Guest Leasee Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Hi. I hope someone can help me. I am at the max space allowed, 12%. If I free up some hard drive space will I be able to use the function again? Also, why does it not let me restore, is it due to the space being limited? Also, I am getting an error MDATA.DAT not installed. Does anyone know what that is?
Guest peter Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: Restore Points 12% does not mean anything to us since we do not know the size of your HD........but on most systems 5-8% is adequate. The number of restore points saved depends upon the space available...the newer points push out the older points...but going back to a restore point made 2 weeks ago as an example is not a smart thing to do...god knows what has been installed since then. What message do you get when you try to restore?? why are you trying to restore??.............how far back are you trying to go?? mdata.dat is related to your mouse drivers.....try going to control panel/add&remove and remove the mouse driver.....reboot and then reinstall the drivers. "Leasee" <Leasee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:24E50B5C-B284-4D2C-9B23-1DDABEE9C3D9@microsoft.com... > Hi. I hope someone can help me. I am at the max space allowed, 12%. If I > free up some hard drive space will I be able to use the function again? > Also, > why does it not let me restore, is it due to the space being limited? > Also, I am getting an error MDATA.DAT not installed. Does anyone know what > that is?
Guest Bert Kinney Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: Restore Points Hi, Reduce the disk space used to 1GB. This will purge the oldest restore point and leave as many existing restore points as space allows. And yes, this function will alway be available. What message are you receiving when a restore fails? Here are some troubleshooting steps to take when System Restore fails to restore: http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html The mdata.dat file may have been removed in the restore process. This file may be part of mouse software. Try reloading the mouse software. Regards, Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User http://bertk.mvps.org Member: http://dts-l.org Leasee wrote: > Hi. I hope someone can help me. I am at the max space allowed, 12%. If I > free up some hard drive space will I be able to use the function again? Also, > why does it not let me restore, is it due to the space being limited? > Also, I am getting an error MDATA.DAT not installed. Does anyone know what > that is?
Guest Leasee Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: Restore Points Peter, Thank you very much. I am trying to find out why my network adapter has failed. I wondered if it had anything to do with the mdata.dat file, but I guess not. I believe that I can get another adapter since mine is under warranty. But my thinking was the filethat is missing may be related somehow to the adapter. "peter" wrote: > 12% does not mean anything to us since we do not know the size of your > HD........but on most systems 5-8% is adequate. > The number of restore points saved depends upon the space available...the > newer points push out the older points...but going back to a restore point > made 2 weeks ago as an example is not a smart thing to do...god knows what > has been installed since then. > What message do you get when you try to restore?? > why are you trying to restore??.............how far back are you trying to > go?? > mdata.dat is related to your mouse drivers.....try going to control > panel/add&remove and remove the mouse driver.....reboot and then reinstall > the drivers. > "Leasee" <Leasee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:24E50B5C-B284-4D2C-9B23-1DDABEE9C3D9@microsoft.com... > > Hi. I hope someone can help me. I am at the max space allowed, 12%. If I > > free up some hard drive space will I be able to use the function again? > > Also, > > why does it not let me restore, is it due to the space being limited? > > Also, I am getting an error MDATA.DAT not installed. Does anyone know what > > that is? > > >
Guest Leasee Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: Restore Points Bert, Thanks so much, that helps alot. "Bert Kinney" wrote: > Hi, > > Reduce the disk space used to 1GB. This will purge the oldest restore point > and leave as many existing restore points as space allows. And yes, this > function will alway be available. > > What message are you receiving when a restore fails? > > Here are some troubleshooting steps to take when System Restore fails to > restore: > http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html > > The mdata.dat file may have been removed in the restore process. This file > may be part of mouse software. Try reloading the mouse software. > > Regards, > Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User > http://bertk.mvps.org > Member: http://dts-l.org > > > Leasee wrote: > > Hi. I hope someone can help me. I am at the max space allowed, 12%. If I > > free up some hard drive space will I be able to use the function again? Also, > > why does it not let me restore, is it due to the space being limited? > > Also, I am getting an error MDATA.DAT not installed. Does anyone know what > > that is? >
Guest Bert Kinney Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: Restore Points You're welcome. Test System Restore to confirm it is functioning correctly. How do I test System Restore: http://bertk.mvps.org/html/tips.html#3 Regards, Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User http://bertk.mvps.org Member: http://dts-l.org Leasee wrote: > Bert, > > > Thanks so much, that helps alot. > > "Bert Kinney" wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Reduce the disk space used to 1GB. This will purge the oldest restore point >> and leave as many existing restore points as space allows. And yes, this >> function will alway be available. >> >> What message are you receiving when a restore fails? >> >> Here are some troubleshooting steps to take when System Restore fails to >> restore: >> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html >> >> The mdata.dat file may have been removed in the restore process. This file >> may be part of mouse software. Try reloading the mouse software. >> >> Regards, >> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User >> http://bertk.mvps.org >> Member: http://dts-l.org >> >> >> Leasee wrote: >>> Hi. I hope someone can help me. I am at the max space allowed, 12%. If I >>> free up some hard drive space will I be able to use the function again? Also, >>> why does it not let me restore, is it due to the space being limited? >>> Also, I am getting an error MDATA.DAT not installed. Does anyone know what >>> that is?
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: Restore Points On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:06:15 -0700, Leasee <Leasee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Hi. I hope someone can help me. I am at the max space allowed, 12%. The default (and maximum) of 12% of the drive is a very poor one. . In practice you can seldom go back more than a week or two, because any more than that and your registry gets out of synch with everything else. So allocating space for more than a dozen or so restore points is a waste. All you need for that is 1-2GB at the most. > If I > free up some hard drive space will I be able to use the function again? No, the problem has nothing to with the amount of space. > Also, > why does it not let me restore, is it due to the space being limited? No. Read here for more info: http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html > Also, I am getting an error MDATA.DAT not installed. Does anyone know what > that is? -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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