System restore points

[Guydpb]

As already known XP makes restore points from time to time; which I find quite usefull as long as you keep in mind not to import viruses from a previous restore point.
Now if you you set your restore memory to let's say 3% this should be enough for at least 15 restore points, depending on the size of your HDD.
The problem is that Windows makes these restore points each time with a Microsoft Update and when you install some programs. Also you can make restore points yourself.
In practice however you will see that there usually isn't a restore point available or at least one from the same day if you need one in case of a minor bug. The option is to make restore points yourself, in my case I get an automatic daily warning with a clock alarm that pops up a message.
Is there a program that can make automatic restore points for example on a daily basis? And why is it so that when the treshold is reached of your 3% setting for example, XP erases all restore points so that your left with none, and this without being aware.
If you have to many restore points and want to get rid of them except the last one just disable the restore point setting for the drive in question and simply reanable it afterwards.

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Utilities, Single Click System Restore =
Point. This utility can be run as a Scheduled Task. You can also =
create a Quick Launch shortcut to it, for single click Restore Point =
creation.

3% may not be enough, depending on how much space that actually is. 3% =
of your drive may be quite a bit of space, but all of the "protected" =
files can take up a lot of space, depending on what's installed. XP =
should not delete more restore points than are necessary to make room =
for the newest one.

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"Guydpb" > wrote in message =
s.com...
> As already known XP makes restore points from time to time; which I =
find
> quite usefull as long as you keep in mind not to import viruses from a
> previous restore point.
> Now if you you set your restore memory to let's say 3% this should be
> enough for at least 15 restore points, depending on the size of your
> HDD.=20
> The problem is that Windows makes these restore points each time with =
a
> Microsoft Update and when you install some programs. Also you can make
> restore points yourself.=20
> In practice however you will see that there usually isn't a restore
> point available or at least one from the same day if you need one in
> case of a minor bug. The option is to make restore points yourself, in
> my case I get an automatic daily warning with a clock alarm that pops
> up a message.=20
> Is there a program that can make automatic restore points for example
> on a daily basis? And why is it so that when the treshold is reached =
of
> your 3% setting for example, XP erases all restore points so that your
> left with none, and this without being aware.
> If you have to many restore points and want to get rid of them except
> the last one just disable the restore point setting for the drive in
> question and simply reanable it afterwards.
> --
> Guydpb
> =
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[JAX]

By default, "System Restore" makes a new restore point every day or when
there is a change to the system. The default amount of disk space allotted
is 12% of the drive, which is too much on a modern large HD. As new restore
points are created, the oldest is deleted. The only real control you have
over SR is to create new points, lower the amount of space allotted, remove
all but the last or disable SR.

LOL, JAX

"Guydpb" > wrote in message
s.com...
> As already known XP makes restore points from time to time; which I find
> quite usefull as long as you keep in mind not to import viruses from a
> previous restore point.
> Now if you you set your restore memory to let's say 3% this should be
> enough for at least 15 restore points, depending on the size of your
> HDD.
> The problem is that Windows makes these restore points each time with a
> Microsoft Update and when you install some programs. Also you can make
> restore points yourself.
> In practice however you will see that there usually isn't a restore
> point available or at least one from the same day if you need one in
> case of a minor bug. The option is to make restore points yourself, in
> my case I get an automatic daily warning with a clock alarm that pops
> up a message.
> Is there a program that can make automatic restore points for example
> on a daily basis? And why is it so that when the treshold is reached of
> your 3% setting for example, XP erases all restore points so that your
> left with none, and this without being aware.
> If you have to many restore points and want to get rid of them except
> the last one just disable the restore point setting for the drive in
> question and simply reanable it afterwards.
> --
> Guydpb
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>

[Guydpb]

Thanks for the reply,
My question: should 3% not be enough for a 60Gb notebook drive? And what about the vanishing of ALL my restore points when these 3% of HDD space are reached? Is that normal? Cause when I disable and reenable the restorepoint setting I always remain with the latest one; which is OK. About the QuickLaunch (shortcut). I already had one installed long time ago.

Again thanks.

[JAX]

Yes, 3% of a 60 Gig. drive should be enough. When you disable and re-enable
SR it will automatically delete all but the newly created restore point,
that is normal. I see nothing in your OP about a QuickLaunch shortcut. I
don't know what you are asking about.

LOL, JAX

"Guydpb" > wrote in message
s.com...
> Thanks for the reply,
> My question: should 3% not be enough for a 60Gb notebook drive? And
> what about the vanishing of ALL my restore points when these 3% of HDD
> space are reached? Is that normal? Cause when I disable and reenable
> the restorepoint setting I always remain with the latest one; which is
> OK. About the QuickLaunch (shortcut). I already had one installed long
> time ago.
>
> Again thanks.
> --
> Guydpb
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> posted via www.PCBanter.net
>

[Guydpb]

The advise of making a shortcut-quick launch to initiate the system restore display was brought up in a previous post by Doug Knox MS-MVP. I had already made one some time ago. But still the mistery remains why ALL my restore points are gone (includung the last one) when these 3% are reached, instead of leaving the last one. Often I wanted to check if there was a restore point available, only to find out there was none; and a day before or so there where more than 10.