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| 166014 | 2003-08-07 06:28:00 | Hi Since reinstalling Win XP Home - system restore seems to be making a system checkpoint everyday, more often than it was anyway. How do I go about changing this??? Thanks Ladybug |
Ladybug (3129) | ||
| 166015 | 2003-08-07 06:49:00 | Hi Ladybug System Restore will create a Checkpoint for every 24 hours the PC is running, or if it has been more than 24 hours since the last checkpoint was created. So a daily checkpoint is not unreasonable depending on your computer usage. You will find this article informative: Frequently Asked Questions Regarding System Restore in Windows XP (www.microsoft.com). It has instructions on how to reduce the amount of diskspace Restore uses which may be helpful to you. |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 166016 | 2003-08-07 07:02:00 | Thank you Jen Can you just tell me this what should the disk space it uses then be set at???? |
Ladybug (3129) | ||
| 166017 | 2003-08-07 07:19:00 | Well I have chosen to set my Disk Space usage to 6% (half the default) which on the amount of free space on that drive equates to nearly 2500MB. Although, as I create a ghost image of that drive once a month, I am not too worried if my restore points only go back a just over a month (my current oldest restore point available is 3rd July). That is just what I selected though, and I actually wonder if that is still too generous. I would be interested to hear what setting other people recommend or use. |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 166018 | 2003-08-07 07:52:00 | > That is just what I selected though, and I actually > wonder if that is still too generous. I would be > interested to hear what setting other people > recommend or use. I have Win ME. For a 10 / 9.30 GB Hdd I use 388 MB (at the moment, but I am running out of HD space ;),) but I have it normally at 576 MB or a bit more then that. |
stu140103 (137) | ||
| 166019 | 2003-08-07 09:56:00 | I have mine at the 12% default setting but since I currently have plenty of room on my hard drive this does not bother me. I very rarely restore my system to a point more than a week old as my system changes quite a lot over a few days. However, I do make a habit of creating a restore point right before installing a program or making changes. | Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
| 166020 | 2003-08-07 12:30:00 | Hi Fire-and-Ice Ok so if im installing SP1 and doing a restore point. 12 % will be fine for me too??? or maybe bigger??? thank you for reply and thanks others too!! :) Ladybug |
Ladybug (3129) | ||
| 166021 | 2003-08-07 12:47:00 | I have mine disabled :D | metla (154) | ||
| 166022 | 2003-08-08 00:26:00 | I am sure 12% will be fine. If you do what I do and create a new system restore point prior to any fiddling/installing programs you should be quite safe. | Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
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