System restore checkpoints disappearing

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Why are my past system restore checkpoints disappearing?

Every time I check, I can only go back a couple of days, then when I check
it again in a week or so, the checkpoints that were available a week prior
are gone.

TIA

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

Hi Ferdy,

Download and run the XPSystemRestoreLife.vbs script. This will show
you how many days System Restore maintains restore points, and allow
it to be changed. The default is 90 days.
System Restore Scripts
http://home.earthlink.net/~mvp_ber [...] ripts.html

Go to Start - Run and type eventvwr.msc and press enter.
Click the Source tab to sort by name, look for "sr" and "srservice."
Double-click each of these services, and evaluate the event
description for any indication of the cause of the problem. Make note
of the Description, EventID and Source of these Event Properties that
show an Error or Warning and post them here.

In the System Restore properties, how much disk is System Restore
using?
http://home.earthlink.net/~mvp_ber [...] space.html

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


Ferdy wrote:
> Why are my past system restore checkpoints disappearing?
>
> Every time I check, I can only go back a couple of days,
> then when I check it again in a week or so, the
> checkpoints that were available a week prior are gone.
>
> TIA