Solved Can't Delete System Restore Points

JRE

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I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop that has about 20 System Restore points and I am trying to delete all but the most recent to free up disk space.
When I go to Disk Cleanup and select the option to do so, everything seems to work OK, but when it's finished there is no recovered disk space and the 20 Restore points still appear when I go to System Restore. I have tried starting the computer in Safe Mode and attempting the cleanup, but the same thing happens - the Disk Cleanup routine runs without error, but there is no recovered disk space and the 20 restore points still appear in System Restore.
Since I was getting nowhere with Disk Cleanup, I decided to go to System protection and turn off the system restore on the hard drive, which is supposed to delete all the restore points. I removed the checkmark next to the drive to remove System Restore, got the warning that I was about to remove System Restore and delete all the restore points and told it to go ahead and it finished. The same thing however, no recovered disk space and all the restore points still exist in System Restore. I turned System Restore back on by re-checking the box.
I am perplexed as to why I am unable to delete the System Restore points by either of the methods mentioned above. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
I am running Vista Home Premium 64 bit on a hard drive that is partitioned into two drives, a working drive and a system recovery drive.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satellite
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core QL-60 1.9GHz
    Memory
    3GB PC2-6400 DDR2 800MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon 3100
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LCD (laptop)
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    320 GB 5400 rpm
    Keyboard
    Built-In
    Mouse
    Touchpad
hey download tune up utilities

google is ur friend

then go to free up disk space. it will scan .for stuff like sytem rstore points

if i helped gimmie some rep plz
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    amd 64x2 4200+ 2.2ghz per core
    Motherboard
    ECS NETTLE
    Memory
    3 gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    nvdia 6150se nforce 430(old rig, upgrading)
    Sound Card
    reltrek hd audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    hp w1907
    Screen Resolution
    1440x968/1024x768
    Hard Drives
    320gb
    PSU
    upgrading, Coolmax CA-450 450watts
    Case
    hp casing
    Cooling
    defult..
    Keyboard
    hp
    Mouse
    hp
    Internet Speed
    768kbps down and 128 up...very slow..
    Other Info
    not great compared to other people..
Hello JRE,

Double check to make sure that you have all drives listed unchecked as well when turning off and on System Restore. Some OEM computers may have the recovery partition selected there as well.

Hope this helps for now,
Shawn
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
Just Restart VSC Service (Volume shadow copy Service) and try deleting the restore points using disk cleanup.

use foldersizes (trial version) and verify the size that used by system restore (folder name: c:\system volume information).

System Restore might use up to 15 percent of the space on each disk.
if you find it uses less than 15 percent of the disc then it is good. if you want to reduce try the following....

open cmd as as administrator
Type: "Vssadmin list shadowstorage" for information
Type: "Vssadmin resize shadowstorage /on=C: /For=C: /MaxSize=10GB" to resize.

Note: you can 10GB is an example number...you can change it to as much as you want.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    AMD
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    2GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia 256MB
    Sound Card
    Creative 7.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    19" Viewsonic and Sony 26" S Series TV
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Sata (1 TB) and IDE (350GB)
    Keyboard
    Multimedia (Wireless)
    Mouse
    Optical (Wireless)
    Internet Speed
    2MB
Hello JRE welcome to the Forums.

To reduce the amount of space, try this tutorial.
That wills the amount of Disk Space to use for a restore.

You can also go in and manually delete the old system restores.

~Lordbob
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5QC
    Memory
    2x2GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidia GeForce 9500GT 1Gb
    Sound Card
    Mobo
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster 206bw
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SP2514N ATA 250Gb 7200RPM
    Samsung [Model] 1Tb 7200RPM SATA2
    PSU
    Cooler Master Real Power Pro 750W
    Keyboard
    Razer Tarantula
    Mouse
    Razer Lachesis
    Internet Speed
    not fast enough
Thanks for the replies all. I learned something from each one. I downloaded TuneUp Utilities as suggested by Kiddieboy and it removed the restore points for me.

I'm still puzzled as to why the Windows utilities didn't work, but glad to have the problem resolved.

Thanks again,
Randy
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satellite
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core QL-60 1.9GHz
    Memory
    3GB PC2-6400 DDR2 800MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon 3100
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LCD (laptop)
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    320 GB 5400 rpm
    Keyboard
    Built-In
    Mouse
    Touchpad
thank you. admin i think we can close this thread
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    amd 64x2 4200+ 2.2ghz per core
    Motherboard
    ECS NETTLE
    Memory
    3 gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    nvdia 6150se nforce 430(old rig, upgrading)
    Sound Card
    reltrek hd audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    hp w1907
    Screen Resolution
    1440x968/1024x768
    Hard Drives
    320gb
    PSU
    upgrading, Coolmax CA-450 450watts
    Case
    hp casing
    Cooling
    defult..
    Keyboard
    hp
    Mouse
    hp
    Internet Speed
    768kbps down and 128 up...very slow..
    Other Info
    not great compared to other people..
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