I have two pc's. Both running Win7 home premium. Both have a 64 gig ssd for the os. I have system restore off on the d drive and turned on on the c drive, which is the os drive. My problem is that sys restore isn't setting any restore points and when I create one, after a day it disappears. I have the max usage set to 1 percent, which on my main unit is 609 odd mb. Thank you for your help. Bill
Maybe you have the percentage set too low. Do you already have some restore points stored? Old restore points are deleted as space for new ones is required. Windows 7 automatically creates a restore point each time changes are made to the system and once a week on boot up.
Thank you for the reply. I have enough space allocated, because I just uninstalled and reinstalled a program and it set a restore point in both instances. How ever, it is not setting restore points regularly, as it should. Only if i do a reinstall or when I do the MS updates. Some thing is haywire. Bill
Did you read my entire response? When do you think restore points should be made?
It is not setting points at boot up. Let me say this, and you can tell me if this is how it should work: when I click system restore in my start up, it gives me a box that is working, saying starting system restore and then tells me no restore points have been set. Perhaps that is how it should work, but it doesn't seem right. I am on my two pc's every day and it doesn't set a restore point unless I make a change in my software. Thank you for your reply. Bill
It is working correctly, it will only set a restore point when a major change is made (install/uninstall/update, etc), plus once a week. I would recommend increasing from 1 percent to maybe 6 or 8 percent (default is 12%) if you want to have a reasonable choice of restore points in event of a problem. Look into how many restore points it now offers you and then decide. You have to be a little bit crazy to keep you from going insane.
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While you are at it, make a recovery DVD (most people probably do not) and set up a back up scheme for your files. You have to be a little bit crazy to keep you from going insane.
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