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best way to remove a restore point?
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right-click My Computer, Properties, System Restore, check the box at the top to turn off System Restore on all drives, and apply the changes.
(Note: turn it back on after you are done)
Fiddling with the System Volume folder requires more work. Jim Eshelmen wrote a great article on this topic, but honestly Restore points are a linked process: You cannot remove B in the order ABC of restore points and expect restore point C to still work.
(Note: turn it back on after you are done)
Fiddling with the System Volume folder requires more work. Jim Eshelmen wrote a great article on this topic, but honestly Restore points are a linked process: You cannot remove B in the order ABC of restore points and expect restore point C to still work.
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so turning restore off will delete old restore points? i just thought it would stop windows from creating new ones... <p>Liam Morley<br><A HREF="mailto:"></A><br>"light the deep, and bring silence to the world.<br>light the world, and bring depth to the silence."
Run the Disk Cleanup tool and use the "More Options" tab to remove all but the most recent restore point.
You don't really want Restore Points going back too far as they will more than likely uninstall all programs or settings you have changed since your "go back point" causing you more problems than it may fix.
The average restore point is 25mb+ with a "first in, first out" policy on restore points. They contain mainly deleted or altered exe, dlls, shortcuts and a registry backup and user profile details. They do not contain users data.
Keeping restore points for a week seems adequate. Amount of disk space used depends on the size of your restore points. Some restore points can be as large as 500mb after major alterations to a system (ie a new service pack or several hefty program installs, or running SFC /Scannow).
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You don't really want Restore Points going back too far as they will more than likely uninstall all programs or settings you have changed since your "go back point" causing you more problems than it may fix.
The average restore point is 25mb+ with a "first in, first out" policy on restore points. They contain mainly deleted or altered exe, dlls, shortcuts and a registry backup and user profile details. They do not contain users data.
Keeping restore points for a week seems adequate. Amount of disk space used depends on the size of your restore points. Some restore points can be as large as 500mb after major alterations to a system (ie a new service pack or several hefty program installs, or running SFC /Scannow).
300044 - How the System Restore Tool Handles Hard-Disk Space Usage
301224 - System Restore "Restore Points" Are Missing or Deleted
310312 - Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
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