System Restore Issue

[Fuzzy John]

Ever since System Restore showed its face in Windows Me I always turned it
off as I rely on images.

In Vista RC-1 build 5728 I also turned off System Restore on all drives and
yet my C: drive (System) free space kept getting lower and lower. Going thru
Disk Cleanup | More Options | System Restore Cleanup I was able to recover
the missing HD space.

Also, when looking at System Properties | System Protection, even though
there was no checkmark in the box for the C: drive it indicated that the
"Most recent restore point" was earlier today. I checked the box for C: then
clicked Apply then unchecked it and clicked Apply again. This changed the
"Most recent restore point" to None.

Is it a bug that Vista will create restore point event though System Restore
is off? Or is it by design?

 

[Jill Zoeller [MSFT]]

Hi Fuzzy John,

The checkbox disables *automatic* restore points. However, a restore point
(shadow copy) is still created with each backup. This is a known issue.
Ideally we would delete the snapshots after the backup when the checkbox is
disabled, but this isn't currently implemented.

I guess you could call this "by design," even though it's not the ideal
design.

Check out our blog at
http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/archive/tags/System+Restore/default.aspx
for more information about System Restore.

 

[Fuzzy John]

Thanks!

Hi Fuzzy John,

The checkbox disables *automatic* restore points. However, a restore point
(shadow copy) is still created with each backup. This is a known issue.
Ideally we would delete the snapshots after the backup when the checkbox
is disabled, but this isn't currently implemented.

I guess you could call this "by design," even though it's not the ideal
design.

Check out our blog at
http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/archive/tags/System+Restore/default.aspx
for more information about System Restore.

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