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System Restore - Lost Restore Points
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Turn off System Restore - Unchecked Disk space usage 12% (for now) Novice user On 9th Feb, after a system crash, I had a new 120 gig hard drive fitted by a computer technician. At the same time he did a clean install of my OS, XP Pro, onto this drive. I reformatted my old drive, a 40 gig, and now use this solely for backing up. Since the 9th Feb I have been gradually installing all my old programs and on two occasions I noticed that ALL my restore points have disappeared. Even the "Most Recent Restore Point", is missing. This has happened on the 14th Feb, and today, the 19th Feb. These two dates as you can see are at 5 day intervals. Have I missed a setting somewhere that needs to be turned off or altered, or are these dates just a coincidence? Any help with this issue would be greatly appreciated. Mike |
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System Restore - Lost Restore Points
Hi MikeW,
Follow the link below and download "XPSystemRestorePointFrequency.vbs" utility. Click on the script and it will show the frequency on which Restore Points are created. It should be set to no more than 24 hours. This utility will allow you to change the setting. I set my notebook to create a RP every 18 hours because it is not on all day long. This way very few RP's are missed. http://www.billsway.com/notes%5Fpublic/WinXP%5FTweaks/ -- Regards, Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS] http://dts-l.org/ MikeW wrote: XP Pro Turn off System Restore - Unchecked Disk space usage 12% (for now) Novice user On 9th Feb, after a system crash, I had a new 120 gig hard drive fitted by a computer technician. At the same time he did a clean install of my OS, XP Pro, onto this drive. I reformatted my old drive, a 40 gig, and now use this solely for backing up. Since the 9th Feb I have been gradually installing all my old programs and on two occasions I noticed that ALL my restore points have disappeared. Even the "Most Recent Restore Point", is missing. This has happened on the 14th Feb, and today, the 19th Feb. These two dates as you can see are at 5 day intervals. Have I missed a setting somewhere that needs to be turned off or altered, or are these dates just a coincidence? Any help with this issue would be greatly appreciated. Mike |
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System Restore - Lost Restore Points
Hi Bert,
Thanks for your response and the link. I've downloaded and run it, and set it for every 12 hours. As a novice I am a little confused, how will this prevent me from losing all my restore points again in five days time? If in fact I actually do lose them, that is! MikeW "Bert Kinney" wrote in message ... Hi MikeW, Follow the link below and download "XPSystemRestorePointFrequency.vbs" utility. Click on the script and it will show the frequency on which Restore Points are created. It should be set to no more than 24 hours. This utility will allow you to change the setting. I set my notebook to create a RP every 18 hours because it is not on all day long. This way very few RP's are missed. http://www.billsway.com/notes%5Fpublic/WinXP%5FTweaks/ -- Regards, Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS] http://dts-l.org/ MikeW wrote: XP Pro Turn off System Restore - Unchecked Disk space usage 12% (for now) Novice user On 9th Feb, after a system crash, I had a new 120 gig hard drive fitted by a computer technician. At the same time he did a clean install of my OS, XP Pro, onto this drive. I reformatted my old drive, a 40 gig, and now use this solely for backing up. Since the 9th Feb I have been gradually installing all my old programs and on two occasions I noticed that ALL my restore points have disappeared. Even the "Most Recent Restore Point", is missing. This has happened on the 14th Feb, and today, the 19th Feb. These two dates as you can see are at 5 day intervals. Have I missed a setting somewhere that needs to be turned off or altered, or are these dates just a coincidence? Any help with this issue would be greatly appreciated. Mike |
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Hi Mike,
I suspect they were never created. Now that the frequency is set to 12 hours keep an eye on the System Restore calendar to confirm they are being created, and not disappearing. -- Regards, Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS] http://dts-l.org/ MikeW wrote: Hi Bert, Thanks for your response and the link. I've downloaded and run it, and set it for every 12 hours. As a novice I am a little confused, how will this prevent me from losing all my restore points again in five days time? If in fact I actually do lose them, that is! MikeW "Bert Kinney" wrote in message ... Hi MikeW, Follow the link below and download "XPSystemRestorePointFrequency.vbs" utility. Click on the script and it will show the frequency on which Restore Points are created. It should be set to no more than 24 hours. This utility will allow you to change the setting. I set my notebook to create a RP every 18 hours because it is not on all day long. This way very few RP's are missed. http://www.billsway.com/notes%5Fpublic/WinXP%5FTweaks/ -- Regards, Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS] http://dts-l.org/ MikeW wrote: XP Pro Turn off System Restore - Unchecked Disk space usage 12% (for now) Novice user On 9th Feb, after a system crash, I had a new 120 gig hard drive fitted by a computer technician. At the same time he did a clean install of my OS, XP Pro, onto this drive. I reformatted my old drive, a 40 gig, and now use this solely for backing up. Since the 9th Feb I have been gradually installing all my old programs and on two occasions I noticed that ALL my restore points have disappeared. Even the "Most Recent Restore Point", is missing. This has happened on the 14th Feb, and today, the 19th Feb. These two dates as you can see are at 5 day intervals. Have I missed a setting somewhere that needs to be turned off or altered, or are these dates just a coincidence? Any help with this issue would be greatly appreciated. Mike |
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Hi Bert
There has been a slight misunderstanding, perhaps I did not phrase my original post very well. I will try and clarify. Between 9th Feb and 14th Feb there were many (8 or 10) restore points, some were "System Checkpoints", some were restore points created by installing programs, and some were my own restore points which I created prior to installing programs. For some reason they had all disappeared on the 14th Feb. Exactly the same thing happened on the 19th Feb. As you can see, every five days! I am anxiously waiting to see if the same happens on the 24th. *Something* is deleting ALL my restore points. If I was to do a disk clean up and delete the restore points at least I would be left with the "most recent restore point". Any further thoughts on this? Thanks for your help so far. Mike "Bert Kinney" wrote in message ... Hi Mike, I suspect they were never created. Now that the frequency is set to 12 hours keep an eye on the System Restore calendar to confirm they are being created, and not disappearing. -- Regards, Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS] http://dts-l.org/ MikeW wrote: Hi Bert, Thanks for your response and the link. I've downloaded and run it, and set it for every 12 hours. As a novice I am a little confused, how will this prevent me from losing all my restore points again in five days time? If in fact I actually do lose them, that is! MikeW "Bert Kinney" wrote in message ... Hi MikeW, Follow the link below and download "XPSystemRestorePointFrequency.vbs" utility. Click on the script and it will show the frequency on which Restore Points are created. It should be set to no more than 24 hours. This utility will allow you to change the setting. I set my notebook to create a RP every 18 hours because it is not on all day long. This way very few RP's are missed. http://www.billsway.com/notes%5Fpublic/WinXP%5FTweaks/ -- Regards, Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS] http://dts-l.org/ MikeW wrote: XP Pro Turn off System Restore - Unchecked Disk space usage 12% (for now) Novice user On 9th Feb, after a system crash, I had a new 120 gig hard drive fitted by a computer technician. At the same time he did a clean install of my OS, XP Pro, onto this drive. I reformatted my old drive, a 40 gig, and now use this solely for backing up. Since the 9th Feb I have been gradually installing all my old programs and on two occasions I noticed that ALL my restore points have disappeared. Even the "Most Recent Restore Point", is missing. This has happened on the 14th Feb, and today, the 19th Feb. These two dates as you can see are at 5 day intervals. Have I missed a setting somewhere that needs to be turned off or altered, or are these dates just a coincidence? Any help with this issue would be greatly appreciated. Mike |
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Hi MikeW,
This is helpful. One question, are there any Restore Points (RP) left on the system dated previous to the 9th of Feb, or were these the oldest RP's? View the event logs to investigate System Restore service errors. To do this, follow these steps: 1. Go to Start - Run and type eventvwr.msc then press enter. 2. Click System. 3. Click the Source tab to sort by name, and then look for "sr" or "srservice." Double-click each of these services, and then evaluate the event description for any indication of the cause of the problem. 4. Report back if you find any errors. Go to System Restore (SR) and reduce the "Disk space usage" to 1GB. 12% of a large drive may be to large. If the Disk Cleanup utility is being used, make sure clean up under System Restore is unchecked on the More Options tab. Having this checked, Disk Cleanup will remove all restore points except the most recent one. -- Regards, Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS] http://dts-l.org/ MikeW wrote: Hi Bert There has been a slight misunderstanding, perhaps I did not phrase my original post very well. I will try and clarify. Between 9th Feb and 14th Feb there were many (8 or 10) restore points, some were "System Checkpoints", some were restore points created by installing programs, and some were my own restore points which I created prior to installing programs. For some reason they had all disappeared on the 14th Feb. Exactly the same thing happened on the 19th Feb. As you can see, every five days! I am anxiously waiting to see if the same happens on the 24th. *Something* is deleting ALL my restore points. If I was to do a disk clean up and delete the restore points at least I would be left with the "most recent restore point". Any further thoughts on this? Thanks for your help so far. Mike "Bert Kinney" wrote in message ... Hi Mike, I suspect they were never created. Now that the frequency is set to 12 hours keep an eye on the System Restore calendar to confirm they are being created, and not disappearing. -- Regards, Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS] http://dts-l.org/ MikeW wrote: Hi Bert, Thanks for your response and the link. I've downloaded and run it, and set it for every 12 hours. As a novice I am a little confused, how will this prevent me from losing all my restore points again in five days time? If in fact I actually do lose them, that is! MikeW "Bert Kinney" wrote in message ... Hi MikeW, Follow the link below and download "XPSystemRestorePointFrequency.vbs" utility. Click on the script and it will show the frequency on which Restore Points are created. It should be set to no more than 24 hours. This utility will allow you to change the setting. I set my notebook to create a RP every 18 hours because it is not on all day long. This way very few RP's are missed. http://www.billsway.com/notes%5Fpublic/WinXP%5FTweaks/ -- Regards, Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS] http://dts-l.org/ MikeW wrote: XP Pro Turn off System Restore - Unchecked Disk space usage 12% (for now) Novice user On 9th Feb, after a system crash, I had a new 120 gig hard drive fitted by a computer technician. At the same time he did a clean install of my OS, XP Pro, onto this drive. I reformatted my old drive, a 40 gig, and now use this solely for backing up. Since the 9th Feb I have been gradually installing all my old programs and on two occasions I noticed that ALL my restore points have disappeared. Even the "Most Recent Restore Point", is missing. This has happened on the 14th Feb, and today, the 19th Feb. These two dates as you can see are at 5 day intervals. Have I missed a setting somewhere that needs to be turned off or altered, or are these dates just a coincidence? Any help with this issue would be greatly appreciated. Mike |
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