System Restore.... Restore Points

The mystery, at least to me, my PC was running almost 2 years...and it was
not until about 3 weeks ago that System Restore began to save Restore Points
the size of Approx 3 to 4GB daily. Prior to that the Restore Points were
well under 1GB...it would be 3 to 6 days before I noticed the loss of 1GB.
So why suddenly would the Restore File grew 1 one day from well under 1GB to
between 3 to 4GB? That now is the issue I would like to know the answer
to....and perhaps that file being saved with each Restore Point is not
needed...I mean it wasn't needed for almost 2 years.......so I can't think
over night it became important but it sure is eating up HDD space.

denmarfl <> wrote:

>The mystery, at least to me, my PC was running almost 2 years...and it was
>not until about 3 weeks ago that System Restore began to save Restore Points
>the size of Approx 3 to 4GB daily. Prior to that the Restore Points were
>well under 1GB...it would be 3 to 6 days before I noticed the loss of 1GB.
>So why suddenly would the Restore File grew 1 one day from well under 1GB to
>between 3 to 4GB? That now is the issue I would like to know the answer
>to....and perhaps that file being saved with each Restore Point is not
>needed...I mean it wasn't needed for almost 2 years.......so I can't think
>over night it became important but it sure is eating up HDD space.

What have you installed recently???

I paid for Diskeeper some months ago... and had the same problem.
Stopped using it, problem solved.

Nothing; I have not installed nor altered anything on my PC for quite some
time...perhaps as long as 10 mos ago.

"Manny Weisbord" wrote:

> denmarfl <> wrote:
>
> >The mystery, at least to me, my PC was running almost 2 years...and it was
> >not until about 3 weeks ago that System Restore began to save Restore Points
> >the size of Approx 3 to 4GB daily. Prior to that the Restore Points were
> >well under 1GB...it would be 3 to 6 days before I noticed the loss of 1GB.
> >So why suddenly would the Restore File grew 1 one day from well under 1GB to
> >between 3 to 4GB? That now is the issue I would like to know the answer
> >to....and perhaps that file being saved with each Restore Point is not
> >needed...I mean it wasn't needed for almost 2 years.......so I can't think
> >over night it became important but it sure is eating up HDD space.
>
> What have you installed recently???
>
> I paid for Diskeeper some months ago... and had the same problem.
> Stopped using it, problem solved.
>

I hope that you at least install your anti virus updates.

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"denmarfl" <> wrote in message
news:3C79D6D8-33CD-4F84-B8CF-...
> Nothing; I have not installed nor altered anything on my PC for quite
> some
> time...perhaps as long as 10 mos ago.
>
> "Manny Weisbord" wrote:
>
>> denmarfl <> wrote:
>>
>> >The mystery, at least to me, my PC was running almost 2 years...and it
>> >was
>> >not until about 3 weeks ago that System Restore began to save Restore
>> >Points
>> >the size of Approx 3 to 4GB daily. Prior to that the Restore Points
>> >were
>> >well under 1GB...it would be 3 to 6 days before I noticed the loss of
>> >1GB.
>> >So why suddenly would the Restore File grew 1 one day from well under
>> >1GB to
>> >between 3 to 4GB? That now is the issue I would like to know the answer
>> >to....and perhaps that file being saved with each Restore Point is not
>> >needed...I mean it wasn't needed for almost 2 years.......so I can't
>> >think
>> >over night it became important but it sure is eating up HDD space.
>>
>> What have you installed recently???
>>
>> I paid for Diskeeper some months ago... and had the same problem.
>> Stopped using it, problem solved.
>>

"Richard Urban" wrote:

> I hope that you at least install your anti virus updates.
>
> --
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience
>
>
> "denmarfl" <> wrote in message
> news:3C79D6D8-33CD-4F84-B8CF-...
> > Nothing; I have not installed nor altered anything on my PC for quite
> > some
> > time...perhaps as long as 10 mos ago.
> >
> > "Manny Weisbord" wrote:
> >
> >> denmarfl <> wrote:
> >>
> >> >The mystery, at least to me, my PC was running almost 2 years...and it
> >> >was
> >> >not until about 3 weeks ago that System Restore began to save Restore
> >> >Points
> >> >the size of Approx 3 to 4GB daily. Prior to that the Restore Points
> >> >were
> >> >well under 1GB...it would be 3 to 6 days before I noticed the loss of
> >> >1GB.
> >> >So why suddenly would the Restore File grew 1 one day from well under
> >> >1GB to
> >> >between 3 to 4GB? That now is the issue I would like to know the answer
> >> >to....and perhaps that file being saved with each Restore Point is not
> >> >needed...I mean it wasn't needed for almost 2 years.......so I can't
> >> >think
> >> >over night it became important but it sure is eating up HDD space.
> >>
> >> What have you installed recently???
> >>
> >> I paid for Diskeeper some months ago... and had the same problem.
> >> Stopped using it, problem solved.
> >>
>
>

The AntiVirus Updates are done automatically...daily. I sure would like to
know if someone has any idea what file grew so large after 2 years of my PC
running that suddenly one day...and ongoing, is creating Restore Points of
between 3 and 4Gb in size.

"Richard Urban" wrote:

> I hope that you at least install your anti virus updates.
>
> --
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience
>
>
> "denmarfl" <> wrote in message
> news:3C79D6D8-33CD-4F84-B8CF-...
> > Nothing; I have not installed nor altered anything on my PC for quite
> > some
> > time...perhaps as long as 10 mos ago.
> >
> > "Manny Weisbord" wrote:
> >
> >> denmarfl <> wrote:
> >>
> >> >The mystery, at least to me, my PC was running almost 2 years...and it
> >> >was
> >> >not until about 3 weeks ago that System Restore began to save Restore
> >> >Points
> >> >the size of Approx 3 to 4GB daily. Prior to that the Restore Points
> >> >were
> >> >well under 1GB...it would be 3 to 6 days before I noticed the loss of
> >> >1GB.
> >> >So why suddenly would the Restore File grew 1 one day from well under
> >> >1GB to
> >> >between 3 to 4GB? That now is the issue I would like to know the answer
> >> >to....and perhaps that file being saved with each Restore Point is not
> >> >needed...I mean it wasn't needed for almost 2 years.......so I can't
> >> >think
> >> >over night it became important but it sure is eating up HDD space.
> >>
> >> What have you installed recently???
> >>
> >> I paid for Diskeeper some months ago... and had the same problem.
> >> Stopped using it, problem solved.
> >>
>
>