The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    SOS: System Restore Point

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by ryandolph25, Feb 2, 2012.

  1. ryandolph25

    ryandolph25 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    135
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I am having a very hard time with this. I don't know what is the cause of this, please help me PREVENT MY RESTORE POINT FROM BEING DELETED.

    My cleaning utilities are as follows:
    - Auslogics BoostSpeed
    - CCleaner (Piriform)
    - Defraggler (Piriform)

    PS: Does this have anything to do with my Pirifom Defraggler and the Auslogic's Defraggler?

    Please help. I don't want my restore points being deleted without notice.
     
    ryandolph25, Feb 2, 2012
    #1
  2. olyteddy

    olyteddy Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    468
    Messages:
    1,369
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Then stop using those programs? Win7 pretty much does its own housekeeping so you shouldn't need to use that stuff...
     
    olyteddy, Feb 2, 2012
    #2
  3. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

    Reputations:
    2,275
    Messages:
    3,990
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    Windows will delete restore points all on its own depending on how much disk space you have allocated to system restore.

    Do you mean all of your system restore points are gone, or just the oldest ones?

    None of those should be deleting restore points.

    How much free space is on your harddrive? How much space have you allocated to system restore?
     
    gerryf19, Feb 2, 2012
    #3
  4. JOSEA

    JOSEA NONE

    Reputations:
    4,013
    Messages:
    3,521
    Likes Received:
    170
    Trophy Points:
    131
    First make sure you have the latest version of CCleaner. there is an option there to clear the restore points.
    Bottom line unless you are having an issue (such as inability to update an existing progarm) I would not recommend using CCleaner. (olyteddy makes a very good point)!
     
    JOSEA, Feb 3, 2012
    #4
  5. ryandolph25

    ryandolph25 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    135
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    The old ones are being deleted sir.
     
    ryandolph25, Feb 9, 2012
    #5
  6. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

    Reputations:
    2,275
    Messages:
    3,990
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    This is natural behavior.

    To keep restore points longer, click your START orb, right click COMPUTER, left click PROPERTIES. Choose SYSTEM PROTECTION on the left, click the CONFIGURE button when the SYSTEM PROPERTIES box appears. Slide the slider under DISK SPACE USAGE to the right to increase the amount of space windows reserves for system restore points.
     
    gerryf19, Feb 10, 2012
    #6