Jim Cladingboel wrote: > Failing any other answer on this List, I would suggest you/your friend access the: > microsoft.public.windowsme.systemtools NG where this subject was discussed recently >(snip)
Many thanks for the hint. For anyone interested as well, ISPs and news servers may not carry the MS specific groups. One may need to use "msnews.microsoft.com" as the server and subscribe to the e.g. the above suggested group. Incidentally, I located the relevant answer for the questions I posed. (But as my friend is using a Chinese ver of WinMe, he will need to fool around with the System Properties himself. Last time I walked him through Sys Prop and asked him to show all files and unhide everything under Explorer, he could not find anything to do with Sys. Restore nor the restore dir! Most likely to do with rearrangements of options between localised vers. Sigh.) For listers who would like to know, here's the cut&paste: 1.How does one set the limit to the number of backups stored for System Restore on WinMe and to limit hdd space used for same? "The way to limit these is to reduce the amount of space allocated to the restore folder and you can do this easily by adjusting the slider towards the minimum of 200MB at System Properties| Performance | File System | General. System Restore will discard older points as new points are created so as to keep within the allocated space." To reset System Restore: System | Performance | File System | Troubleshooting and check "Disable System Restore", Apply and IMMEDIATELY reboot. This will flush you restorefolder and erase all checkpoints, then, System | Performance | File System | Troubleshooting and uncheck "DisableSystem Restore", Apply and again IMMEDIATELY reboot. This should now automatically create a new checkpoint immediately following the restart. Finally adjust the space allocated to the restore folder, System | Performance | File System | Hard Disk and adjust the restore slider to your preferred setting. (N.B. one says File System|General , and another File System|Hard Disk. Which witch is which?) 2.Which directory/folder is used for storing the backup files? "c:\_Restore\" and its subdirs/subfolders Get the Sys Restore Patch: Download the Sept. 8th patch for System Restore:- Windows Me System Restore Update" from the Windows Update site. See MS KB Q290700 - "Checkpoints That You Create After September 8, 2001 Do Not Restore Your Computer" (http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q290/7/00.asp) (hope that will be the last of WinMe for me) ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
