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Why does it take over 3 minutes



 
 
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Old August 25th 08, 09:30 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
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for my restore program to show on the screen?

The restore function works fine but its forever getting it to show ...

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Old August 27th 08, 11:02 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
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for my restore program to show on the screen?

The restore function works fine but its forever getting it to show ...


I've noticed this also on my Vista Home Premium system. I found that it is
directly related to the number of Restore Points you have accumulated. If
you do a "Cleanup" on your C: drive and delete all but the last Restore
Point, you'll find that System Restore comes up MUCH faster.

If your system is running well, you don't need all those restore points from
weeks, months ago. On my 250 GB hard drive, I can save up to 35 GB of drive
space (and about 2 minutes of System Restore access) if I delete those
unneeded points.



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Old August 28th 08, 06:00 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
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It did come up very fast the second time it was used. Hmmm ...

I do have a lot of restore points so next time I clean them out I will
test it.

Thanks Guys for the quick answers.
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Old August 28th 08, 06:44 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
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On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:00:59 -0400, wrote:

It did come up very fast the second time it was used. Hmmm ...


Told ya so! 8-D

I do have a lot of restore points so next time I clean them out I will
test it.


Instant with only a few.
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Old August 31st 08, 12:11 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
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Hank , have a look 'here ' (http://www.winvistaclub.com/t2.html)i'm sure
that by changing the delete period for old restore points and adjusting
when they are created you can achive a working compromise.


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Old August 31st 08, 02:06 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
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On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 07:29:37 -0400, "Hank Arnold (MVP)"
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As a related question.... Is it possible to automate the deletion of all
except the last n restore points? I support about 125 computers at a
local Hospice and virtually all of them are shared computers that simply
load the OS and then execute a Citrix ICA client to connect to the
server. Their desktop and all apps are on the server.

Restore points almost serve no purpose. I might consider 1 or 2 as
potentially useful. If this can't be done, I'm leaning towards turning
the feature off completely.....


I'm no automate gury...

I have System Restore set to only accept manual restore points
(Windows updates still set them, as do some driver updates etc.).

Using the "vssadmin" function in the article referred by "barman" to
limit the size of the space reserved by System Restore is fine - I've
used it on this machine - but it won't be fun if you have to do it 125
times.

You might look into making the regedit changes on one machine, export
those changes to a .REG file and then install that file each machine.
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Old August 31st 08, 04:58 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
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"Hank Arnold (MVP)" wrote in message
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Paul Montgomery wrote:
On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:00:59 -0400, wrote:

It did come up very fast the second time it was used. Hmmm ...


Told ya so! 8-D

I do have a lot of restore points so next time I clean them out I will
test it.


Instant with only a few.


As a related question.... Is it possible to automate the deletion of all
except the last n restore points? I support about 125 computers at a local
Hospice and virtually all of them are shared computers that simply load
the OS and then execute a Citrix ICA client to connect to the server.
Their desktop and all apps are on the server.

Restore points almost serve no purpose. I might consider 1 or 2 as
potentially useful. If this can't be done, I'm leaning towards turning the
feature off completely.....

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Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services


I don't understand why you even care? The machine will manage restore
points by itself, and if more disk space requires deletion of restore
points, it will do it. Restore points are limited to 12 -15% of the disk in
any event. So why not go on to bigger problems? Most of the folks I have
encountered worried about restore points are worried they are somehow losing
disk space. They are not. Also, in conjunction with shadow files, it offers
an extensive opportunity to recover lost files. Well whatever you do, good
luck.


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Old August 31st 08, 06:05 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management
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"Wandering" wrote:


"Hank Arnold (MVP)" wrote in message
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Paul Montgomery wrote:
On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:00:59 -0400, wrote:

It did come up very fast the second time it was used. Hmmm ...

Told ya so! 8-D

I do have a lot of restore points so next time I clean them out I will
test it.

Instant with only a few.


As a related question.... Is it possible to automate the deletion of all
except the last n restore points? I support about 125 computers at a local
Hospice and virtually all of them are shared computers that simply load
the OS and then execute a Citrix ICA client to connect to the server.
Their desktop and all apps are on the server.

Restore points almost serve no purpose. I might consider 1 or 2 as
potentially useful. If this can't be done, I'm leaning towards turning the
feature off completely.....

--

Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services


I don't understand why you even care? The machine will manage restore
points by itself, and if more disk space requires deletion of restore
points, it will do it. Restore points are limited to 12 -15% of the disk in
any event. So why not go on to bigger problems? Most of the folks I have
encountered worried about restore points are worried they are somehow losing
disk space. They are not.


They ARE. 12%-15% is a lot in those cases where the machine is
running out of space, especially since that will store 20 or more
points, most of which are not needed.

Setting the system so that maybe 2% of the drive is reserved (and
eventually used) for restore points can make sense.

Also, in conjunction with shadow files, it offers
an extensive opportunity to recover lost files. Well whatever you do, good
luck.


DDW
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