great way to save space

[Spartan Erik]

hah wow i didnt know how much space old system restore points took up
turning off system restore deletes all old restore points
then i rebooted, and turned system restore back on and created a current system restore point

i saved over a gig of space just by deleting the old restore points!

a few of my other friends have saved over 3 gigs of space just by deleting older unused restore points!

 

[Chirantha]

Yea Yea what ever. I am not going to delete a single restore point (Until the system auto deletes them) because I will have to spend alot of time fixing the computer when it fails. And also problems may go unoticed for alot of time (e.g. Programs that are not executed every day) so after some time you start it and find that the program is not wroking.

So delete restore points at your own risk!

 

[Kay]

Yeah I will leave it as it let - the symtem remove - them I dont want to spoil everything and end up trying to fix it.

 

[MicrotechXP]

Yeah. It is a very High Risk if you do that. I would advise all you people not to if you do not know what to do or if your computer is at high risk or you have a lot of data that you nead on your computer. If you know what you are doing go right ahead. But just a warning this is a very high risk to the system.

 

[Spartan Erik]

well i mean if you dont want to restore your computer to an earlier time, i.e. me, and you like the way it is currently, you can delete all the restore points and make whatever you have now your current one

 

[ant_lion]

sounds bad if you have to restore

 

[Bryon]

Before I reformatted a last weekend I had a good 6 and a half gb of space taken up from system restore points. Now that, is bad. :-\

It's not like I needed the space though, I still have over 50 GB free. For people with a small HDD and Win XP, that is a good idea though.

 

[Chirantha]

Before I reformatted a last weekend I had a good 6 and a half gb of space taken up from system restore points. Now that, is bad. :-\

It's not like I needed the space though, I still have over 50 GB free. For people with a small HDD and Win XP, that is a good idea though.

Click right on my computer
GO to Properties
Go to the System Restore Tab
THere click the settings button
Adjust the usage for system restore.

Warning: Don't go below 12% Change it at you own risk

 

[chewett]

i had to delete my system restores as i had a virus but yes i noticed a big change in the speed and memory of my comp

 

[dyfuse]

System Restore points are handy only if you are experiencing many problems with your computer, or if you come across a problem in the future. But yeah, as previously mentioned, it is only best if you delete them when you are running out of hard drive space!

However, your first port of call in terms of saving disk space is cleaning up Temporary files in your C:\Windows\Temp or C:\Documents and Settings\{Your User Name}\Local Settings\Temp; your Temporary Internet Files; any unused Fonts; any unused Programs....just to name a few.
Most of these cleaning functions can be accessed from the Control Panel/Add or Remove Programs or from Disk Cleanup in your hard drive properties window.

 

[Starshine]

System Restore points are handy only if you are experiencing many problems with your computer, or if you come across a problem in the future. But yeah, as previously mentioned, it is only best if you delete them when you are running out of hard drive space!

However, your first port of call in terms of saving disk space is cleaning up Temporary files in your C:\Windows\Temp or C:\Documents and Settings\{Your User Name}\Local Settings\Temp; your Temporary Internet Files; any unused Fonts; any unused Programs....just to name a few.
Most of these cleaning functions can be accessed from the Control Panel/Add or Remove Programs or from Disk Cleanup in your hard drive properties window.

I would remove unused programs, but the fact is - some don't seem to have uninstall information ... and going through the Program Files, I dunno what I can keep, what I can toss. I would love to clean up my computer some. Get rid of crap that is no longer used and just sitting there. No, I don't need the space, but I tend to be a little anal about how my computer operates sometimes.

 

[Axe_Swipe]

If you want to free up needlessly used space, delete all those "$Uninstall..." folders that are hidden in your WINNT folder that windows creates everytime a new update gets installed.

Granted, don't delete the most recent one, but the 130 some-odd that have been sitting there since you first installed Windows can go!

 

[GamingX]

Well, I think you can delete old restore files which date long back.....As for the temp files and other cookies I use CCleaner, to delete all temporary files....

 

[Werewolf]

Fastest way to clear some space: Start --> Programs --> Accessories --> System Tools --> Disk Cleanup
Then just check the parts of ur system to clear

 

[noerrorsfound]

System Restore points are handy only if you are experiencing many problems with your computer, or if you come across a problem in the future. But yeah, as previously mentioned, it is only best if you delete them when you are running out of hard drive space!

However, your first port of call in terms of saving disk space is cleaning up Temporary files in your C:\Windows\Temp or C:\Documents and Settings\{Your User Name}\Local Settings\Temp; your Temporary Internet Files; any unused Fonts; any unused Programs....just to name a few.
Most of these cleaning functions can be accessed from the Control Panel/Add or Remove Programs or from Disk Cleanup in your hard drive properties window.

http://ccleaner.com/

 

[dyfuse]

I would remove unused programs, but the fact is - some don't seem to have uninstall information ... and going through the Program Files, I dunno what I can keep, what I can toss. I would love to clean up my computer some. Get rid of crap that is no longer used and just sitting there. No, I don't need the space, but I tend to be a little anal about how my computer operates sometimes.

It's a shame that some programs do not have uninstallation information. But don't worry, I'm also a little pedantic about keep my computer "junk"-free. Sometimes, all it takes is a full reinstall of Windows and alot of patience to get back to where you were before (less all the junk)!

If you want to free up needlessly used space, delete all those "$Uninstall..." folders that are hidden in your WINNT folder that windows creates everytime a new update gets installed.

Granted, don't delete the most recent one, but the 130 some-odd that have been sitting there since you first installed Windows can go!

The only problem with this is that if you are not "technology-minded", you may delete folders which may be of future importance or contain shared files!

 

[chunsiang]

lol, i simply just disable the entire system restore thingy. it aint helping me at all. the last time i tried restoring from there, it messed up my entire registry and i ended up having to reformat my com O.O

 

[Derek]

I would not risk that but my computer's system restore doesn't work.

 

[melp57]

hah wow i didnt know how much space old system restore points took up
turning off system restore deletes all old restore points
then i rebooted, and turned system restore back on and created a current system restore point

i saved over a gig of space just by deleting the old restore points!

a few of my other friends have saved over 3 gigs of space just by deleting older unused restore points!

Restore poins have never worked for me in xp so I never think about doing anything with them. I just know you should not count on them working when you need it