Delete ALL system restore points and start new

[Pete Carr]

How can I delete all of my System Restore Points and start new now that I
have everything working perfectly and exactly like I want?

Thanks Guys.

 

[mhc]

How can I delete all of my System Restore Points and start new now that I
have everything working perfectly and exactly like I want?

Thanks Guys.

You can turn off System Restore and then reboot. That will clear all prior
restore points. After rebooting, you can turn System Restore back on to
create a restore point of your current system.

 

[windmap]

To clear existing restore points

1.
Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, click System Tools,
and then click System Restore.

2.
Click to add a check mark beside Turn off System Restore on all Drives,
and click Apply.

3.
When you are warned that all existing Restore Points will be deleted,
click Yes to continue.


All system restore points are deleted. Now you should manually create a
restore point.

1.
Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, click System Tools,
and then click System Restore.

2.
Click Create a Restore Point, and then click Next.

3.
Name your restore point. (I use the date as well as a descriptive term
such as "After Restore Point Deletion.")

Source
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/mcgill1.mspx

 

[Pete Carr]

Thankjs guys!!!!!

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

You can turn off System Restore and then reboot. That will clear all prior
restore points. After rebooting, you can turn System Restore back on to
create a restore point of your current system.

Just an additional note to Pete, although you *can* do this, you don't
have to, and I fact, I don't recommend doing it. The old restore
points don't hurt you, and old points will drop off the end of the
chain and be replaced by a new one every day. After a maximum of 90
days (perhaps less, depending on how much space you've allotted for
restore points) all the old ones will be gone.

So I would keep them until they disappear by themselves, simply
because even though you may think you'll never need one of the old
ones, it's possible that something unexpected may occur, and it might
turn out that one of them could be a lifesaver.

 

[Plato]

Just an additional note to Pete, although you *can* do this, you don't
have to, and I fact, I don't recommend doing it. The old restore
points don't hurt you, and old points will drop off the end of the
chain and be replaced by a new one every day. After a maximum of 90
days (perhaps less, depending on how much space you've allotted for
restore points) all the old ones will be gone.

So I would keep them until they disappear by themselves, simply
because even though you may think you'll never need one of the old
ones, it's possible that something unexpected may occur, and it might
turn out that one of them could be a lifesaver.

Cant argue with a conservative point of view.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Cant argue with a conservative point of view.

You've known me long enough to know that my point of view (at least on
technological things) is almost always conservative.

 

[Plato]

You've known me long enough to know that my point of view (at least on
technological things) is almost always conservative.

Keeps the PCs running tho...

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

Ok my question to that is what if a virus had been found in these
files?

Then a restoration will restore the virus.

and what if you have 3 physical hard drives and for some reason they
all have files in that folder?

The only disk that should be monitored is the system disk. If others
are monitored, shut the monitoring off.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Ok my question to that is what if a virus had been found in these
files?
and what if you have 3 physical hard drives and for some reason they
all have files in that folder?

Remember that a virus in a restore point is completely innocuous, and
can't hurt you in any way, *unless* you restore from that restore
point. Also remember that you can't selectively delete restore points,
so getting rid of the infected ones, means getting rid of good ones
too. And if you have a severe enough problem, you may even want to
restore from that restore point, then remove the virus using
anti-virus software.

It would certainly be rare that you would want to purposely restore to
a restore point you know is infected. But it's possible that it might
be your only choice short of a clean reinstallation, which almost
certainly would be much more trouble. My point is that keeping the
infected restore points can give you extra useful options. But it
certainly requires the discipline to keep track of when you had the
virus, and which restore points are (or may be) infected, so that you
don't accidentally restore from one of them.

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Pete,

As long as the system is running correctly for several days, and is virus
and malware free, then all restore points can be deleted.

Using disk cleanup will remove all but the most recent restore point.

How to using Disk Clean-up to remove restore points:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskclean.html

Turning off system restore will remove all restore points.

How to Disable and Enable System Restore:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/disablesr.html

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.net