How to Remove Windows XP Restore Points?

[James McCoughlin]

Hi All,

By any chance does anyone know how to remove "a" particular Windows XP
restore point?

I know you can remove "all" restore points except for the most recent one by
going through an option in the disk cleanup wizard, but I was hoping for a
way to remove only 1 particular faulty restore point(to remove only the most
recent one), even if manually done in the registry &(or) file system...any
ideas? :-/

p.s.: my apologies if this appeared twice, it didn't appear to post the
first time.

Thanks!

JMC

 

[taurarian]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;309531
How to Gain Access to the System Volume Information Folder

This article describes how to gain access to the System
Volume Information folder. The System Volume Information
folder is a hidden, system folder that the System Restore
tool uses to store its information and restore points.
There is a System Volume Information folder on every
partition on your computer. You might need to gain access
to this folder for troubleshooting purposes.

 

[davetest]

Hi All,

By any chance does anyone know how to remove "a" particular Windows XP
restore point?

I know you can remove "all" restore points except for the most recent one by
going through an option in the disk cleanup wizard, but I was hoping for a
way to remove only 1 particular faulty restore point(to remove only the most
recent one), even if manually done in the registry &(or) file system...any
ideas? :-/

p.s.: my apologies if this appeared twice, it didn't appear to post the
first time.

Thanks!

JMC

I don't thimk it's possible. Even if you did it, all older
restore points would be invalid, since any selected restore point
relies on *all* newer one's to complete it's restore.

If the system is stable,clear them all and reinitiallize SR.
Dave

 

[Guest]

Jame

each restore point manages a unique set of data: independent of other restore points [it is not like a backup file where one can manage a full backup of a hard disk by performing incremental backups subsequent to the initial backup operation]

From my reading, one can limit the size of the system restore file, thus reducing the number of restore points stored on the hard disk: it is not possible to be selected and manage the restore file in such a way as to have only those restore points created on a Friday for example

Typically the restore file will take upto 12% of the total space on the harddrive where it is located. Making it a very large sapce on a 200Gb [24Gb] drive and significantly smaller on a 20Gb drive [2.4Gb]

So if space concern Open up System Restore and clcik on System Restore Setting and move the slider to a size with which you are comfortable. After all how many points in histroy wouldone really need to have recorded - possibly 3 or 4 is more than sufficient: that is unless you are constantly adding and removing the same devices and / or applications and want to use system restore as a way of using these without having to uninstall or reinstall the application or device.