system restore.

[mbam daz.]

hi everybody.when i create a restore point in windows is there any way i can tell windows to keep my restore points permanently.i create my restore points and then when i need to use them they have gone.any help would be very much appreciated.many thanks.

[GT500]

hi everybody.when i create a restore point in windows is there any way i can tell windows to keep my restore points permanently.i create my restore points and then when i need to use them they have gone.any help would be very much appreciated.many thanks.

It's possible that there is not enough hard drive space allocated to the System Restore, and that it is deleting old restore points in order to make room for new ones.

There are two solutions for this problem:

1. Increase the amount of hard drive space that the System Restore can use. The Microsoft article at this link gives instructions for how to change those settings on Windows 7 (the process is similar in other versions of Windows).
   
2. Use some sort of backup or hard drive imaging/cloning software to save backups to an external hard drive, which you will be able to restore your computer from later on (this will require an external hard drive capable of holding a lot of data).
   

[Firefox]

I would go with options 2 above..... acutally I do use option 2 above.....

[yardbird]

You may want to consider: ERUNT --- homepage http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/ Read the Detailed information Both programs "Advanced Setup" turned me on to a couple of yrs. ago.

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[GT500]

You may want to consider: ERUNT --- homepage http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/ Read the Detailed information Both programs "Advanced Setup" turned me on to a couple of yrs. ago.

Yep. It's an excellent program for backing up the registry.

[DarkSnakeKobra]

I agree.

[exile360]

If you're on Windows 7 (which your signature indicates you are) you can use the Backup and Restore, it's a much better option than System Restore as it backs up a complete system image, including your registry and files/folders/programs etc. Details on its use can be found here.

[mbam daz.]

hi.thank you all for that wonderful advice i shall certainly try the options you have given me..many thanks.much appreciated.

[ONT]

Hi

Try this

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums.../WindowsAnswers

[mbam daz.]

thanks for the good advice..i was going to use comodo time machine but apparently this program will corrupt the master boot record on a computer so im giving that a miss.