You can clear all but the most recent restore point provided your pc is working fine. this normally frees up a huge amount of disk space at the same time go to help and support via start menu and follow instructions on screen Regards, Shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Vines" <fred.vines@bigpond.com> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 12:36 AM Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] XP question > This is exactly what is happening to my computer. When I try to find a restore point earlier than August 28th 2004 > it will not show any earlier calendar month than August. Coincidentally, or is it?, August 28th is exactly 2 years > after I bought the machine on which I have XP Pro. It has created a new restore point every day since end of August > and with the slider set to max there should be plenty of storage available. Is it possible to clear all restore > point data stored before a give date. > Accompanying this problem I find that the CD burner fan starts and runs for 10 or 15 seconds when I boot up. This > stops immediately if I open the CD thingo.(forgotten the name). > I noticed recently that while on line, update stuff, presumably SP2, was being downloaded, for long periods, but > don't know if it has been installed. > > An old Win98 machine, (99 vintage 400) I have won't boot at all unless the CD thingo is open! > > I'm tempted to save all my data and start again with a new machine. > Fred Vines > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Walt Conner" <wconner@onemain.com> > To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 1:44 AM > Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] XP question > > > > >Is your computer set to the maximum disk space for recording restore > > points? > > > > > To turn on System Restore do the following. > > > > This is weird. The System Restore Off Box is unchecked and I have not > > bothered it. The Disk Space to Use is set at Max. (??) I just checked and > > now it has saved a Restore point the last 3 days in a row! I had checked 2 - > > 3 times in the last 2 weeks, first time I wanted to use it, and there was no > > Restore point saved the entire month. I just checked, I guess it had to be > > over 3 days ago, and there was still none. Seems like it had been saving one > > every 5 - 7 days before. > > > > Thanks to all but still don't know what is going on, > > > > Walt Conner > > > > ______________________________ > > >