Millenium Restore Folder

I have a split hard disk with only 3.4 Gigs on the main "C" Drive. My
Programs take up 1.6 Gigs and my Restore Folder - which has only 4 megs in
use - has 1.3 Gigs dedicated to it. Is there some way I could reallocate my
folder space for the Restore Folder or can I put this folder on my "D" drive
that has 7 gigs open on it? I am constantly on the verge of running out of
space and the resore file uses so much of my critical space with nothing in
it. ???

There is no way that System Restore's archive should have 1.6GB allocated to
it in your system! The maximum allocation by default is 12% of the size of
the C:\ drive - in your case this gives around 400MB. Any larger allocation
would take a registry tweak to achieve.

OTOH, occasionally the archive can become corrupted - often from not
correctly resetting System Restore . This results in the archive overflowing
the allocation space.

To correct this problem, it's usually only necessary to correctly reset
SR......
To Reset System Restore -
System | Performance | File System | Troubleshooting and check
"Disable System Restore",
Apply and IMMEDIATELY reboot.
This will flush you restore folder and erase all checkpoints, then,
System | Performance | File System | Troubleshooting and uncheck
"Disable System Restore",
Apply and again IMMEDIATELY reboot.
This should now automatically create a new checkpoint immediately following
the restart.
Finally adjust the space allocated to the restore folder,
System | Performance | File System | Hard Disk and adjust the restore slider
to your preferred setting.

Most people find that a setting of 200-300MB is sufficient to hold 10-15
days worth of restore points, unless you are doing a lot of
installs/uninstalls, or installing large applications (such as Office).


If that doesn't cure the problem, then you'll need to manually clear the SR
archive -
Boot to DOS, using your Startup Disk (if you don't have one and can't make
one from Start | Add/Remove Programs, then download a diskmaker from
www.bootdisk.com, and create the floppy by running the file)

At the A:\> prompt, type the following commands (followed by [return])

ATTRIB -S -R -H C:\_RESTORE

REN C:\_RESTORE OLDREST


When the A:\> prompt returns, remove the floppy, and reboot the PC. The
Control Files will be rebuilt, and a Restore point should be created.

Then delete the C:\OLDREST folder, and reboot again.

Finally adjust the space allocated to the restore folder

HTH

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Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

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"Jackinthebox" <> wrote in message
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>I have a split hard disk with only 3.4 Gigs on the main "C" Drive. My
> Programs take up 1.6 Gigs and my Restore Folder - which has only 4 megs
> in
> use - has 1.3 Gigs dedicated to it. Is there some way I could reallocate
> my
> folder space for the Restore Folder or can I put this folder on my "D"
> drive
> that has 7 gigs open on it? I am constantly on the verge of running out of
> space and the resore file uses so much of my critical space with nothing
> in
> it. ???