System restore setting for individual drives

[Tom Del Rosso]

I have backup drives that are near full because I keep as many backups as
will fit, so I get errors that say System Restore doesn't have enough space
on the drive. I disable it for those drives, but can somebody please
explain what System Restore would do with a non-system drive? I mean it's
not going to find any registry files there, so what's the logic of it?

 

[Malke]

I have backup drives that are near full because I keep as many backups as
will fit, so I get errors that say System Restore doesn't have enough space
on the drive. I disable it for those drives, but can somebody please
explain what System Restore would do with a non-system drive? I mean it's
not going to find any registry files there, so what's the logic of it?

There is no logic to it. I don't know why XP's System Restore defaults
to monitoring non-system drives but there is no reason for it. You are
completely correct to disable System Restore for all drives except the
system drive.


Malke

 

[Bob I]

Just turn it off for any non-system drive.

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

Just turn it off for any non-system drive.

Like, DUH!!! <grin>

 

[Bert Kinney]

This was MS being overly protective. In hindsight, it was a mistake. This is
why the default was changed in Vista, to only monitor the system drive.

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