-=PCTechTalk=- Re: System Restore
- From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:25:04 -0400
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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