Delete ALL system restore points and start new

[Guest Pete Carr]

How can I delete all of my System Restore Points and start new now that I

have everything working perfectly and exactly like I want?

 

Thanks Guys.

[Guest mhc]

Re: Delete ALL system restore points and start new

 

Pete Carr wrote:

> How can I delete all of my System Restore Points and start new now that I

> have everything working perfectly and exactly like I want?

>

> Thanks Guys.

>

You can turn off System Restore and then reboot. That will clear all prior

restore points. After rebooting, you can turn System Restore back on to

create a restore point of your current system.

[Guest windmap]

Re: Delete ALL system restore points and start new

 

To clear existing restore points

 

1.

Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, click System Tools,

and then click System Restore.

 

2.

Click to add a check mark beside Turn off System Restore on all Drives,

and click Apply.

 

3.

When you are warned that all existing Restore Points will be deleted,

click Yes to continue.

 

 

All system restore points are deleted. Now you should manually create a

restore point.

 

1.

Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, click System Tools,

and then click System Restore.

 

2.

Click Create a Restore Point, and then click Next.

 

3.

Name your restore point. (I use the date as well as a descriptive term

such as "After Restore Point Deletion.")

 

Source

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/mcgill1.mspx

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Pete Carr" <pcarr99@bellsouth.net> wrote in message

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> How can I delete all of my System Restore Points and start new now that I

> have everything working perfectly and exactly like I want?

>

> Thanks Guys.

>

[Guest Pete Carr]

RE: Delete ALL system restore points and start new

 

Thankjs guys!!!!!

 

"Pete Carr" wrote:

> How can I delete all of my System Restore Points and start new now that I

> have everything working perfectly and exactly like I want?

>

> Thanks Guys.

>

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: Delete ALL system restore points and start new

 

On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:59:32 -0600, mhc <mhc@spyglass.com> wrote:

> Pete Carr wrote:

> > How can I delete all of my System Restore Points and start new now that I

> > have everything working perfectly and exactly like I want?

> >

> > Thanks Guys.

> >

> You can turn off System Restore and then reboot. That will clear all prior

> restore points. After rebooting, you can turn System Restore back on to

> create a restore point of your current system.

 

 

 

 

Just an additional note to Pete, although you *can* do this, you don't

have to, and I fact, I don't recommend doing it. The old restore

points don't hurt you, and old points will drop off the end of the

chain and be replaced by a new one every day. After a maximum of 90

days (perhaps less, depending on how much space you've allotted for

restore points) all the old ones will be gone.

 

So I would keep them until they disappear by themselves, simply

because even though you may think you'll never need one of the old

ones, it's possible that something unexpected may occur, and it might

turn out that one of them could be a lifesaver.

 

--

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User

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[Guest Plato]

Re: Delete ALL system restore points and start new

 

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

>

> > > How can I delete all of my System Restore Points and start new now that I

> > > have everything working perfectly and exactly like I want?

> > >

> > You can turn off System Restore and then reboot. That will clear all prior

> > restore points. After rebooting, you can turn System Restore back on to

> > create a restore point of your current system.

>

> Just an additional note to Pete, although you *can* do this, you don't

> have to, and I fact, I don't recommend doing it. The old restore

> points don't hurt you, and old points will drop off the end of the

> chain and be replaced by a new one every day. After a maximum of 90

> days (perhaps less, depending on how much space you've allotted for

> restore points) all the old ones will be gone.

>

> So I would keep them until they disappear by themselves, simply

> because even though you may think you'll never need one of the old

> ones, it's possible that something unexpected may occur, and it might

> turn out that one of them could be a lifesaver.

 

Cant argue with a conservative point of view.

 

 

 

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[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: Delete ALL system restore points and start new

 

On 6 Jan 2008 22:56:02 -0600, Plato <|@|.|> wrote:

> Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

> >

> > > > How can I delete all of my System Restore Points and start new now that I

> > > > have everything working perfectly and exactly like I want?

> > > >

> > > You can turn off System Restore and then reboot. That will clear all prior

> > > restore points. After rebooting, you can turn System Restore back on to

> > > create a restore point of your current system.

> >

> > Just an additional note to Pete, although you *can* do this, you don't

> > have to, and I fact, I don't recommend doing it. The old restore

> > points don't hurt you, and old points will drop off the end of the

> > chain and be replaced by a new one every day. After a maximum of 90

> > days (perhaps less, depending on how much space you've allotted for

> > restore points) all the old ones will be gone.

> >

> > So I would keep them until they disappear by themselves, simply

> > because even though you may think you'll never need one of the old

> > ones, it's possible that something unexpected may occur, and it might

> > turn out that one of them could be a lifesaver.

>

> Cant argue with a conservative point of view.

 

 

You've known me long enough to know that my point of view (at least on

technological things) is almost always conservative.

 

--

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User

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[Guest Plato]

Re: Delete ALL system restore points and start new

 

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

>

> > > So I would keep them until they disappear by themselves, simply

> > > because even though you may think you'll never need one of the old

> > > ones, it's possible that something unexpected may occur, and it might

> > > turn out that one of them could be a lifesaver.

> >

> > Cant argue with a conservative point of view.

>

> You've known me long enough to know that my point of view (at least on

> technological things) is almost always conservative.

 

Keeps the PCs running tho...

[Guest thebat1]

Re: Delete ALL system restore points and start new

 

 

Ken Blake, MVP;861210 Wrote:

> On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:59:32 -0600, mhc <mhc@spyglass.com> wrote:

>

> Just an additional note to Pete, although you *can* do this, you don't

> have to, and I fact, I don't recommend doing it. The old restore

> points don't hurt you, and old points will drop off the end of the

> chain and be replaced by a new one every day. After a maximum of 90

> days (perhaps less, depending on how much space you've allotted for

> restore points) all the old ones will be gone.

>

> So I would keep them until they disappear by themselves, simply

> because even though you may think you'll never need one of the old

> ones, it's possible that something unexpected may occur, and it might

> turn out that one of them could be a lifesaver.

>

> --

> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User

> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

 

Ok my question to that is what if a virus had been found in these

files?:confused:

and what if you have 3 physical hard drives and for some reason they

all have files in that folder?:confused:

 

thanks!

 

 

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thebat1

[Guest Uncle Grumpy]

Re: Delete ALL system restore points and start new

 

thebat1 <thebat1@cox.net> wrote:

>Ok my question to that is what if a virus had been found in these

>files?:confused:

 

Then a restoration will restore the virus.

>and what if you have 3 physical hard drives and for some reason they

>all have files in that folder?:confused:

 

The only disk that should be monitored is the system disk. If others

are monitored, shut the monitoring off.

[Guest thebat1]

Re: Delete ALL system restore points and start new

 

 

Uncle Grumpy;918051 Wrote:

> thebat1 <thebat1@cox.net> wrote:

>

> >Ok my question to that is what if a virus had been found in these

> >files?:confused:

>

> Then a restoration will restore the virus.

>

> >and what if you have 3 physical hard drives and for some reason they

> >all have files in that folder?:confused:

>

> The only disk that should be monitored is the system disk. If others

> are monitored, shut the monitoring off.

 

 

So then in this case would be ok to delete files in that folder?

 

thanks for your quick reply!!

 

 

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thebat1

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: Delete ALL system restore points and start new

 

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:29:05 +0000, thebat1 <thebat1@cox.net> wrote:

>

> Ken Blake, MVP;861210 Wrote:

> > On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:59:32 -0600, mhc <mhc@spyglass.com> wrote:

> >

> > Just an additional note to Pete, although you *can* do this, you don't

> > have to, and I fact, I don't recommend doing it. The old restore

> > points don't hurt you, and old points will drop off the end of the

> > chain and be replaced by a new one every day. After a maximum of 90

> > days (perhaps less, depending on how much space you've allotted for

> > restore points) all the old ones will be gone.

> >

> > So I would keep them until they disappear by themselves, simply

> > because even though you may think you'll never need one of the old

> > ones, it's possible that something unexpected may occur, and it might

> > turn out that one of them could be a lifesaver.

> >

> > --

> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User

> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup

>

> Ok my question to that is what if a virus had been found in these

> files?:confused:

> and what if you have 3 physical hard drives and for some reason they

> all have files in that folder?:confused:

 

 

Remember that a virus in a restore point is completely innocuous, and

can't hurt you in any way, *unless* you restore from that restore

point. Also remember that you can't selectively delete restore points,

so getting rid of the infected ones, means getting rid of good ones

too. And if you have a severe enough problem, you may even want to

restore from that restore point, then remove the virus using

anti-virus software.

 

It would certainly be rare that you would want to purposely restore to

a restore point you know is infected. But it's possible that it might

be your only choice short of a clean reinstallation, which almost

certainly would be much more trouble. My point is that keeping the

infected restore points can give you extra useful options. But it

certainly requires the discipline to keep track of when you had the

virus, and which restore points are (or may be) infected, so that you

don't accidentally restore from one of them.

 

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

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[Guest Bert Kinney]

Re: Delete ALL system restore points and start new

 

Hi Pete,

 

As long as the system is running correctly for several days, and is virus

and malware free, then all restore points can be deleted.

 

Using disk cleanup will remove all but the most recent restore point.

 

How to using Disk Clean-up to remove restore points:

http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskclean.html

 

Turning off system restore will remove all restore points.

 

How to Disable and Enable System Restore:

http://bertk.mvps.org/html/disablesr.html

 

Regards,

Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User

http://bertk.mvps.org

Member: http://dts-l.net

 

 

Pete Carr wrote:

> How can I delete all of my System Restore Points and start new now that I

> have everything working perfectly and exactly like I want?

>

> Thanks Guys.

>