vista restore points???

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Travis30384

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i have windows vista home premium, and i have system restore points for the c: disabled. I know it is still hogging space because when I do disk cleanup to delete system restore points, it gives me like 4gb space back. I also did the thing to set it so i will have like 500mb of room to store it, so it is like overriding me, and I can't disable system restore points. the "c: local disk system" is unchecked, and the d: is checked. Does this mean that the d: is saving its restores on the c:? should i disable the d:?
 
Vista now sees a new backup feature separate from the system restore where you designate where the archives are saved to. The help and information window that will open describes how the system restore feature works.

What types of files does System Restore change?


System Restore can make changes to Windows system files, registry settings, and programs installed on your computer. It also can make changes to scripts, batch files, and other types of executable files on your computer. Personal files, such as documents, e‑mail, photos, and music files, are not changed.
For example, if you download a personal file, such as a photo from a digital camera, on a Friday and then restore your computer to the state it was in two days earlier on Wednesday, the photo will still be on your computer.
However, if you install a photo viewing program on a Friday and then restore your computer to the state it was in two days earlier on Wednesday, System Restore will uninstall the program, and you won't be able to use that program to view photos.

For seeing the restore feature disabled on a Vista machine review the instructions seen at http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disable-system-restore-in-windows-vista/

A far more detailed explaination on the backup and restore feature now seen in Vista can be looked over at http://www.biztechmagazine.com/article.asp?item_id=237 You can enable or disable an automatic backup of the entire system in the Business, Ultimate, and Enterprise edtions. The Home Premium has a limited version of that feature.
 
Yup I just use disk cleanup. For the longest time I was wondering why I had a missing 25-30GB, Cleaned up system restore/ shadow copies and I got my space back!
 
I was contemplating whether or not to even bother with the backup feature seeing far more space used up on the drive set aside here for storage and backup. One popular tool however used for cleaning up worthless temp folders and clearing out the offline browser content for IE is called CCleaner.

That also includes an uninstaller tool for remving individual programs not any actual registry cleanup tool some think it is. But the freeware there finds junk on the drive you don't need in order to reclaim some additional space. You can grab that one at http://www.ccleaner.com/
 
Yup, ccleaner is a great tool. However I wouldn't recommend using it for reg cleaning. My computer was acting really buggy after I used it.
 
There is no reg cleaner in CCleaner to begin with. That's apparently some lame rumor that's been floating around about the program. The only thing found there is an uninstaller for removing one single program at a time.

For an actual cleaner programs like RegCleaner and RegSeeker are good freewares. RegSeeker can be used to located and remove one specific value and even do the same for drivers in the system32 folder while RegCleaner has a full cleaner found in the tools menu bar option.

The main window for RegCleaner displays all non MS programs by their main registry keys seen there. I even spotted an adware entry and saw that removed with the delete option there. http://www.dewassoc.com/support/useful/regcleaner.htm

Some programs like RegClean however have exploited the RegCleaner with a retail rippoff version just to be aware of that one. RegCure on the other hand like Registry Mechanic gets a good review for a retail item.
 
Oh, well it said registry on it and thought it was a reg cleaner as well.:P

However I used that feature about a month or so back and caused some werid system freezes.
:(
 
There's a limited capability in CCleaner while a better program for 95 all the way to Vista is the RegCleaner. Right in the main window when first going to use it you can spot anything new period! Any new entries even from adwares will see the "new" designation on the right hand side as you look down over the earlier programs installed. The screen here will show how to find the automatic cleaner it comes from the menu bar.

 
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