two or three if you feel unlucky or your system isn't stable. Keeping dozens of Restore Points is pointless, wasteful of hard drive space and redundant. Vista will delete older restore points automatically as the space fills up. If you must fiddle you can change things from a command prompt. Generally Vista wants up to 15% of the partition for this purpose. You can make it less or more but there is no logical reason to mess with the default settings. Let's say you want to set aside 4GB for System Restore. Type in exactly as shown below including spaces. vssadmin resize shadowstorage /For=C: /On=C: /MaxSize=4GB To learn more type only 'vssadmin' to see all options and syntax. To see your current configuration type: vssadmin List Shadows >The last 2 times I have used System Restore there have only been a few very >recent dates. If I remember correctly there used to be several months of >dates to return to. There is plenty of HDD space. How can I correct this. >TIA. Vista needs TON more space for restore points. Your drive is probably set for 16gigs... that on my system is only good for about 7 restore points which is easily used up if you are installing programs that set restore points. Here are instructions on how to figure out the space currently set, and how to change that space: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsxp/bb264753.aspx#EUAAC housetrained;714128 Wrote: > The last 2 times I have used System Restore there have only been a few > very [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > housetrained@xxxxxx > <>< Hi John, This tutorial will show you how to see how much space is being used by System Restore for restore points and how to adjust it to more or less for you needs. The more space, the more restore points you can store. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76227-system-restore-disk-space.html Hope this helps, Shawn SignatureBrink *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* '*VISTA FORUMS*' (http://www.vistax64.com) *Please post feedback to help others.* Your problem may not be allocated restore space. When you look for restore points, are you checking the box to show restore points older than 5 days? Also, look at your restore points and see if any of them are system checkpoints, if not, then System Restore is not functioning correctly. Ramone > The last 2 times I have used System Restore there have only been a few > very recent dates. If I remember correctly there used to be several months > of dates to return to. There is plenty of HDD space. How can I correct > this. > TIA. 1. Are you ticking the box to show restore points older than five days? 2. Why would you want to run a System Restore several months old? SignatureRichard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ > The last 2 times I have used System Restore there have only been a few > very recent dates. If I remember correctly there used to be several months > of dates to return to. There is plenty of HDD space. How can I correct > this. > TIA. > The last 2 times I have used System Restore there have only been a few > very recent dates. If I remember correctly there used to be several > months of dates to return to. There is plenty of HDD space. How can I > correct this. > TIA. If you're at the point where you "need" a system restore, you probably need to reinstall Windows. System restore is a bad joke and will only mess up your computer more than it is now. Alias Do not listen to Alias, System Restore can be a very useful tool. Ramone >> The last 2 times I have used System Restore there have only been a few >> very recent dates. If I remember correctly there used to be several [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Alias > Do not listen to Alias, System Restore can be a very useful tool. > > Ramone Really? How so? Alias >>> The last 2 times I have used System Restore there have only been a >>> few very recent dates. If I remember correctly there used to be [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> >> Alias :: Alias :: wrote: >> Do not listen to Alias, System Restore can be a very useful tool. >> >> Ramone > > Really? How so? Are you as dumb and stupid as you appear to be? Frank >:: Alias :: wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Are you as dumb and stupid as you appear to be? That line applies to you Frank and the answer is a resounding YES. >> :: Alias :: wrote: >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > That line applies to you Frank and the answer is a resounding YES. As Frank is incapable of answering the question, he resorts to his usual lame attempt at changing the subject with an unfounded insult. Alias :: Alias :: wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > As Frank is incapable of answering the question, You had a question? I don't so. he resorts to his usual > lame attempt at changing the subject with an unfounded insult. You had subject matter? I don't think so. Ask yourself one question lamer, why are you even here, huh? Frank :: Alias :: wrote: >> The last 2 times I have used System Restore there have only been a few >> very recent dates. If I remember correctly there used to be several [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > If you're at the point where you "need" a system restore, you probably > need to reinstall Windows. Wrong! System restore is a bad joke and will only > mess up your computer more than it is now. You have no idea what you're talking about. Best you stick with that POS toy os upyurbuttoo! Frank |
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