Unable to disable System Restore

G

Guest

Recently installed 160 gig, using Seagate's software which also copied OS and
programmes from old 60 gig to new C: Everything is fine. Using 60 gig D:
for backup. To maximize space I entire Win directory, but cannot shut off
system restore, as OS (XP SP II) says it is "system drive". It has no OS on
it... Anysolutions other than fdsik and reformat?
cheers...
______________
Lyman in Toronto
 
B

Bert Kinney

Hi Lyman,

Are these the steps you used to turn SR off on the D:\ drive?

To turn off System Restore, follow these steps: 1. Click Start,
right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
2. Click the System Restore tab.
3. Select the Turn off System Restore check box (or the Turn off
System Restore on all drives check box), and then click OK.
4. Click Yes when you receive the prompt to the turn off System
Restore.
 
G

Guest

Hello Bert...
I hesitated to turn off restore on all drives because I did not want to
lose restore points on C: as well. (I am not sure if this would happen??)

Navigating to: My Computer > Properties > System Restore, then selected D:
Drive > Settings, I get this message:
"Local 60Gig (D:) is the system drive. You cannot turn System Restore off on
this drive without turning it off on all drives."
Since Loca 60gig (D:) is *not* the present system drive, I got confused!
Even so, now that I think of it, there is not much of a problem losing
restore points and starting over... Aside from this anomaly, the system is
purring along nicely..

Bert Kinney said:
Hi Lyman,

Are these the steps you used to turn SR off on the D:\ drive?

To turn off System Restore, follow these steps: 1. Click Start,
right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
2. Click the System Restore tab.
3. Select the Turn off System Restore check box (or the Turn off
System Restore on all drives check box), and then click OK.
4. Click Yes when you receive the prompt to the turn off System
Restore.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

Recently installed 160 gig, using Seagate's software
which also copied OS and programmes from old 60 gig to
new C: Everything is fine. Using 60 gig D: for backup.
To maximize space I entire Win directory, but cannot
shut off system restore, as OS (XP SP II) says it is
"system drive". It has no OS on it... Anysolutions other
than fdsik and reformat?
cheers...
______________
Lyman in Toronto
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B

Bert Kinney

Hi Lyman,

Could you please supply some more information before we make any
changes?

Go to Control Panel - System - Advanced tab. Click the Settings button
under Startup and
Recovery and click the Edit button. This will open your boot.ini file
in notepad. Copy and paste the contents here so we can see them. DO
NOT save any setting when closing at this time.

Now go to Start - Run and type msinfo32 and press enter.
Navigate to Components - Storage - Drives.
Highlight the contents in the right pane and press ctrl+c to copy.
Past this information here also.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

Hello Bert...
I hesitated to turn off restore on all drives because I
did not want to lose restore points on C: as well. (I am
not sure if this would happen??)

Navigating to: My Computer > Properties > System Restore,
then selected D: Drive > Settings, I get this message:
"Local 60Gig (D:) is the system drive. You cannot turn
System Restore off on this drive without turning it off
on all drives." Since Loca 60gig (D:) is *not* the
present system drive, I got confused! Even so, now that I
think of it, there is not much of a problem losing
restore points and starting over... Aside from this
anomaly, the system is purring along nicely..

Bert Kinney said:
Hi Lyman,

Are these the steps you used to turn SR off on the D:\
drive?

To turn off System Restore, follow these steps: 1. Click
Start, right-click My Computer, and then click
Properties.
2. Click the System Restore tab.
3. Select the Turn off System Restore check box (or the
Turn off System Restore on all drives check box), and
then click OK.
4. Click Yes when you receive the prompt to the turn off
System Restore.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

Recently installed 160 gig, using Seagate's software
which also copied OS and programmes from old 60 gig to
new C: Everything is fine. Using 60 gig D: for backup.
To maximize space I entire Win directory, but cannot
shut off system restore, as OS (XP SP II) says it is
"system drive". It has no OS on it... Anysolutions
other than fdsik and reformat?
cheers...
______________
Lyman in Toronto
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
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G

Guest

Hi Bert... Here is boot and Drive info:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=
"Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Drive A: Description 3 1/2 Inch Floppy Drive

Drive C:
Description Local Fixed Disk
Compressed No
File System NTFS
Size 149.05 GB (160,039,239,680 bytes)
Free Space 93.66 GB (100,570,640,384 bytes)
Volume Name Local 160 gig
Volume Serial Number D48C7929

Drive D:
Description Local Fixed Disk
Compressed No
File System NTFS
Size 57.26 GB (61,483,933,696 bytes)
Free Space 22.74 GB (24,415,522,816 bytes)
Volume Name Local 60 gig
Volume Serial Number 60EA39A4

Drive E: Description CD-ROM Disc

Drive F: Description CD-ROM Disc

Lyman
=================
Bert Kinney said:
Hi Lyman,

Could you please supply some more information before we make any
changes?

Go to Control Panel - System - Advanced tab. Click the Settings button
under Startup and
Recovery and click the Edit button. This will open your boot.ini file
in notepad. Copy and paste the contents here so we can see them. DO
NOT save any setting when closing at this time.

Now go to Start - Run and type msinfo32 and press enter.
Navigate to Components - Storage - Drives.
Highlight the contents in the right pane and press ctrl+c to copy.
Past this information here also.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

Hello Bert...
I hesitated to turn off restore on all drives because I
did not want to lose restore points on C: as well. (I am
not sure if this would happen??)

Navigating to: My Computer > Properties > System Restore,
then selected D: Drive > Settings, I get this message:
"Local 60Gig (D:) is the system drive. You cannot turn
System Restore off on this drive without turning it off
on all drives." Since Loca 60gig (D:) is *not* the
present system drive, I got confused! Even so, now that I
think of it, there is not much of a problem losing
restore points and starting over... Aside from this
anomaly, the system is purring along nicely..

Bert Kinney said:
Hi Lyman,

Are these the steps you used to turn SR off on the D:\
drive?

To turn off System Restore, follow these steps: 1. Click
Start, right-click My Computer, and then click
Properties.
2. Click the System Restore tab.
3. Select the Turn off System Restore check box (or the
Turn off System Restore on all drives check box), and
then click OK.
4. Click Yes when you receive the prompt to the turn off
System Restore.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/


Lyman wrote:
Recently installed 160 gig, using Seagate's software
which also copied OS and programmes from old 60 gig to
new C: Everything is fine. Using 60 gig D: for backup.
To maximize space I entire Win directory, but cannot
shut off system restore, as OS (XP SP II) says it is
"system drive". It has no OS on it... Anysolutions
other than fdsik and reformat?
cheers...
______________
Lyman in Toronto
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
B

Bert Kinney

Could you also post the contents of the Components - Storage - Disks
in msinfo32?

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

Hi Bert... Here is boot and Drive info:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=
"Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
/NoExecute=OptIn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Drive A: Description 3 1/2 Inch Floppy Drive

Drive C:
Description Local Fixed Disk
Compressed No
File System NTFS
Size 149.05 GB (160,039,239,680 bytes)
Free Space 93.66 GB (100,570,640,384 bytes)
Volume Name Local 160 gig
Volume Serial Number D48C7929

Drive D:
Description Local Fixed Disk
Compressed No
File System NTFS
Size 57.26 GB (61,483,933,696 bytes)
Free Space 22.74 GB (24,415,522,816 bytes)
Volume Name Local 60 gig
Volume Serial Number 60EA39A4

Drive E: Description CD-ROM Disc

Drive F: Description CD-ROM Disc

Lyman
=================
Bert Kinney said:
Hi Lyman,

Could you please supply some more information before we
make any changes?

Go to Control Panel - System - Advanced tab. Click the
Settings button under Startup and
Recovery and click the Edit button. This will open your
boot.ini file in notepad. Copy and paste the contents
here so we can see them. DO NOT save any setting when
closing at this time.

Now go to Start - Run and type msinfo32 and press enter.
Navigate to Components - Storage - Drives.
Highlight the contents in the right pane and press
ctrl+c to copy. Past this information here also.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

Hello Bert...
I hesitated to turn off restore on all drives because I
did not want to lose restore points on C: as well. (I
am not sure if this would happen??)

Navigating to: My Computer > Properties > System
Restore, then selected D: Drive > Settings, I get this
message: "Local 60Gig (D:) is the system drive. You
cannot turn System Restore off on this drive without
turning it off on all drives." Since Loca 60gig
(D:) is *not* the present system drive, I got confused!
Even so, now that I think of it, there is not much of a
problem losing restore points and starting over...
Aside from this anomaly, the system is purring along
nicely..

:

Hi Lyman,

Are these the steps you used to turn SR off on the D:\
drive?

To turn off System Restore, follow these steps: 1.
Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click
Properties.
2. Click the System Restore tab.
3. Select the Turn off System Restore check box (or the
Turn off System Restore on all drives check box), and
then click OK.
4. Click Yes when you receive the prompt to the turn
off System Restore.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/


Lyman wrote:
Recently installed 160 gig, using Seagate's software
which also copied OS and programmes from old 60 gig to
new C: Everything is fine. Using 60 gig D: for
backup. To maximize space I entire Win directory, but
cannot shut off system restore, as OS (XP SP II) says
it is "system drive". It has no OS on it...
Anysolutions other than fdsik and reformat?
cheers...
______________
Lyman in Toronto
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
B

Bert Kinney

Hi,

Where the drives jumpered to reflect there new roles?

For example, was the new drive set as master on the primary IDE?

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

Hi Bert... Here is boot and Drive info:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=
"Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
/NoExecute=OptIn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Drive A: Description 3 1/2 Inch Floppy Drive

Drive C:
Description Local Fixed Disk
Compressed No
File System NTFS
Size 149.05 GB (160,039,239,680 bytes)
Free Space 93.66 GB (100,570,640,384 bytes)
Volume Name Local 160 gig
Volume Serial Number D48C7929

Drive D:
Description Local Fixed Disk
Compressed No
File System NTFS
Size 57.26 GB (61,483,933,696 bytes)
Free Space 22.74 GB (24,415,522,816 bytes)
Volume Name Local 60 gig
Volume Serial Number 60EA39A4

Drive E: Description CD-ROM Disc

Drive F: Description CD-ROM Disc

Lyman
=================
Bert Kinney said:
Hi Lyman,

Could you please supply some more information before we
make any changes?

Go to Control Panel - System - Advanced tab. Click the
Settings button under Startup and
Recovery and click the Edit button. This will open your
boot.ini file in notepad. Copy and paste the contents
here so we can see them. DO NOT save any setting when
closing at this time.

Now go to Start - Run and type msinfo32 and press enter.
Navigate to Components - Storage - Drives.
Highlight the contents in the right pane and press
ctrl+c to copy. Past this information here also.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

Hello Bert...
I hesitated to turn off restore on all drives because I
did not want to lose restore points on C: as well. (I
am not sure if this would happen??)

Navigating to: My Computer > Properties > System
Restore, then selected D: Drive > Settings, I get this
message: "Local 60Gig (D:) is the system drive. You
cannot turn System Restore off on this drive without
turning it off on all drives." Since Loca 60gig
(D:) is *not* the present system drive, I got confused!
Even so, now that I think of it, there is not much of a
problem losing restore points and starting over...
Aside from this anomaly, the system is purring along
nicely..

:

Hi Lyman,

Are these the steps you used to turn SR off on the D:\
drive?

To turn off System Restore, follow these steps: 1.
Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click
Properties.
2. Click the System Restore tab.
3. Select the Turn off System Restore check box (or the
Turn off System Restore on all drives check box), and
then click OK.
4. Click Yes when you receive the prompt to the turn
off System Restore.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/


Lyman wrote:
Recently installed 160 gig, using Seagate's software
which also copied OS and programmes from old 60 gig to
new C: Everything is fine. Using 60 gig D: for
backup. To maximize space I entire Win directory, but
cannot shut off system restore, as OS (XP SP II) says
it is "system drive". It has no OS on it...
Anysolutions other than fdsik and reformat?
cheers...
______________
Lyman in Toronto
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
B

Bert Kinney

One more question, go to Start - Run and type diskmgmt.msc and press
enter.
With this windows highlighted press Alt+PrintScreen and send a screen
shot to
(e-mail address removed) (remove the NS).

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/


Hi Bert... Here is boot and Drive info:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=
"Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
/NoExecute=OptIn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Drive A: Description 3 1/2 Inch Floppy Drive

Drive C:
Description Local Fixed Disk
Compressed No
File System NTFS
Size 149.05 GB (160,039,239,680 bytes)
Free Space 93.66 GB (100,570,640,384 bytes)
Volume Name Local 160 gig
Volume Serial Number D48C7929

Drive D:
Description Local Fixed Disk
Compressed No
File System NTFS
Size 57.26 GB (61,483,933,696 bytes)
Free Space 22.74 GB (24,415,522,816 bytes)
Volume Name Local 60 gig
Volume Serial Number 60EA39A4

Drive E: Description CD-ROM Disc

Drive F: Description CD-ROM Disc

Lyman
=================
Bert Kinney said:
Hi Lyman,

Could you please supply some more information before we
make any changes?

Go to Control Panel - System - Advanced tab. Click the
Settings button under Startup and
Recovery and click the Edit button. This will open your
boot.ini file in notepad. Copy and paste the contents
here so we can see them. DO NOT save any setting when
closing at this time.

Now go to Start - Run and type msinfo32 and press enter.
Navigate to Components - Storage - Drives.
Highlight the contents in the right pane and press
ctrl+c to copy. Past this information here also.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

Hello Bert...
I hesitated to turn off restore on all drives because I
did not want to lose restore points on C: as well. (I
am not sure if this would happen??)

Navigating to: My Computer > Properties > System
Restore, then selected D: Drive > Settings, I get this
message: "Local 60Gig (D:) is the system drive. You
cannot turn System Restore off on this drive without
turning it off on all drives." Since Loca 60gig
(D:) is *not* the present system drive, I got confused!
Even so, now that I think of it, there is not much of a
problem losing restore points and starting over...
Aside from this anomaly, the system is purring along
nicely..

:

Hi Lyman,

Are these the steps you used to turn SR off on the D:\
drive?

To turn off System Restore, follow these steps: 1.
Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click
Properties.
2. Click the System Restore tab.
3. Select the Turn off System Restore check box (or the
Turn off System Restore on all drives check box), and
then click OK.
4. Click Yes when you receive the prompt to the turn
off System Restore.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/


Lyman wrote:
Recently installed 160 gig, using Seagate's software
which also copied OS and programmes from old 60 gig to
new C: Everything is fine. Using 60 gig D: for
backup. To maximize space I entire Win directory, but
cannot shut off system restore, as OS (XP SP II) says
it is "system drive". It has no OS on it...
Anysolutions other than fdsik and reformat?
cheers...
______________
Lyman in Toronto
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