Restore point settings

[Guest slick1]

> In order to free up space on my HD, could I and would it be ok to reduce

the amount of space allocated to system restore from what the Windows default

setting is?

> I would like have just enough restore space left for only a couple of restore points. If this is ok to do, how does one go about reducing this space and what % amount would be safe enuogh to do this?

> System: Acer 2451 Travelmate laptop

Windows XP Home SP2

Explorer 7

> Thank-you!!

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: Restore point settings

 

On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:55:01 -0800, slick1

<slick1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> > In order to free up space on my HD, could I and would it be ok to reduce

> the amount of space allocated to system restore from what the Windows default

> setting is?

> > I would like have just enough restore space left for only a couple of restore points.

 

 

Yes, you can, and probably should, reduce the space. But if I were

you, I'd want to have more than a couple of restore points.

 

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. So I would give it just 1-2GB.

 

--

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

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[Guest Nepatsfan]

Re: Restore point settings

 

"slick1" <slick1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>> In order to free up space on my HD, could I and would it be ok to reduce

> the amount of space allocated to system restore from what the Windows default

> setting is?

>> I would like have just enough restore space left for only a couple of restore

>> points. If this is ok to do, how does one go about reducing this space and

>> what % amount would be safe enuogh to do this?

>> System: Acer 2451 Travelmate laptop

> Windows XP Home SP2

> Explorer 7

>> Thank-you!!

 

 

You can reduce the amount of hard drive space allocated to System Restore by

doing the following.

 

Go to Control Panel and double click on the System icon.

In System Properties, click on the System Restore tab.

In the Available drive box, click on the C drive and hit the Settings button.

Move the slider to the left.

Reducing the space allocated to 1GB (1000MB) should leave you with around 2

weeks worth of restore points.

 

If you're looking to reclaim more space, look into reducing the size of the

Internet Explorer cache and the amount of HD space allocated to the Recycle bin.

 

You can also turn off hibernation if you do not use this feature. You'll gain

space equal to the amount of memory installed on your laptop.

 

Good luck

 

Nepatsfan

[Guest Alan]

Re: Restore point settings

 

Hi Ken,

 

Regarding going back more than a couple of weeks in SR, if the registry is

going to get out of synch with everything else aren't users being lulled

into a somewhat false sense of security?

 

In the time I've maintained XP machines, there have been a couple of

occasions when I wanted to bring clients' PCs back to where they were two

months prior.

 

The clients actually had RPs going back nearly 3 months, and when I restored

back two months before, everything worked fine.

 

Were I -- and my clients -- just lucky?

 

Alan

 

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message

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> On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:55:01 -0800, slick1

> <slick1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

>> > In order to free up space on my HD, could I and would it be ok to

>> > reduce

>> the amount of space allocated to system restore from what the Windows

>> default

>> setting is?

>> > I would like have just enough restore space left for only a couple of

>> > restore points.

>

>

> Yes, you can, and probably should, reduce the space. But if I were

> you, I'd want to have more than a couple of restore points.

>

> 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. So I would give it just 1-2GB.

>

> --

> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

[Guest Uncle Grumpy]

Re: Restore point settings

 

"Alan" <somewhere@nospam.not> wrote:

>Hi Ken,

>

>Regarding going back more than a couple of weeks in SR, if the registry is

>going to get out of synch with everything else aren't users being lulled

>into a somewhat false sense of security?

>

>In the time I've maintained XP machines, there have been a couple of

>occasions when I wanted to bring clients' PCs back to where they were two

>months prior.

>

>The clients actually had RPs going back nearly 3 months, and when I restored

>back two months before, everything worked fine.

>

>Were I -- and my clients -- just lucky?

 

Ask for cites. My experience mirrors yours.

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: Restore point settings

 

On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:50:40 -0500, "Alan" <somewhere@nospam.not>

wrote:

> Hi Ken,

>

> Regarding going back more than a couple of weeks in SR, if the registry is

> going to get out of synch with everything else aren't users being lulled

> into a somewhat false sense of security?

>

> In the time I've maintained XP machines, there have been a couple of

> occasions when I wanted to bring clients' PCs back to where they were two

> months prior.

>

> The clients actually had RPs going back nearly 3 months, and when I restored

> back two months before, everything worked fine.

>

> Were I -- and my clients -- just lucky?

 

 

I certainly don't claim that going back two months is *always* going

to cause a problem. My point is rather that the farther back you go,

the more likely an out-of-synch condition, and resulting problems, is.

I'm glad to hear that you didn't have a problem the couple of times

you did this. But whether they were lucky has a lot to do with how

many and which changes they had made during that time. If you don't

make many changes during the period, you can get away with going back

farther. But the chances of success get poorer the farther back you

go.

 

> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message

> news:a4dnp3tp9em1ud4dd9ri6oebetntmelinv@4ax.com...

> > On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:55:01 -0800, slick1

> > <slick1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> >

> >> > In order to free up space on my HD, could I and would it be ok to

> >> > reduce

> >> the amount of space allocated to system restore from what the Windows

> >> default

> >> setting is?

> >> > I would like have just enough restore space left for only a couple of

> >> > restore points.

> >

> >

> > Yes, you can, and probably should, reduce the space. But if I were

> > you, I'd want to have more than a couple of restore points.

> >

> > 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. So I would give it just 1-2GB.

> >

> > --

> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup

>

 

--

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

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[Guest Bert Kinney]

Re: Restore point settings

 

How to Adjust the amount of disk space System Restore uses to hold restore

points:

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

 

Tips for adjusting disk space usage!

http://bertk.mvps.org/html/healthy.html#Adjust

 

Regards,

Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User

http://bertk.mvps.org

Member: http://dts-l.net

 

slick1 wrote:

>> In order to free up space on my HD, could I and would it be ok to reduce

> the amount of space allocated to system restore from what the Windows default

> setting is?

>> I would like have just enough restore space left for only a couple of restore points. If this is ok to do, how does one go about reducing this space and what % amount would be safe enuogh to do this?

>> System: Acer 2451 Travelmate laptop

> Windows XP Home SP2

> Explorer 7

>> Thank-you!!

[Guest Bert Kinney]

Re: Restore point settings

 

Hi Alan,

 

This suggests that there where little or no changes made to the system in

that time period.

 

What should I do after restoring my system to an earlier date?

http://bertk.mvps.org/html/tips.html#13

 

Regards,

Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User

http://bertk.mvps.org

Member: http://dts-l.net

 

Alan wrote:

> Hi Ken,

>

> Regarding going back more than a couple of weeks in SR, if the registry is

> going to get out of synch with everything else aren't users being lulled

> into a somewhat false sense of security?

>

> In the time I've maintained XP machines, there have been a couple of

> occasions when I wanted to bring clients' PCs back to where they were two

> months prior.

>

> The clients actually had RPs going back nearly 3 months, and when I restored

> back two months before, everything worked fine.

>

> Were I -- and my clients -- just lucky?

>

> Alan

>

> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message

> news:a4dnp3tp9em1ud4dd9ri6oebetntmelinv@4ax.com...

>> On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:55:01 -0800, slick1

>> <slick1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>>

>>>> In order to free up space on my HD, could I and would it be ok to

>>>> reduce

>>> the amount of space allocated to system restore from what the Windows

>>> default

>>> setting is?

>>>> I would like have just enough restore space left for only a couple of

>>>> restore points.

>>

>> Yes, you can, and probably should, reduce the space. But if I were

>> you, I'd want to have more than a couple of restore points.

>>

>> 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. So I would give it just 1-2GB.

>>

>> --

>> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

>> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

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