System Restore

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A couple of months ago I noticed that the SR files were at 1.7 GB
despite a setting at less that 300 MB. I disabled SR and reset to 261
MB. Today I note that notwithstanding the setting of 261 MB, SR shows
2124 files in 5 folders using 784 MB.

Do I have a corrupt SR file or is there an additional setting that I
am not aware of.?

Thanks for any help.

Dan

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Thanks for the quick response Mike. Because your instructions were so
detailed, you won't have to wait a week to find out that the problem
has indeed been solved <VBG>.
The only scary part was the popup saying C:\OLDREST was too big to
delete to Recycled Bin...I felt somewhat vulnerable until a new
restore point was created. I subsequently tested the system restore
per your instructions and all is well. However I did get an error
message when closing SYSTEM INFORMATION. "Helpctr has caused an error
in kernel32.dll" This may very well have been there before although I
hadn't noticed. In any event, I'll research it and see if it's
anything serious. In the meantime, thanks again for your expert
advice.

Dan


"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
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> Dan,
>
> Rather than resetting SR I would advise you to blow away the entire
> archive and start over. It's possible your problem is due to some
older
> files having become "orphaned" and sticking around long after they
should
> have departed. :-)
>
> Do this as follows:
> a) Boot to DOS using a Win Me boot floppy. Do NOT choose "Minimal
Boot"
> from the menu when booting from a floppy but rather choose "Start
computer
> with (or without) CD-ROM support" otherwise the ATTRIB command will
not be
> available.
> b) At the DOS A:\> prompt, type:
>
> ATTRIB -H -S -R C:\_RESTORE
> then
> REN C:\_RESTORE OLDREST
>
> c) Remove the floppy
> d) Reboot your PC
> e) Delete the folder C:\OLDREST
> f) Check that an automatic system restore checkpoint was created.
> g) Finally adjust the space allocated to the restore folder:
> System | Performance | File System | Hard Disk and adjust the
restore
> slider to your preferred setting. A figure of 2-300MB is normally
more
> than adequate for day to day use allowing perhaps a week of
checkpoints to
> be available although increasing this to perhaps 4-500MB for a few
days
> during periods of large installs such Microsoft Office is advisable.
>
> It might now be a good time to test that system restore is working
> correctly. You can do this by performing the following test.
> a) Create a shortcut on your desktop to a file.
> b) Create a manual checkpoint
> Could you create a checkpoint?
> c) Delete the shortcut
> d) Restore your PC to the checkpoint you created.
> Was the shortcut restored? Did you see any error messages?
> e) Reboot your PC
> Was the checkpoint retained?
>
> Hopefully this will fix the problem but if not I'll look out for
messages
> from you in a week or so. <g>
> --
> Mike Maltby MS-MVP
> mike.maltby@gmail.com
>
>
> Dapper Dan <dapperdan@home.com> wrote:
>
> > A couple of months ago I noticed that the SR files were at 1.7 GB
> > despite a setting at less that 300 MB. I disabled SR and reset to
261
> > MB. Today I note that notwithstanding the setting of 261 MB, SR
shows
> > 2124 files in 5 folders using 784 MB.
> >
> > Do I have a corrupt SR file or is there an additional setting that
I
> > am not aware of.?
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > Dan
>

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Thanks for the clarification, Mike. I'll check it over the next week
or so and if a problem resurfaces, I shall be back.

Dan

"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
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> Dan,
>
> Thanks for the feedback.
>
> My comment about waiting a week or so was not so much because I was
> worried about your following the steps I listed but instead to allow
the
> archive time to fill up and FIFO kick in to keep the size of the
archive
> within the limits you have set.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Mike
>
>
> Dapper Dan <dapperdan@home.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the quick response Mike. Because your instructions were
so
> > detailed, you won't have to wait a week to find out that the
problem
> > has indeed been solved <VBG>.
> > The only scary part was the popup saying C:\OLDREST was too big to
> > delete to Recycled Bin...I felt somewhat vulnerable until a new
> > restore point was created. I subsequently tested the system
restore
> > per your instructions and all is well. However I did get an error
> > message when closing SYSTEM INFORMATION. "Helpctr has caused an
error
> > in kernel32.dll" This may very well have been there before
although I
> > hadn't noticed. In any event, I'll research it and see if it's
> > anything serious. In the meantime, thanks again for your expert
> > advice.
>

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By configuring Windows Explorer appropriately. I have probably posted
details of how to do this a thousand times in this newsgroup alone since
Win Me was released. Start with Tools | Folder Options | view.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP
mike.maltby@gmail.com


webster72n <hbethke@copper.net> wrote:

> Dan:
>
> How does one expose all the detailed information about System
> Restore, which you so delightfully describe?

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Dan:

I am familiar with how to get there, but completely missed the right click,
in order to expose properties.
Everything checked out allright.
Thank you for your kindness.

Harry.


"Dapper Dan" <dapperdan@home.com> wrote in message
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> I use Diskeeper Lite to defrag and it indicates the amount of free
> space available. I noticed that free space had dropped from a little
> over 60% to the mid 30%. Knowing that we hadn't installed nor
> downloaded anything substantial recently, I deducted that something
> had gone awry. I recalled general responses from both Mike & Noel
> regarding System Restore problems and thought that should be the first
> place to check. The rest is history.
> As to how to check it, per Mike's response, Windows Explorer (rc
> START/OPEN) then Tools/Folder Options/View and put a checkmark in
> "show all files". Then find your way to the C: drive and look for
> System Restore. Right click and select PROPERTIES. It will provide the
> details.
>
> Good Luck
>
> "webster72n" <hbethke@copper.net> wrote in message
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> >
> > Dan:
> >
> > How does one expose all the detailed information about System
> Restore, which
> > you so delightfully describe?
> >
> > Harry.
> >
> >
> > "Dapper Dan" <dapperdan@home.com> wrote in message
> > news:uQ1L3fpaFHA.3364@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > A couple of months ago I noticed that the SR files were at 1.7 GB
> > > despite a setting at less that 300 MB. I disabled SR and reset to
> 261
> > > MB. Today I note that notwithstanding the setting of 261 MB, SR
> shows
> > > 2124 files in 5 folders using 784 MB.
> > >
> > > Do I have a corrupt SR file or is there an additional setting that
> I
> > > am not aware of.?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help.
> > >
> > > Dan
> > >
> >
> >
>