How to delete system restore points manually?

[John7]

Hello,

I discovered that about 60 system restore points eat 1.4 GB of my hard
drive.
How can I delete these manually to free disk space?

TIA,
John7

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi John,

You can use the disk cleanup utility to remove all but the most recent one.

Another method is to open the settings of SR (Control Panel/System applet/SR
tab) and reduce the amount of space allotted to SR. This will remove older
restore points and prevent it from growing too large in the future.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"John7" > wrote in message
...
> Hello,
>
> I discovered that about 60 system restore points eat 1.4 GB of my hard
> drive.
> How can I delete these manually to free disk space?
>
> TIA,
> John7
>
>

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Start menu/.../accessories/disk cleanup, (choose drive, More Options tab, see
'free up..."

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"John7" > wrote in message
...
> Hello,
>
> I discovered that about 60 system restore points eat 1.4 GB of my hard
> drive.
> How can I delete these manually to free disk space?
>
> TIA,
> John7
>
>

[John7]

Thx Rick,

I followed your advise and re-gained 0.5GB.

How can I delete System Restore Point selectively?
I prefer to keep major install RP's but delete anonymous RP's.

TIA,
John7



"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" > schreef in bericht
...
> Hi John,
>
> You can use the disk cleanup utility to remove all but the most recent
one.
>
> Another method is to open the settings of SR (Control Panel/System
applet/SR
> tab) and reduce the amount of space allotted to SR. This will remove older
> restore points and prevent it from growing too large in the future.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "John7" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I discovered that about 60 system restore points eat 1.4 GB of my hard
> > drive.
> > How can I delete these manually to free disk space?
> >
> > TIA,
> > John7
> >
> >
>
>

[PaulM]

You can not delete restore points that way, you can not break the chain.

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"John7" > wrote in message
...
> Thx Rick,
>
> I followed your advise and re-gained 0.5GB.
>
> How can I delete System Restore Point selectively?
> I prefer to keep major install RP's but delete anonymous RP's.
>
> TIA,
> John7
>
>
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" > schreef in bericht
> ...
> > Hi John,
> >
> > You can use the disk cleanup utility to remove all but the most recent
> one.
> >
> > Another method is to open the settings of SR (Control Panel/System
> applet/SR
> > tab) and reduce the amount of space allotted to SR. This will remove
older
> > restore points and prevent it from growing too large in the future.
> >
> > --
> > Best of Luck,
> >
> > Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> > Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> > www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> > Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
> >
> > "John7" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I discovered that about 60 system restore points eat 1.4 GB of my hard
> > > drive.
> > > How can I delete these manually to free disk space?
> > >
> > > TIA,
> > > John7
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[johnf]

Sorry, it can't be done. As they contain sequential data, you can only
retain your last restore-point.

--
Johnf

> Thx Rick,
>
> I followed your advise and re-gained 0.5GB.
>
> How can I delete System Restore Point selectively?
> I prefer to keep major install RP's but delete anonymous RP's.
>
> TIA,
> John7
>
>
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" > schreef in bericht
> ...
>> Hi John,
>>
>> You can use the disk cleanup utility to remove all but the most recent
>> one.
>>
>> Another method is to open the settings of SR (Control Panel/System
>> applet/SR tab) and reduce the amount of space allotted to SR. This
>> will remove older restore points and prevent it from growing too large
>> in the future.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "John7" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I discovered that about 60 system restore points eat 1.4 GB of my hard
>>> drive.
>>> How can I delete these manually to free disk space?
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>> John7