System Restore Not Restoring Retore Point

[JamesJ]

How long does System Restore keep restore points??
I created 2 system restore points yesterday. I restored the first one ok
yesterday (the same day I created it and before I created the second)
Today SR said it couldn't restore the second restore point.
The disk usage for SR is Max (18314 MB)

 

[Leonard Grey]

James:

Restore points are maintained for up to 90 days (but you wouldn't want a
90-day old restore point unless you haven't used your computer for 89 days.)

There's no need to use up to 18GB of your hard disk for restore points.
That's overkill and, quite frankly, silly.

Let's see if I understand you: You created two restore points, restored
to the earlier one, and now you want to know why you can't restore to
the later one?

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi James,

I would first reduce the amount of disk space System Restore is using to
hold restore points to 1GB.

Then try running System Restore in Safe Mode.

Boot into Safe Mode and perform a test restore using the following link.
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/tips.html#3

How to starting Windows XP in Safe Mode:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/safemode.html

If there are any Norton applications installed, take a look at this page.
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html

Here are some more troubleshooting steps to take when System Restore fails
to restore:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html

The Event Viewer can sometimes be helpful in tracking down errors.
Using the Event Viewer to troubleshoot System Restore errors:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/source.html

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

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

How long does System Restore keep restore points??

Three points:

1. System Restore fills up the space allocated for Restore Points.
After that happens the next time a Restore Point is created, the
oldest one(s) is deleted to make room for the next.

2. There is a maximum of 90 days longevity for any Restore Point.

3. 90 days is *way* too long for a Restore Point. In practice you can
seldom go back more than a week or two, because any more than that and
your registry gets out of synch with everything else. So allocating
space for more than a dozen or so restore points is a waste.

I created 2 system restore points yesterday. I restored the first one ok
yesterday (the same day I created it and before I created the second)
Today SR said it couldn't restore the second restore point.

Read here: http://bertk.mvps.org/

The disk usage for SR is Max (18314 MB)

That's *way* more than is needed. See point 3, above. 1-2GB is plenty.

 

[JamesJ]

I'll clairify.
Before I installed some softwware I create a restore point (rs1) yesterday.
Didn.t like the sofware so I restored rs1 today with no problems.. Created
another resore point (rs2) when I decided to install other software.
Didn't like this sofware either. When I tried restoring it System Restore
went
through all the motions but after rebooting System Restore said
it was unable to restore the restore point (or something to that effect.)
The restore point that didin't restore was rs2.

..James