Re: System Restore

Hi Xiowan,

It's rarely a good idea to let System Restore monitor partitions/drives other than the one Windows is installed on. In this case System Restore wouldn't monitor movie/TV files. By the way, what file type are the TV files?

You should not see any performance difference. There will web a disk space saving after disabling the non-windows partitions/drives. If you choose to turn monitoring back on, there should be now ill effect, but there's no need to monitor them anyway.

Here are some tips on adjusting disk space usage and keeping System Restore healthy:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/healthy.html#Adjust

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

xiowan wrote:
Hello Bert Kinney:
I have a MCE2005 pc with 7 hard drives, of which 5 contain only recorded tv shows and are full. Would it be an advantage to quit monitoring those 5 drives?
Curious if it would speed up anything or save space? If I did quit monitoring these storage volumes and later re-stored the 2 monitored drives would there then be a problem in the operating system recognizing the unmonitored drives?

xiowan...........in tucson
"Bert Kinney" wrote:

Hi,

Let's see if System Restore will function in Safe Mode.

Boot into Safe Mode and perform a test restore using the following link.
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/tips.html#3

How to starting Windows XP in Safe Mode:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/safemode.html

If there are any Norton applications installed, take a look at this page.
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html

Here are some more troubleshooting steps to take when System Restore fails to restore:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html

The Event Viewer can sometimes be helpful in tracking down errors.
Using the Event Viewer to troubleshoot System Restore errors:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/source.html

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

magash wrote:
My system restore seems to have quit working completely. Every time I try to use it, it comes back and says that my system cannot be restored. This is starting to get aggravating. Has anyone at Microsoft ever thought about putting the reason in there?? Just saying that it cannot be restored is no help at all.
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