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Postby madmag9999 » Sun Jul 11, 2004 6:19 pm

i have 2gigs set aside for vertual mem witch works fine for me. is there a way to make system restore not make restore points on its own? ill create them when i feel the need to. does anyone know how to do this? the only option i see is to limit the amout of restores it makes but i dont want it to make any on its own.
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Postby Arigatomina » Sun Jul 11, 2004 8:03 pm

madmag9999 wrote:the only option i see is to limit the amout of restores it makes but i dont want it to make any on its own.

That sort of defeats the purpose, doesn't it? I mean, if you do something to your comp, or something happens and you need to set it back, it's a little too late to make a restore point. Making your own only works if you *know* you're going to do something that may screw up the comp to where you'd need to set it back. Eliminating all automatic restore points means you might as well not have that ability. o.O

But okay, to disable system restore:
Go to Control Panel (in the start menu).
Open the 'System' folder.
Click 'System Restore'.
Check the box saying "turn off System Restore on all drives."

Then, if you want to make a point of your own, you turn it back on and make the point. If you don't need to use the point, turn it back off again. But you're signing your own ruin if anything unexpected happens to your computer and you don't have time to make a point before it's too late.
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Postby madmag9999 » Sun Jul 11, 2004 9:30 pm

i usaly know if im going to mess something up. i only need to make a restore point befor i do something i know might mess up my computer. otherwise my computer is pretty well protected from viruses and such so the only thing i have to worry is a hardware malifunction but if that happens system restore wont help. if there is no way to make it not aloud to do it automaticly just let me do it manualy i guess ill have to shut it off. thanx everyone for your help.
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Postby Arigatomina » Sun Jul 11, 2004 11:03 pm

You can lower the amount of space system restore uses (in that same folder I mentioned - by clicking the drive you want to adjust and the settings button - then moving the bar as far to the left as it goes). But you can't stop it entirely without disabling the system on both drives.
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Postby madmag9999 » Sun Jul 11, 2004 11:14 pm

yea i noticed that. im kinda disapointed in it. i dont like my computer doing things on its own. i only use things when i know i will need them. do u know if there is a way to adjust when it creats a restore point like say onece a week on friday it will do it and it will only have one restore point becouse all the old ones will keep getting over writen with the new one created that friday?
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Postby Zero1 » Thu Aug 05, 2004 3:34 pm

hit start, then run. type:

chkdsk /f

It will ask to schedule a scan, say yes and reboot.

This will check and repair any filesystem errors, normal chkdsk only scans in read only mode. Sometimes the boot sector (I think it's the MBR or MFT in XP, someone confirm for me?) gets corrupt from incorrect shutdowns and such, and while it isn't life threatening, one of the traits of this is incorrect free space
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