BACKUP AND RESTORE FUNCTION STOPPED WORKING

C J.
Thank you for your efforts...I believe "Bert" has steered me in the right
direction for resolving my problem. Again thank you for your time and effort.
Barry

"C J." wrote:

> BARRY1210 <BARRY1210@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > I AM RUNNING XP PRO SP2 ON A DELL XPS 400. MY SYSTEM NO LONGER SHOWS OLD
> > RESTORE POINTS. I CAN SET RESTORE POINT. WHEN I TRY TO USE RESTORE AFTER
> > SAY A DAY OR SO...NO RESTORE POINTS SHOW (LIKE THEY USE TO). IF I DO AN
> > "IMMEDIATE" RESTORE...THE LAST RESTORE POINT DOES SHOW..HOWEVER, IT
> > DISSAPEARS AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME...
> > THANK YOU IN ADVANCE
>
> Hi Barry,
>
> First off, (if you don't have any visual difficulties) try not posting your
> messages to any forum in caps. Most people identify caps type messages as
> being SHOUTING. Its considered to be rude.
>
> Secondly, System Restore has a limit for the number of restore points it can
> save to the harddisk. How many restore points can be saved - depends on the
> amount of drive space allocated to its folder on the drive. Generally,
> after about 90 days - older restore points are removed, to make room for
> newer more recent ones.
>
> Hope this explanation helps.
>
>
>

You're very welcome Barry.

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org

BARRY1210 wrote:
> Bert
> Thank you very much...I believe you gave me enough info to correct my
> problem. I had total of 3 drives that were being monitored. I turned of two
> that I would never use backup & restore on.
> Your answers were consise and to the point. Again, thank you very much.
> Barry
>
> "Bert Kinney" wrote:
>
>> Hi Barry,
>>
>> First thing to do is check an make sure only the drive/partition Windows is
>> installed on is being monitored. Disable all but monitored drives/partitions
>> other than the one Windows is installed on.
>>
>> How to disable a monitored drive:
>> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/drivedisable.html
>>
>> When the amount of free disk space falls below 50 MB on ANY monitored drive,
>> System Restore switches to standby mode and stops creating restore points.
>> All restore points are deleted at that time. System Restore reactivates and
>> resumes creating restore points as soon as 200 MB of disk space is free on
>> the system drive.
>>
>> Another possibility is that the amount of space set to hold restore points
>> is set to low. A good starting point is 1 GB (1000 MB's)
>>
>> How to Adjust the amount of disk space System Restore uses to hold restore
>> points:
>> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskspace.html
>>
>> Here are a couple more related pages.
>>
>> Troubleshooting missing restore points:
>> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/missingrps.html
>>
>> Tips on keeping System Restore healthy:
>> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/healthy.html
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
>> http://bertk.mvps.org
>> Member: http://dts-l.org
>>
>> BARRY1210 wrote:
>>> I AM RUNNING XP PRO SP2 ON A DELL XPS 400. MY SYSTEM NO LONGER SHOWS OLD
>>> RESTORE POINTS. I CAN SET RESTORE POINT. WHEN I TRY TO USE RESTORE AFTER SAY
>>> A DAY OR SO...NO RESTORE POINTS SHOW (LIKE THEY USE TO). IF I DO AN
>>> "IMMEDIATE" RESTORE...THE LAST RESTORE POINT DOES SHOW..HOWEVER, IT
>>> DISSAPEARS AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME...
>>> THANK YOU IN ADVANCE

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>
> I AM RUNNING XP PRO SP2 ON A DELL XPS 400. MY SYSTEM NO LONGER SHOWS OLD
> RESTORE POINTS. I CAN SET RESTORE POINT. WHEN I TRY TO USE RESTORE AFTER SAY

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