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    Restore point deletions

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by mikebob, Jan 12, 2009.

  1. mikebob

    mikebob Notebook Geek

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    In an attempt to free up additional hard drive space, I ended up deleting all but the most recent restore point for vista home premium; this resulted in the addition of 28 gigs of space. In retrospect I am a bit worried about the potential implications of deleting these restore points.

    What is the worse that can happen because of this deletion?

    I have a dv2700 laptop. btw

    thanks in advance,
     
    mikebob, Jan 12, 2009
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  2. Guntraitor Sagara

    Guntraitor Sagara Notebook Evangelist

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    You can't restore your laptop back from a previous working state in case of a system instability. Risk for data loss and corruption :p
     
    Guntraitor Sagara, Jan 12, 2009
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  3. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    What is 28gig comparing to your total disk space? I personally would leave the restore points on. You can limit the amount of disk spaces used in system restore, this would be a better alternative.

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Jan 12, 2009
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  4. makaveli72

    makaveli72 Eat.My.Shorts

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    No need to worry about that. All this means is that if something happens and you need to restore to a previous time you will only have one restore point to try and restore to. Whereas you would have had more options to try a restore from. Other than that you shouldn't sweat it, it's a good way to free up space. I do it all the time and i'm sure others do too.
     
    makaveli72, Jan 12, 2009
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  5. TeeJay 44

    TeeJay 44 Notebook Deity

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    I regularly delete restore points (every two weeks or so).

    If the comp is running fine I believe keeping these "archived" restore points is a waste of disk space.

    Just my two cents.

    Cheers,
    Theo
     
    TeeJay 44, Jan 12, 2009
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