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Remove old restore points

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by ackerberg, 2004/03/14.

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    ackerberg

    ackerberg Inactive Thread Starter

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    I've added several restore points every time I've added a new program. I remember seeing a screen where I could remove some of these restore points to save memory but I can not find that screen again. Anyone know how to get there? Many thanks.
     
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    yarddog1953

    yarddog1953 Well-Known Member

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    Right Click on MY Computer...properties...click on system restore...adjust the slider downwards a little to reduce the amount of space system restore uses, and you will have fewer restore points to choose from when you reboot. Is this what you want?
     

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    Zander

    Zander Geek Member Alumni

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    Right click on My Computer and choose properties>system restore. If you want to remove all restore points turn off system restore. This will delete them all. Then restart it and it'll create a new restore point. If you just want to delete some of the older ones, click on the settings tab and reduce the amount of the drive that is currently available to system restore. This will delete however many restore points it has to in order to reduce the amount of disk space being used. Oldest ones get deleted first. Don't know of a way you can pick and choose which ones to delete.
     
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    You can also run Disk Cleanup, click on the other options and remove all points except the most recent one.
     
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    ackerberg

    ackerberg Inactive Thread Starter

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    That is what I was looking for

    Thanks. I think I saw that before but couldn't remember where it was.
    Thanks everyone for your help.
     
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