System restore point delete

[Guest]

I want to delete some of the restore point but not all. Is there any way to
do that?
(windows xp user)

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

You can delete all but the last restore point. Open Windows Explorer and right click the C: drive. Select Properties, Disk Cleanup. Once the scanning process is complete, you'll get a new dialog. Go to More Options. You can remove all but the last restore point there. Otherwise, its all or nothing.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

True, forgot about that trick But there's no control over how many you'll delete.

 

[Guest]

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True, forgot about that trick But there's no control over how many you'll delete.

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Thank you BERT and thank you DOUG KNOX for help

 

[Sharon F]

Hi,

To remove some of the oldest restore points, reduce the amount of disk
space used to hold them by moving the slider to the left. Move the
slider one click at a time an check the calendar between each one. This
will remove the oldest restore points on a FIFO (first in - first out)
basis.

Here are some tips adjusting disk space usage and keeping System Restore
healthy:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/healthy.html

Hiya, Bert. Checked your date lately? ;^)

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

You're welcome

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Sharon,

Thanks, for the heads up. One of the side effects of installing Vista...

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Adding to the excellent advice from Bert and Doug:

To selectively remove a restore point, one can write a program which uses
the "SRRemoveRestorePoint" API.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sr/sr/srsetrestorepoint.asp

----------------------------------------------------
Requirements
Client Requires Windows Vista or Windows XP.
Header Declared in SRRestorePtAPI.h.
DLLRequires SrClient.dll.
----------------------------------------------------

One problem is that when you use WMI to enumerate the list of available
restore points, the "deleted" restore is again included in the listing.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I want to delete some of the restore point but not all. Is there any way to
do that?
(windows xp user)

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

To remove some of the oldest restore points, reduce the amount of disk
space used to hold them by moving the slider to the left. Move the
slider one click at a time an check the calendar between each one. This
will remove the oldest restore points on a FIFO (first in - first out)
basis.

Here are some tips adjusting disk space usage and keeping System Restore
healthy:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/healthy.html

 

[Sharon F]

Hi Sharon,

Thanks, for the heads up. One of the side effects of installing Vista...

You're welcome!

 

[Bert Kinney]

Way over my head, but interesting. <g>

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Doug,

Not knowing what the user was trying to accomplish, I thought I would
toss it in. <g>