Re: Restore points

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hi harry,

thank you. this information is very helpful.
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Indera
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Live life well.


"Harry Ohrn" <harry---@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: By default System Restore will use up to 12% of your hard drive space
before
: it begins overwriting earliest created Restore Points. You can reduce the
: size SR uses to a bare minimum which is around 200MB. Whether or no you
want
: to keep some Restore Points is up to you. Certainly making regular images
is
: very prudent however you may not want to do a full load of an image file
to
: correct a minor problem. Personally I'd suggest setting SR to minimum size
: and continue to make regular images.
:
: --
:
: Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
: www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
:
:
: "Dr. Indera" <dr.indera.bugoff@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: > hello,
: >
: > is there a rule of thumb for how much hard drive space one should
allocate
: > for restore points?
: >
: > if you create images (versus backups of files) on a regular basis, is it
: > safe to turn the restore points options off?
: >
: > thank you.
: > --
: > Indera
: > * * * * * * * * * *
: > Don't just live life.
: > Live life well.
: >
: >
: >
:
:


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