system restore points

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Hi, me with another silly question, don’t usually use system restore, but put it on last week, although don’t really understand it…now I have checked system is clean fron the trojans I had, how can I set a new restore point and get rid of the old ones and the unnecessary files?.. ::slight_smile:

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If this is the first system restore point you have, probably you have not useless files in it.

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uummmm…supposing I had…how would I get rid of them… ???

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ok, step 1…

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step 2 (the blue boxes in the calendar are the old restore points. You can choose if you want delete it or not.

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Thanks for your help…but how quick can you teach me Italian???.. ;D

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if you speak always in english maybe… 2 hundred millions of years!!! ;D ;D ;D

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lol, finally a question I can help with.
First off,
My method may not be standard but works fine!

Hit START,Control panel,System…
Top left you should see system restore, click on that.
Look for white box next to turn off system restore.
Click on that , then hit APPLY on bottom of window.
It will ask you if you want to do that,erasing all restore points.
say yes.
Now all restore points gone.
Now ,open same window, uncheck that same white box(turn off system restore)hit apply.
Close that window then hit Start,all programs, accessories,system tools,system restore.
From there set up a new restore point.

Others here may have a better method, but this one works for me. use it ALOT! :slight_smile:

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Hi Suszannah,

You can also right click the My Computer icon on the desktop and select Properties to get at system restore.

System Restore takes care of itself, deleting older system restore points as new ones are created. It’s pretty much something you can forget about until you need it when something goes wrong. (It’s saved my bacon a few times!)

It keeps itself to itself on the free areas of your hard drive and can be left to its own devices- assuming you have a reasonable amount of free space on your hard drive. If your if you have less than 200MB it will turn itself off.

Good clear, non-geeky information can be found here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/getstarted/ballew_03may19.mspx

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Start → All Programs → Accesories → System Tools → Disk Cleanup

Click the More Options tab

The third Clean up… button will remove all but the most recent restore point.

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Thank you all…another problem sorted out… :slight_smile:

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Give a man a fish, feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish feed him for life.

Using Help and Support in XP, a search for Restore Point, returns 6 hits (3 tasks, 3 articles, turotials, etc.) the first is Create a Restore Point.

Extract from Help and Support:

To create a Restore Point Access the System Restore Wizard through Help and Support Center. Click Create a restore point, and then click Next. In the Restore point description box, type a name to identify this restore point. System Restore automatically adds to this name the date and time that this Restore Point is created. To finish creating this restore point, click Create. To cancel restore point creation and return to the Welcome to System Restore screen, click Back. To cancel restore point creation and exit the System Restore Wizard, click Cancel. Notes

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Creating a restore point can be useful any time you anticipate making changes to your computer that are risky or might make your computer unstable.
To view or to return to this restore point, from the Welcome to System Restore screen of the System Restore Wizard select Restore my computer to an earlier time. Then select the date when the restore point was created from the calendar in the Select a Restore Point screen. All of the restore points that were created on the selected date are listed by name in the list box to the right of the calendar.
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