-=PCTechTalk=- Re: System Restore

Thanks David,

Looks like it is already set to the maxium, slider is alll the way to the 
righth and says 12%, and C: monitoring.

So I guess nothing I can do there.  System restore is on also.

cristy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David F. Wooledge" <wooledge001@xxxxxxxx>
To: "@freelistts PCTechTalk" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 5:18 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: System Restore


> Cristy,
> Right click on My Computer either on your desktop or in the Start Menu. 
> Click on Properties in the menu that will appear.  Click on the System 
> Restore tab in the window that will appear.  click on the drive you want 
> to change the settings, this will highlight that drive.  Click on the 
> Settings button.  Adjust your settings to whatever you want.  Click on OK, 
> if you have more then hard drive click on the other drives and adjust the 
> settings, Click on Ok in the first window.  You may get a box that says 
> you have restart the computer or restart Windows.  If so you have to 
> restart the computer.  Hope this is clear.
> Dave
>
> ------------------------------
> From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: System Restore
> Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 20:42:08 -0400
>
> Thanks Dave.
>
> I knew if did not save files and word docs and the like that I deleted
> already.  I had wanted to use it mainly like if I installed a new program
> and was not sure of it, I would create a restore point first.  How do I 
> know
> how much space is allocated to it?  I checked under the service section 
> and
> it said started.
>
> christy
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David F. Wooledge" <wooledge001@xxxxxxxx>
> To: "@freelistts PCTechTalk" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 3:24 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: System Restore
>
>
>> Cristy,
>> Sometimes the built in System Restore seems to "fail"  because not enough
>> space on the hard drive is allocated to  it.  This is also why points
>> manually set sometimes disappear.  The OS automatically sets some restore
>> points and if there is not enough space the older ones are deleted.  It
>> does not automatically keep information on all hard drives if you have
>> more then one hard drive.  It must be set to monitor individual drives, 
>> so
>> if you keep the programs folder on a different drive then the Windows
>> folder, it might not restore settings changes to the drive the program
>> folder is on unless it is set to monitor that drive.  Do not expect 
>> System
>> Restore to restore data files you may have deleted such as word documents
>> or pictures.  It is not a back up program at all.  It restores certain OS
>> system settings, hence the name System Restore.  Data is not part of the
>> OS system.  System Restore can be turned on and off, if it seems to not 
>> be
>> working, and once was, perhaps it was turn
>> ed off.
>> It needs to be set to automatically start in the services section of the
>> administrative settings on XP Pro and XP Home also in order for it to run
>> properly.  I do not recall if there is something similar in Me.  I have 
>> XP
>> Pro now on the machine where I once had Me installed.
>> Dave
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> From: "Lionel" <percy10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: System Restore
>> Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 16:37:09 +1000
>>
>> Hio  Cristy.  I have System Restore  that  come  with the  computer, I 
>> set
>> a  Restore  Date and  when I go  to  use  it  a  week later  it  is  gone
>> .
>> Had nothing  but  trouble  with it .  A good  tradesman never blames his
>> tools ,  lol  ,  so  I guess it  is  me .  I deleted System Restore  and
>> got
>> "  Go Back  " by Roxio ,  lovely . wouldn't use  any  thing  else , got
>> me
>> out of a  lot  of  trouble many times.  I am a  lousy  tradesman and need
>> a
>> lot  of good  help.   Lionel.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx>
>> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 11:08 AM
>> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- System Restore
>>
>>
>> Can anyone tell me why system restore does not always work?  On one
>> computer
>> I have it never works, (althought it did long time ago),  I thought it 
>> was
>> always working on the other until the other night after I created a
>> restore
>> point and it would not let me restore to an earlier restore point.
>>
>> cristy (use xp home).
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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