Vista - System Restore - disk space

Brink, do you have any idea howcome my last Restore Point away got deleted when my shadow copy space hit 3GB(i set it to the maximum of 3GB space for restore point and shadow copy)?

How can i prevent this from happening?

Hello GradeAbra,

Here are some common reasons why it may have been deleted:

• Dual boot with XP. This wipes them all out though.
• Restore point is older than 90 days. Nothing can be done to stop this though.
• You ran out of max space and it was deleted to make room for a new restore point.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

I am 100% sure it runs out of max space and it was deleted to make room for a new restore point.

If i set the space to a higher value, will it prevent this from happening? If not what should i do?

Thanks

If that is the case, then yes bumping it up a bit higher (say 5-6 GB) will allow more restore points stored until that space runs out. It just depends on how many you want to have stored for the size to set it.

Which is more reliable system restore of backing up of computer image?
Regarding backing up of Drive image. If i store my C drive image in another drive, can i still get back 100% of it if my pc or C drive encounter failure?

Hello GradeAbra,

A drive image is more reliable than a system restore. System Restore is only good to help restore system files back to a previous date that have only recently been changed by mistake. However, manually backing up your individual files (ex: Music, Documents, etc...) is the most reliable method I have found.

Oh yes, storing a drive image on another separate hard drive is the best and safest method to ensure that your backup is not lost if your C: drive should fail.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Will work even if the separated drive is in the same PC as the one that encounter failure?

I can no longer post in the "backup computer image" thread anymore where can i post again if i got further question regarding this issue? Thanks

In older threads, you will need to check the box under the reply window to acknowledge this before it will allow you to post it. That's all.


Yes, as long as the backup drive has not been corrupted as well, you should be able to boot from your Vista installation DVD to select the backup drive and restore the image to the C: drive.

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Isit better if i store it in another external drive?

Not for System Restore, but yes for a backup.