XP system restore files location ?

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sat Aug 17, 2002 7:12 pm

so where does XP store them at, i want to remove a restore point that i made ?

Set · Post by **Set** » Sat Aug 17, 2002 8:03 pm

Not sure where they store them proply some where in the windows folder but you can delet all but the last one in cleandisk

UnitedWeStand · Post by **UnitedWeStand** » Sun Aug 18, 2002 4:34 am

Originally posted by the snake
so where does XP store them at, i want to remove a restore point that i made ?

in your %systemroot%\system32\restore

but you can do some other things to get rid of them ..To delete older restore points, but leave the system restore turned on: Right Click the Drive in question/Properties/Disk Cleanup/More Options/System Restore/Cleanup.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sun Aug 18, 2002 6:05 am

thanks guys

one other thing , what is the comand to get into scanreg in XP , i forgot

Murman · Post by **Murman** » Sun Aug 18, 2002 7:30 am

in system32\restore is just the restore app .. there are no restore points in that folder.

Look in C:\System Volume Information\_restore{xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx} were x is hex decimal

in there you'll find rpxxx, view in detail mode and delete what ever folder you want by date.. should be good to go.

UnitedWeStand · Post by **UnitedWeStand** » Sun Aug 18, 2002 3:11 pm

Originally posted by Murman
in system32\restore is just the restore app .. there are no restore points in that folder.

Look in C:\System Volume Information\_restore{xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx} were x is hex decimal

in there you'll find rpxxx, view in detail mode and delete what ever folder you want by date.. should be good to go.

I didn't try it last night but you might need admin rights to delete those files from that directory.
but to find those that you made. and delete them it might be a chore of its own. open the directory c:\system volume information\ and in the explorer window at the top select view files detail. or right click on a blank spot on the window and view contents details, in the window you will see the files sorted by Name/Size/Type/Modified rightclick that bar and add "created" to the details list.
You can easily find the ones you created by matching the dates with the date you created them.

Just so you don't delete the wrong _restore{nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn}.

AznStyl · Post by **AznStyl** » Sun Aug 18, 2002 3:19 pm

Originally posted by the snake
thanks guys
one other thing , what is the comand to get into scanreg in XP , i forgot

The Snake I don't think it has one, to be honest.

UnitedWeStand · Post by **UnitedWeStand** » Sun Aug 18, 2002 3:56 pm

Originally posted by AznStyl

The Snake I don't think it has one, to be honest.

scanreg/resore only works if you are dualbooting and have win9x/or winme on first partition. but XP doesn't have one otherwise.

Set · Post by **Set** » Sun Aug 18, 2002 5:54 pm

Set · Post by **Set** » Sun Aug 18, 2002 5:54 pm

Think that will work let me know if it dont and ill find the site

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sun Aug 18, 2002 6:34 pm

thanks guys , now i remembered it is regedit that i was looking for. i just did the disk cleanup thing.

Set · Post by **Set** » Sun Aug 18, 2002 6:37 pm

ah thought you where looken for somethin to clean your regs

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sun Aug 18, 2002 6:44 pm

Originally posted by settrippen
ah thought you where looken for somethin to clean your regs

nah was just wondering as to where the restore files were to get rid of a bad restore point i made.

my registry should be clean now after my format.

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