How to keep XP from creating restore-points?

[Bert Kinney]

Each restore point takes about 200mb of space to create, give or take, so
for each gig you have about 5 checkpionts how many do you believe you need?

This is not true. The size of a restore point will be determined by the size
and amount of monitored files, folder and the registry.

 

[Bert Kinney]

Each restore point takes about 200mb of space to create, give or take, so

for each gig you have about 5 checkpionts how many do you believe you need?

This is not true. The size of a restore point will be determined by the size
and amount of monitored files, folder and the registry.


Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
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[Bill in Co.]

But it seems to be in the range of 100 to 200 MB from what we've heard here.
But as you said, it's a BAD idea to disable it - and pretty stupid, dare I
say! (unless you are relying on some other rollback technique, and even
then, it's best to have it as a fallback option)

 

[Bert Kinney]

System Restore can be a very useful tool if it's understood and used
correctly.


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[Bill in Co.]

Yup. I'm now using it *in conjunction with* ERUNT. And of course,
Acronis True Image for backing up the entire C: partition.

 

[Bert Kinney]

That's an excellent strategy Bill.


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[Gord Dibben]

Question on this Bert.

My regular restore points are about 60MB

I see several around that size +-10% then one Feb. 15th at 133MB followed by
subsequent points around the 60MB range again.

The 133 point was day after the Feb 14th point created by Software Distribution
Services 3.0 which was the day we received some Windows Updates

Any significance or just coincidence?

The 133MB point has hundreds of the A00xxxxx.rbf, dll, ini,lrd files while
regular points contain 2 or 3 dozen at most.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Gord,

Not a coincidence, but how System Restore works. The restore point created
*before* the updates were installed should be the average size. The restore
point created *after* the updates were installed will have included the
updates installed and an increase in size of that restore point. When a
restore point is created it only contains the monitored files, folders and
registry that have changed sense the last restore point was created. This is
why a restore point rely on all previous restore points to complete the restore.

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

 

[Gord Dibben]

Thanks Bert

So day one RP896 is 60 MB and Windows Update does its thing that day.

Day two RP897 is 133MB due to monitoring the changes made by WUD on day one.

Day three RP898 is back to 60 MB because no changes were made day two.

Is that about it?


Gord

 

[Bert Kinney]

Yes, that looks good.

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

 

[Gord Dibben]

OK

Appreciate the help on this.

Gord

Yes, that looks good.

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

 

[Bert Kinney]

You're very welcome Gord.

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

 

[Twayne]

Why in the world would you want to do that?

As long as a new restore is created prier to a device being
installed, there should not be a problem. Just don't install new
devices before fully testing the previous device installed.

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

Since no one will bother to answer your question:

Here's how to turn off Restore Points:
Start; Programs; Accessories; System Tools; System Restore. You can
turn off System Restore Points there.
Note that all existing restore points will also be deleted; when you
turn it back on there will be none - you start afresh.

That assumes you mean "system" restore points, and not Norton or some
other backup/imaging program of course; your post has little information
content.

It is UNWISE to not create restore points: If an install botches, and
crashes the computer or programs, it's an EASY way to get back to the
previous operating state where everythign worked. Think about it before
you stop making restore points; they can be lifesavers at times.
You DO have backups of your data, right? If not, you'd better get
something in place quickly, IMO.

HTH


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