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Reduce Restore Point to last one

  1. #1


    Damalulu Guest

    Reduce Restore Point to last one

    How do you do this. I can see all the restores but no button to get rid of
    them........so how do you reduce to the last restore point?



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  2. #2


    Rick Rogers Guest

    Re: Reduce Restore Point to last one

    Hi,

    Older ones are automatically deleted as new ones are created or at 90 days
    old. The only way to manually force removal of old points is to reduce the
    amount of alloted space using the vssadmin command.

    --
    Best of Luck,

    Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
    http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
    Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
    My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

    "Damalulu" <Damalulu@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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    > How do you do this. I can see all the restores but no button to get rid
    > of
    > them........so how do you reduce to the last restore point?

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  3. #3


    xiowan Guest

    RE: Reduce Restore Point to last one

    Hello "Damalulu":
    Go to the Backup & Restore Center and select "change settings" under the
    tasks listed on the left hand pane. Select System Protection tab on the
    window that pops up. Under "Automatic restore points" you will see your hard
    drives listed. If you uncheck the drives that have a check mark and click
    Apply at the bottom, I believe all the previous restore points are removed.
    You should immediately go back and put a check mark on the drive(s) that you
    want a restore point automatically created and then immediately create a
    restore point so you will at least have one to fall back on right away. I
    would not recommend removing any restore points manually like this....you
    never know if one of the saved ones might save an operating system re-install
    and Vista automatically removes the older ones as new ones are added.j Good
    luck.

    xiowan...........in tucson

    "Damalulu" wrote:

    > How do you do this. I can see all the restores but no button to get rid of
    > them........so how do you reduce to the last restore point?

      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  4. #4


    PaulB Guest

    RE: Reduce Restore Point to last one

    Select the Start Orb and type Disk cleanup. Select "disk cleanup" at the top
    of menu.
    Select all users, then C: drive and the More options tab. Under System
    restore and shadow copies you will see the ability to delete all but the last
    restore point
    --
    Paul


    "Damalulu" wrote:

    > How do you do this. I can see all the restores but no button to get rid of
    > them........so how do you reduce to the last restore point?

      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  5. #5


    xiowan Guest

    RE: Reduce Restore Point to last one

    Hello "PaulB":
    The more times I try to answer questions, the more I learn from someone
    with a better solution! Thanks for explaining the easy way!

    xiowan..........in tucson

    "PaulB" wrote:

    > Select the Start Orb and type Disk cleanup. Select "disk cleanup" at the top
    > of menu.
    > Select all users, then C: drive and the More options tab. Under System
    > restore and shadow copies you will see the ability to delete all but the last
    > restore point
    > --
    > Paul
    >
    >
    > "Damalulu" wrote:
    >

    > > How do you do this. I can see all the restores but no button to get rid of
    > > them........so how do you reduce to the last restore point?

      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  6. #6


    PaulB Guest

    RE: Reduce Restore Point to last one

    I find the same thing. You are welcome.
    --
    Paul


    "xiowan" wrote:

    > Hello "PaulB":
    > The more times I try to answer questions, the more I learn from someone
    > with a better solution! Thanks for explaining the easy way!
    >
    > xiowan..........in tucson
    >
    > "PaulB" wrote:
    >

    > > Select the Start Orb and type Disk cleanup. Select "disk cleanup" at the top
    > > of menu.
    > > Select all users, then C: drive and the More options tab. Under System
    > > restore and shadow copies you will see the ability to delete all but the last
    > > restore point
    > > --
    > > Paul
    > >
    > >
    > > "Damalulu" wrote:
    > >

    > > > How do you do this. I can see all the restores but no button to get rid of
    > > > them........so how do you reduce to the last restore point?

      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  7. #7


    Damalulu Guest

    RE: Reduce Restore Point to last one

    PaulB thank you so much!
    Damalulu

    "PaulB" wrote:

    > Select the Start Orb and type Disk cleanup. Select "disk cleanup" at the top
    > of menu.
    > Select all users, then C: drive and the More options tab. Under System
    > restore and shadow copies you will see the ability to delete all but the last
    > restore point
    > --
    > Paul
    >
    >
    > "Damalulu" wrote:
    >

    > > How do you do this. I can see all the restores but no button to get rid of
    > > them........so how do you reduce to the last restore point?

      My System SpecsSystem Spec

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