Re: lost restore points

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From: Jock (real_class_a_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 05/16/04


Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 15:31:53 +0000

On Sun, 16 May 2004 02:35:39 -0700, Big Mac <no-email-in-usenet@zzz.org> wrote:

>Try this first. It is the easiest & sometimes fixes system restore
>problems:
>Go into system restore and turn it off. It is easy to find the way
>to do that. Once you shut it off, it will access your hard drive and
>it will take a little time deleting stuff. Then after that, just to
>make sure, turn off your computer & turn it on again (wait a half
>minute, but a reboot is probably fine too). Then go back in there and
>turn back on the system restore.
>
>Also, check the slider bar there as to how much disk space is allotted
>to system restore. If you have a big hard drive, the default 12 % or
>whatever it is, is way too much. 2 gigs aught to be more than you
>need..
>
>Then make it do a forced restore point that you engage. Then see if
>it still is there in over 24 hours.

That didn't work for me. I did all of that and still don't
have any restore points. :o(



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