Hi JPhilo,
Use Disk Clean-up to remove all but the most recent Restore Points and
Shadow Copies.
Using Disk Clean-up in Windows Vista:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskcleanupv.html
Now disable System Restore and then enable it. This will remove all existing
restore points.
How to disable System Restore in Windows Vista:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/disablesrv.html
Do not set System Restore to monitor any drives other than the one Windows
is installed on.
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member:
http://dts-l.org
JPhilo wrote:
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> My new Vista Business Dell laptop is just a week old but already I'm
> having serious OS issues. The entire System Restore system seems to be
> hung up and not functioning. For example, if I go to the System
> Protection tab in System Properties, in the 'Available Disks' box it
> just says "Searching..." and never comes out of that. The System Restore
> and Create... (restore point) buttons are greyed out. There definitely
> should be a number of restore points already, but none are accessible.
>
> This problem also appears to be causing Windows Update to hang.
> Whenever it tries to install updates it gets to the point where it says
> 'creating restore point...' and then it just hangs there forever.
>
> So I think I need to find some way to manually reset or restart the
> entire System Restore system. I've searched this and some other forums
> but haven't found anyone in a similar situation. Can someone please
> help?
>
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