System Restore Issue

Ever since System Restore showed its face in Windows Me I always turned it
off as I rely on images.

In Vista RC-1 build 5728 I also turned off System Restore on all drives and
yet my C: drive (System) free space kept getting lower and lower. Going thru
Disk Cleanup | More Options | System Restore Cleanup I was able to recover
the missing HD space.

Also, when looking at System Properties | System Protection, even though
there was no checkmark in the box for the C: drive it indicated that the
"Most recent restore point" was earlier today. I checked the box for C: then
clicked Apply then unchecked it and clicked Apply again. This changed the
"Most recent restore point" to None.

Is it a bug that Vista will create restore point event though System Restore
is off? Or is it by design?

Hi Fuzzy John,

The checkbox disables *automatic* restore points. However, a restore point
(shadow copy) is still created with each backup. This is a known issue.
Ideally we would delete the snapshots after the backup when the checkbox is
disabled, but this isn't currently implemented.

I guess you could call this "by design," even though it's not the ideal
design.

Check out our blog at
http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/arc...e/default.aspx
for more information about System Restore.

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"Fuzzy John" <john@dontemail.com> wrote in message
news:B8F89E81-9FB0-46D7-8258-387495CF2131@microsoft.com...
> Ever since System Restore showed its face in Windows Me I always turned it
> off as I rely on images.
>
> In Vista RC-1 build 5728 I also turned off System Restore on all drives
> and yet my C: drive (System) free space kept getting lower and lower.
> Going thru Disk Cleanup | More Options | System Restore Cleanup I was able
> to recover the missing HD space.
>
> Also, when looking at System Properties | System Protection, even though
> there was no checkmark in the box for the C: drive it indicated that the
> "Most recent restore point" was earlier today. I checked the box for C:
> then clicked Apply then unchecked it and clicked Apply again. This changed
> the "Most recent restore point" to None.
>
> Is it a bug that Vista will create restore point event though System
> Restore is off? Or is it by design?
>

Thanks!



"Jill Zoeller [MSFT]" <jillz@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:%23kUd4u96GHA.4276@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hi Fuzzy John,
>
> The checkbox disables *automatic* restore points. However, a restore point
> (shadow copy) is still created with each backup. This is a known issue.
> Ideally we would delete the snapshots after the backup when the checkbox
> is disabled, but this isn't currently implemented.
>
> I guess you could call this "by design," even though it's not the ideal
> design.
>
> Check out our blog at
> http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/arc...e/default.aspx
> for more information about System Restore.
>
> --
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>
> Want to learn more about Windows Server file and storage technologies?
> Visit our team blog at http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/default.aspx.
>
>
> "Fuzzy John" <john@dontemail.com> wrote in message
> news:B8F89E81-9FB0-46D7-8258-387495CF2131@microsoft.com...
>> Ever since System Restore showed its face in Windows Me I always turned
>> it off as I rely on images.
>>
>> In Vista RC-1 build 5728 I also turned off System Restore on all drives
>> and yet my C: drive (System) free space kept getting lower and lower.
>> Going thru Disk Cleanup | More Options | System Restore Cleanup I was
>> able to recover the missing HD space.
>>
>> Also, when looking at System Properties | System Protection, even though
>> there was no checkmark in the box for the C: drive it indicated that the
>> "Most recent restore point" was earlier today. I checked the box for C:
>> then clicked Apply then unchecked it and clicked Apply again. This
>> changed the "Most recent restore point" to None.
>>
>> Is it a bug that Vista will create restore point event though System
>> Restore is off? Or is it by design?
>>
>
>