System Restore

[ShuBDoo]

I have a partitioned hard drive (C-F). System Restore is "monitoring"
the C partition only (15GB free space). Over the past two weeks, I have
only two restore points, one created by me and one created by System
Restore both on the same day.
What determines how often and when System Restore creates restore
points ?? TIA

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

By default System Restore creates an automatic restore point every 24
hours. Automatic restore points are only created during idle time; for
example, when there is no mouse, keyboard, or disk i/o activity.

Here are some troubleshooting steps to take when System Restore fails to
create an automatic restore point:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srauto.html

And troubleshooting missing restore points:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/missingrps.html

 

[ShuBDoo]

Hi,

By default System Restore creates an automatic restore point every 24
hours. Automatic restore points are only created during idle time; for
example, when there is no mouse, keyboard, or disk i/o activity.

Here are some troubleshooting steps to take when System Restore fails to
create an automatic restore point:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srauto.html

And troubleshooting missing restore points:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/missingrps.html

Thanks for the URL's. I think the reason I have no automatic points is
because I usually turn the computer off after I've finished. I don't mind
manually making points. Thanks, again, for the support.

 

[Bert Kinney]

says...


Thanks for the URL's. I think the reason I have no automatic points
is
because I usually turn the computer off after I've finished. I don't
mind
manually making points. Thanks, again, for the support.

That will do it. Doug Knox created a VB utility that will create a
restore point with on user intervention which can be place in the
Startup folder. This will create a restore point every time the system
is started.
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_sysrestorepoint.htm

 

[Guest]

Hi,

By default System Restore creates an automatic restore point every 24
hours. Automatic restore points are only created during idle time; for
example, when there is no mouse, keyboard, or disk i/o activity.

Here are some troubleshooting steps to take when System Restore fails to
create an automatic restore point:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srauto.html

And troubleshooting missing restore points:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/missingrps.html

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