restore point [eliminate specific restore point(s)]

dear sir,

this is my O/S-
winXP pro 2002 sp2.

i want to eliminate some specific restore points which system automatically creates. is this possible. please note that here i am not tending to turn off restore point option which eliminates all the points, but only some specific points which i thought i do not need and thus can save some space.

 

dastgir--Your Restore Points are in C:\System Volume Information in a folder that starts with the word "restore ". They are the RPxxx files.
Note from PeteC's post that you can also reduce the space alloted to Restore Points, which means the older ones will be automatically deleted sooner.

 

dear peteC,

your advise prove very useful for me and by decreasing memory space i manage to restrict my restore points upto 2.thanks.

 

dear Welshjim,

are you saying that by deleting these folders we can delete specific restore points. but how to recognise that which folder is associated with which restore point.

 

No, you cannot delete individual restore points. They are like links in a chain so if you delete one in the middle of the sequence the chain is broken.

 

dastgir-- JRosenfeld is correct.
In the link provided by PeteC it says
"System Restore is change base tracking tool, not an imaging or backup tool. Each restore point only stores changes to the system since the creation of the previous restore point to minimize space usage and improve performance, and all restore points are associated. Therefore, restoring the computer from the current state to a previous state requires the availability of all restore points. For example, if a user wants to restore the computer from point D to point A, System Restore will evaluate the system change logs for points C and B. "
So you can delete all, all except for the last, or some of the earliest by reducing the space allotted to Restore Points.

 

Hello dastgir,

Just a quibble here

Not memory, it's disk space, which is probably what you meant.

Regards - Charles

 

dear charlesvar,

u r right. i am sorry for that.

 

Finding system restore points

I am unable to view contents of System volume information - properties say hidden file. Will not allow me to drag to all users shared folder. Yes, I have set folder options to show all hidden files as well as system files.
See below post by Welshjim.

My restore points keep disappearing and I think I have found that problem, but would like to verify that restore points exist by looking at the RPxxx files and dates .

Thanks, Jorjab

 

How to gain access to System volume information folder:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=309531

 

I finally found Cacls under I386 on root drive. Tried the DOS command cacls "

" and received an error.
Error was "invalid arguments. Displays or modifies Access control lists (Acls) of files."
Tried this for both my id and all Users id

I have XP media center edition, SP2. I do have NTFS format. I am only user and have admin privileges for everything else.

Sysvol properties do not show a security tab so cannot try the XP Professional route. Also, properties tells me to set it for file sharing by dragging to shared documents folder but am unable to get that to work.

Does anybody have any other suggestions as to what I can do?

 

I have found my solution - to see what I did and why reference

http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=53666

Jorjab