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I tried to do a system restore back to 23 April 2010. I noted that there were about 4 restore points between this date and 5 May. System restore would not let me go back further than 23 April - any reason why? However when I decided to undo this restoration, when I went back into system restore all the restore points between 23 April and 2 may had disappeared. I then did a restore operation from 3 may 2010. However, I decided to undo this but when this had finished and when i went back into system restore , the restore point from 3 may had also disappeared. This is very unusual - has anybody got any idea why this is happening? thanks |
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kandinsky63 wrote:
I tried to do a system restore back to 23 April 2010. I noted that there were about 4 restore points between this date and 5 May. System restore would not let me go back further than 23 April - any reason why? However when I decided to undo this restoration, when I went back into system restore all the restore points between 23 April and 2 may had disappeared. I then did a restore operation from 3 may 2010. However, I decided to undo this but when this had finished and when i went back into system restore , the restore point from 3 may had also disappeared. This is very unusual - has anybody got any idea why this is happening? thanks Read all about it: http://bertk.mvps.org/ -- Lem Apollo 11 - 40 years ago: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ap...0th/index.html |
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Lem wrote:
kandinsky63 wrote: I tried to do a system restore back to 23 April 2010. I noted that there were about 4 restore points between this date and 5 May. System restore would not let me go back further than 23 April - any reason why? However when I decided to undo this restoration, when I went back into system restore all the restore points between 23 April and 2 may had disappeared. I then did a restore operation from 3 may 2010. However, I decided to undo this but when this had finished and when i went back into system restore , the restore point from 3 may had also disappeared. This is very unusual - has anybody got any idea why this is happening? thanks Read all about it: http://bertk.mvps.org/ -- Lem And keep in mind that you have a limited (and fixed) amount of disk space reserved for System Restore backups. And every time you invoke System Restore and restore a point, you're using up some of that space, so that some of the older ones are most likely going to have to be removed (how many depends on how much space was needed to do the restore operation). |
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hey - i know how to do a system restore - this is the reason why i have
posted this query is because i havent seen this particular behaviour before. With regards to enough disk space, I have 100 GB free space on my C drive - more than enough I would have thought.(?) "Lem" lemp40@unknownhost wrote in message ... kandinsky63 wrote: I tried to do a system restore back to 23 April 2010. I noted that there were about 4 restore points between this date and 5 May. System restore would not let me go back further than 23 April - any reason why? However when I decided to undo this restoration, when I went back into system restore all the restore points between 23 April and 2 may had disappeared. I then did a restore operation from 3 may 2010. However, I decided to undo this but when this had finished and when i went back into system restore , the restore point from 3 may had also disappeared. This is very unusual - has anybody got any idea why this is happening? thanks Read all about it: http://bertk.mvps.org/ -- Lem Apollo 11 - 40 years ago: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ap...0th/index.html |
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Lem wrote:
I tried to do a system restore back to 23 April 2010. I noted that there were about 4 restore points between this date and 5 May. System restore would not let me go back further than 23 April - any reason why? However when I decided to undo this restoration, when I went back into system restore all the restore points between 23 April and 2 may had disappeared. I then did a restore operation from 3 may 2010. However, I decided to undo this but when this had finished and when i went back into system restore , the restore point from 3 may had also disappeared. Read all about it: http://bertk.mvps.org/ +1 |
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kandinsky63 wrote:
hey - i know how to do a system restore - this is the reason why i have posted this query is because i havent seen this particular behaviour before. With regards to enough disk space, I have 100 GB free space on my C drive - more than enough I would have thought.(?) Your total amount of free disk space is irrelevant. The amount of space reserved for system restore as set in System Properties System Restore is what is in play. As was pointed out as you reach this limit older restore points are dropped off. D |
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"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message ... Lem wrote: I tried to do a system restore back to 23 April 2010. I noted that there were about 4 restore points between this date and 5 May. System restore would not let me go back further than 23 April - any reason why? However when I decided to undo this restoration, when I went back into system restore all the restore points between 23 April and 2 may had disappeared. I then did a restore operation from 3 may 2010. However, I decided to undo this but when this had finished and when i went back into system restore , the restore point from 3 may had also disappeared. Read all about it: http://bertk.mvps.org/ +1 |
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+1 is shorthand for "I agree with the content of this post."
Also look at this thread: http://groups.google.com/group/micro...91bd8642?hl=en kandinsky63 wrote: ? "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message ... Lem wrote: I tried to do a system restore back to 23 April 2010. I noted that there were about 4 restore points between this date and 5 May. System restore would not let me go back further than 23 April - any reason why? However when I decided to undo this restoration, when I went back into system restore all the restore points between 23 April and 2 may had disappeared. I then did a restore operation from 3 may 2010. However, I decided to undo this but when this had finished and when i went back into system restore , the restore point from 3 may had also disappeared. Read all about it: http://bertk.mvps.org/ +1 |
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Open an Admin Command Prompt.
To display the current space allocated for restore points type (or copy and paste) "vssadmin list shadowstorage" (without the quotes but the spaces) and press Enter. To reduce (or increase) the disk space allocated, type (or copy and paste) "vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=c: /for=c: /maxsize=10GB" (without the quotes but the spaces) and press Enter. This example assumes changing the space on drive C to 10GB. Be sure to create a manual restore point immediately after resizing because all of your previous restore points will be removed. "kandinsky63" wrote in message ... I tried to do a system restore back to 23 April 2010. I noted that there were about 4 restore points between this date and 5 May. System restore would not let me go back further than 23 April - any reason why? However when I decided to undo this restoration, when I went back into system restore all the restore points between 23 April and 2 may had disappeared. I then did a restore operation from 3 may 2010. However, I decided to undo this but when this had finished and when i went back into system restore , the restore point from 3 may had also disappeared. This is very unusual - has anybody got any idea why this is happening? thanks |
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Bob wrote:
Open an Admin Command Prompt. To reduce (or increase) the disk space allocated, type (or copy and paste) "vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=c: /for=c: /maxsize=10GB" (without Although the OP didn't specify his OS, this is an XP newsgroup. XP doesn't use shadow copy for System Restore and in any case, those vssadmin commands aren't available in XP. There's an easily accessed GUI in XP to change the amount of storage allocated for System Restore. Because the OP didn't appear to really understand System Restore, I directed him to Bert Kinney's excellent web site (http://bertk.mvps.org/) that discusses the care and feeding of System Restore in considerable detail both for XP and Vista (and also includes a brief description of how to use Restore in Win 7). -- Lem Apollo 11 - 40 years ago: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ap...0th/index.html |
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what on earth are you going on about? I actually do have some understanding
of system restore and how it works - i didnt need a lecture in a link to remind me. To reiterate, I posted my original query cos i hadnt seen this type of behaviour before. I use system restore frequently. And for your info this OP used XP SP3 and has set his SR limit at 12% . what is 12% of 300GB? "Lem" lemp40@unknownhost wrote in message ... Bob wrote: Open an Admin Command Prompt. To reduce (or increase) the disk space allocated, type (or copy and paste) "vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=c: /for=c: /maxsize=10GB" (without Although the OP didn't specify his OS, this is an XP newsgroup. XP doesn't use shadow copy for System Restore and in any case, those vssadmin commands aren't available in XP. There's an easily accessed GUI in XP to change the amount of storage allocated for System Restore. Because the OP didn't appear to really understand System Restore, I directed him to Bert Kinney's excellent web site (http://bertk.mvps.org/) that discusses the care and feeding of System Restore in considerable detail both for XP and Vista (and also includes a brief description of how to use Restore in Win 7). -- Lem Apollo 11 - 40 years ago: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ap...0th/index.html |
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Aren't we the brainy limey.... If you're so fu@kin' smart why did you have
to post here in the first place? -- "Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you." "kandinsky63" wrote in message ... what on earth are you going on about? I actually do have some understanding of system restore and how it works - i didnt need a lecture in a link to remind me. To reiterate, I posted my original query cos i hadnt seen this type of behaviour before. I use system restore frequently. And for your info this OP used XP SP3 and has set his SR limit at 12% . what is 12% of 300GB? "Lem" lemp40@unknownhost wrote in message ... Bob wrote: Open an Admin Command Prompt. To reduce (or increase) the disk space allocated, type (or copy and paste) "vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=c: /for=c: /maxsize=10GB" (without Although the OP didn't specify his OS, this is an XP newsgroup. XP doesn't use shadow copy for System Restore and in any case, those vssadmin commands aren't available in XP. There's an easily accessed GUI in XP to change the amount of storage allocated for System Restore. Because the OP didn't appear to really understand System Restore, I directed him to Bert Kinney's excellent web site (http://bertk.mvps.org/) that discusses the care and feeding of System Restore in considerable detail both for XP and Vista (and also includes a brief description of how to use Restore in Win 7). -- Lem Apollo 11 - 40 years ago: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ap...0th/index.html |
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hey fu@kutoo you dumb yankydoodle dandy hick merkin!
"Michael" wrote in message ... Aren't we the brainy limey.... If you're so fu@kin' smart why did you have to post here in the first place? -- "Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you." "kandinsky63" wrote in message ... what on earth are you going on about? I actually do have some understanding of system restore and how it works - i didnt need a lecture in a link to remind me. To reiterate, I posted my original query cos i hadnt seen this type of behaviour before. I use system restore frequently. And for your info this OP used XP SP3 and has set his SR limit at 12% . what is 12% of 300GB? "Lem" lemp40@unknownhost wrote in message ... Bob wrote: Open an Admin Command Prompt. To reduce (or increase) the disk space allocated, type (or copy and paste) "vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=c: /for=c: /maxsize=10GB" (without Although the OP didn't specify his OS, this is an XP newsgroup. XP doesn't use shadow copy for System Restore and in any case, those vssadmin commands aren't available in XP. There's an easily accessed GUI in XP to change the amount of storage allocated for System Restore. Because the OP didn't appear to really understand System Restore, I directed him to Bert Kinney's excellent web site (http://bertk.mvps.org/) that discusses the care and feeding of System Restore in considerable detail both for XP and Vista (and also includes a brief description of how to use Restore in Win 7). -- Lem Apollo 11 - 40 years ago: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ap...0th/index.html |
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Try something different today Little Mikey, be constructive GO TOUCH
YOURSELF! BTW, I am an old Man, I would love to CARVE A CONOE THROUGH YOUR SCULL! "Michael" wrote in message ... Aren't we the brainy limey.... If you're so fu@kin' smart why did you have to post here in the first place? -- "Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you." "kandinsky63" wrote in message ... what on earth are you going on about? I actually do have some understanding of system restore and how it works - i didnt need a lecture in a link to remind me. To reiterate, I posted my original query cos i hadnt seen this type of behaviour before. I use system restore frequently. And for your info this OP used XP SP3 and has set his SR limit at 12% . what is 12% of 300GB? "Lem" lemp40@unknownhost wrote in message ... Bob wrote: Open an Admin Command Prompt. To reduce (or increase) the disk space allocated, type (or copy and paste) "vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=c: /for=c: /maxsize=10GB" (without Although the OP didn't specify his OS, this is an XP newsgroup. XP doesn't use shadow copy for System Restore and in any case, those vssadmin commands aren't available in XP. There's an easily accessed GUI in XP to change the amount of storage allocated for System Restore. Because the OP didn't appear to really understand System Restore, I directed him to Bert Kinney's excellent web site (http://bertk.mvps.org/) that discusses the care and feeding of System Restore in considerable detail both for XP and Vista (and also includes a brief description of how to use Restore in Win 7). -- Lem Apollo 11 - 40 years ago: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ap...0th/index.html |
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Are you old enough to know what a 'CONOE' is?
"williamtell" wrote in message ... Try something different today Little Mikey, be constructive GO TOUCH YOURSELF! BTW, I am an old Man, I would love to CARVE A CONOE THROUGH YOUR SCULL! "Michael" wrote in message ... Aren't we the brainy limey.... If you're so fu@kin' smart why did you have to post here in the first place? -- "Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you." "kandinsky63" wrote in message ... what on earth are you going on about? I actually do have some understanding of system restore and how it works - i didnt need a lecture in a link to remind me. To reiterate, I posted my original query cos i hadnt seen this type of behaviour before. I use system restore frequently. And for your info this OP used XP SP3 and has set his SR limit at 12% . what is 12% of 300GB? "Lem" lemp40@unknownhost wrote in message ... Bob wrote: Open an Admin Command Prompt. To reduce (or increase) the disk space allocated, type (or copy and paste) "vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=c: /for=c: /maxsize=10GB" (without Although the OP didn't specify his OS, this is an XP newsgroup. XP doesn't use shadow copy for System Restore and in any case, those vssadmin commands aren't available in XP. There's an easily accessed GUI in XP to change the amount of storage allocated for System Restore. Because the OP didn't appear to really understand System Restore, I directed him to Bert Kinney's excellent web site (http://bertk.mvps.org/) that discusses the care and feeding of System Restore in considerable detail both for XP and Vista (and also includes a brief description of how to use Restore in Win 7). -- Lem Apollo 11 - 40 years ago: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ap...0th/index.html |
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