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09-25-2007
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| | Deleting OLD Restore Points I have read this is possible, as "old" restore points take up a bit of HDD space. But where are they? Rgds Rod |
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09-25-2007
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| | Re: Deleting OLD Restore Points Run the Disk Cleanup utility and choose the More Options tab. Old System Restore points and Shadow Copies can be deleted there. "Rod Davies" <ldavies@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:16156517-9CBE-4333-BEE8-AAE8A7CD92E6@xxxxxx Quote: >I have read this is possible, as "old" restore points take up a bit of HDD >space. But where are they? > > Rgds > Rod |
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09-25-2007
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| | Re: Deleting OLD Restore Points Tks Dominic....went there as u kindly suggested. My only 'concern' is that there doesn't seem to be a list to choose from, it seems to be simply that all are deleted...is that right? Rgds Rod "Dominic Payer" <dcp@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:eG6fjr2$HHA.4200@xxxxxx Quote: > Run the Disk Cleanup utility and choose the More Options tab. Old System > Restore points and Shadow Copies can be deleted there. > > > > "Rod Davies" <ldavies@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:16156517-9CBE-4333-BEE8-AAE8A7CD92E6@xxxxxx Quote: >>I have read this is possible, as "old" restore points take up a bit of HDD >>space. But where are they? >> >> Rgds >> Rod |
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09-25-2007
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| | Re: Deleting OLD Restore Points The last restore point is saved. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) "Rod Davies" <ldavies@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:4874DBF2-CF1A-4698-A7D2-F4237407F33A@xxxxxx Quote: > Tks Dominic....went there as u kindly suggested. My only 'concern' is that > there doesn't seem to be a list to choose from, it seems to be simply that > all are deleted...is that right? > > Rgds > Rod > > "Dominic Payer" <dcp@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:eG6fjr2$HHA.4200@xxxxxx Quote: >> Run the Disk Cleanup utility and choose the More Options tab. Old System >> Restore points and Shadow Copies can be deleted there. >> >> >> >> "Rod Davies" <ldavies@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:16156517-9CBE-4333-BEE8-AAE8A7CD92E6@xxxxxx Quote: >>>I have read this is possible, as "old" restore points take up a bit of >>>HDD space. But where are they? >>> >>> Rgds >>> Rod |
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09-25-2007
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| | Re: Deleting OLD Restore Points tks Richard and Dominic. As a matter of interest, IS it possible to see a list of all restore points at all, and to choose those you want to remove? Rgds Rod "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23JXBh32$HHA.4752@xxxxxx Quote: > The last restore point is saved. > > -- > > > Regards, > > Richard Urban > Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User > (For email, remove the obvious from my address) > > > "Rod Davies" <ldavies@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:4874DBF2-CF1A-4698-A7D2-F4237407F33A@xxxxxx Quote: >> Tks Dominic....went there as u kindly suggested. My only 'concern' is >> that there doesn't seem to be a list to choose from, it seems to be >> simply that all are deleted...is that right? >> >> Rgds >> Rod >> >> "Dominic Payer" <dcp@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:eG6fjr2$HHA.4200@xxxxxx Quote: >>> Run the Disk Cleanup utility and choose the More Options tab. Old System >>> Restore points and Shadow Copies can be deleted there. >>> >>> >>> >>> "Rod Davies" <ldavies@xxxxxx> wrote in message >>> news:16156517-9CBE-4333-BEE8-AAE8A7CD92E6@xxxxxx >>>>I have read this is possible, as "old" restore points take up a bit of >>>>HDD space. But where are they? >>>> >>>> Rgds >>>> Rod >>> |
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09-26-2007
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| | Re: Deleting OLD Restore Points No, that is not possible. Using Disk Clean-up in Windows Vista: http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskcleanupv.html Regards, Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User http://bertk.mvps.org Member: http://dts-l.org Rod Davies wrote: Quote: > tks Richard and Dominic. As a matter of interest, IS it possible to see > a list of all restore points at all, and to choose those you want to remove? > > Rgds > Rod > > "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:%23JXBh32$HHA.4752@xxxxxx Quote: >> The last restore point is saved. >> >> -- >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Richard Urban >> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User >> (For email, remove the obvious from my address) >> >> >> "Rod Davies" <ldavies@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:4874DBF2-CF1A-4698-A7D2-F4237407F33A@xxxxxx Quote: >>> Tks Dominic....went there as u kindly suggested. My only 'concern' is >>> that there doesn't seem to be a list to choose from, it seems to be >>> simply that all are deleted...is that right? >>> >>> Rgds >>> Rod >>> >>> "Dominic Payer" <dcp@xxxxxx> wrote in message >>> news:eG6fjr2$HHA.4200@xxxxxx >>>> Run the Disk Cleanup utility and choose the More Options tab. Old >>>> System Restore points and Shadow Copies can be deleted there. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> "Rod Davies" <ldavies@xxxxxx> wrote in message >>>> news:16156517-9CBE-4333-BEE8-AAE8A7CD92E6@xxxxxx >>>>> I have read this is possible, as "old" restore points take up a bit >>>>> of HDD space. But where are they? >>>>> >>>>> Rgds >>>>> Rod >>>> >>> |
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