Removing recovery point

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Dannyboy

Hi I understan that as time goes on win xp home eddition
makes recovery points to roll back to in case of trouble
with the software or things like that. My question
is "doesnt this take up a lot of space on the hard drive
after so long, and if so is there a way to delete some of
these recovery points to free up disk space? Is this a
safe thing to do? And should I take away older or newer
recovery points (that is if it is possable to do in the
first place).
Thanks in advance for any help.
I am new to XP and I went from Win 95 to this new and
confusing world of XP. :)
 
You can manage the amount disk space allocated to Restore Points by
right-clicking on your "My Computer" icon and selecting "Properties". From
there select the "System Restore" tab and highlight the volume you want to
manage and click the "Settings" button.

You cannot choose which restore points to keep and which ones to delete and
keep. However restore points are automatically purged after 90 days.

Please review the System Restore FAQ for more info
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/plan/faqsrwxp.mspx
 
So you went from Windows 95 to XP...XP is a little different, right?

By default, 12% of your hard disk space is allocated for restore points.
However, this amount is configurable and you can reduce it. Of course, this
will reduce the number of restore points that System Restore can create.

Individual restore points cannot be removed. However, you can erase all but
the most recent restore point.

Instructions on how to do these things are in the Help and Support Center.

You'll have an easier time with XP if you avoid the temptation to compare it
with 95. XP is very, very different.

Because I feel sympathy for you, I'll point out some important details about
System Restore:

The goal of System Restore is to restore the essential guts of Windows - the
registry and key system files - to a known good state, to (hopefully) give
users acces to the GUI. From the GUI users can make use of XP's many
troubleshooting resources. Thus, System Restore provides you with the
opportunity to solve problems, although sometimes restoring your system to a
known good state is all that's needed to fix a problem. The point is, don't
make the mistake that many newbies make: System Restore is not the same as
backing up your hard disk, and it doesn't back up any of your documents,
pictures, programs, etc.

And now, for the big money, how much hard disk space should you allocate to
restore points? That depends on how adept you are at using a computer. An
adept user can detect early on that something is not right with their
computer and will attempt a restore almost immediately thereafter. Such a
user has no need for a restore point from last month. If you're not that
adept, you may need to restore to a state from a month or more ago, so
you'll need to allocate more space for restore points.
 
Wow who new this transition from 98 first edition ( I
mistakenly put 95, but it's 98) to Xp home would be so
educational for me, lol. Thanks for the advice I
appreciate it, and no I am not so computer savy, I am
however getting much beter at asking first before I do
something dumb. And I understand now, so I have no need
to wory about getting rid of restore points, especialy if
they purge automaticly after 90 days. I was thinking, gee
I will run out of disk space after a year of this thing
making all these restore points.
So again Thank you.
 
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