Delete System Restore Reserve?

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Larry

Hi,
I've disabled System Restore but apparently the 5-or-so GB
reserve is still taking up space on my hard drive. I don't
plan on using System Restore -- how do I properly recover
the reserve? Thanks.

Windows XP Home
eMachines T2042
2GHz Intel Celeron Processor
Intel 3D AGP Graphics
512MB RAM
40GB Hard Drive
10/100Mbps Ethernet
CD-RW 40x Write
DVD 16x Play
 
Hi

If you really don't want to use SR - after you have disabled it, reboot, then all your SR points will be deleted and you will have no way to recover your system in case of a crash.

Will
 
person Will Denny said:
If you really don't want to use SR - after you have disabled it,
reboot, then all your SR points will be deleted and you will have no
way to recover your system in case of a crash.
GSV Three Minds in a Can <GSV@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:
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Slightly alarmist .. you'd still have driver rollback, recovery console,
repair install, and any other 3rd party tools (GoBack, Configsafe,
whatever), plus your most excellent tape backups. 8>.
Click to expand...

I'm not the original poster. How does ntbackup differ from system
restore?
 
from the said:
person Will Denny said:
If you really don't want to use SR - after you have disabled it,
reboot, then all your SR points will be deleted and you will have no
way to recover your system in case of a crash.
GSV Three Minds in a Can <GSV@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:
Click to expand...
Slightly alarmist .. you'd still have driver rollback, recovery console,
repair install, and any other 3rd party tools (GoBack, Configsafe,
whatever), plus your most excellent tape backups. 8>.
Click to expand...

I'm not the original poster. How does ntbackup differ from system
restore?
Click to expand...

NTBackup backs up whatever you tell it to, to tape, or to a file. Or (at
least with XP pro) you can go for a full Automated System Recovery type
backup.

System Restore is much more limited as to what it keeps track of ..
typically user data will not be restored. Restore points are also saved
as a chain - you can't manage them the way that you can 'snapshots' made
with NTBackup.
 
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