No screen for previous restore pts

If you booted into XP, you wiped the Restore Points in Vista.
Unfortunate, but well known problem...

Chris S.

"Lance501" <Lance501.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3E0F1FF5-B964-4540-8FD5-CA034860674A@microsoft.com...
> According to Help file, I should have an option to choose a previous
> restore
> point on the System Restore screen but I don't. I also have only one
> choice
> of a restore point: today, which is useless. I've read so many of the
> threads
> but can't find the solution. I'm running Vista Home Ediition, I have 220g
> hard drive with lots of room to spare. I don't dual boot with XP, I have
> not
> changed the defaults for space allocated to System Restore. I'm baffled
> and
> I'm grateful for any help.

Chris S.;710216 Wrote:
> If you booted into XP, you wiped the Restore Points in Vista.
> Unfortunate, but well known problem...
>
> Chris S.
>
> "Lance501" <Lance501@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:3E0F1FF5-B964-4540-8FD5-CA034860674A@xxxxxx> > >
> > > According to Help file, I should have an option to choose a previous
> > > restore
> > > point on the System Restore screen but I don't. I also have only one
> > > choice
> > > of a restore point: today, which is useless. I've read so many of the
> > > threads
> > > but can't find the solution. I'm running Vista Home Ediition, I have
> > 220g
> > > hard drive with lots of room to spare. I don't dual boot with XP, I
> > have
> > > not
> > > changed the defaults for space allocated to System Restore. I'm
> > baffled
> > > and
> > > I'm grateful for any help. > >

Hi Lance,

This tutorial will show you how to stop XP from deleting the System
Restore Points and Shadow Copies in Vista everytime you boot into XP.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/127417-system-restore-points-stop-xp...al-boot

Hope this helps you,
Shawn


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Hi, Lance,

Restore points are controlled by Shadowstorage.

Right click CMD.EXE and select - Run As Administrator,
Type - Vssadmin list shadowstorage and hit Enter.
Look at the Maximum storage space to see how much is allotted.

You can change the maximum size using the following line:
Vssadmin resize shadowstorage /For=C: /On=C: MaxSize=2GB (you can use from
2GB up to 10GB)

Good Luck
Jerry

"Lance501" <Lance501 RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks to Chris S. and Brink but perhaps my question was not clear.
> Although
> I have dual booth since installing a year ago, I have never booted with XP
> since, so that could not explain why I have no previous restore points
> besides today's.
>
> "Lance501" wrote:
>
>> According to Help file, I should have an option to choose a previous
>> restore
>> point on the System Restore screen but I don't. I also have only one
>> choice
>> of a restore point: today, which is useless. I've read so many of the
>> threads
>> but can't find the solution. I'm running Vista Home Ediition, I have 220g
>> hard drive with lots of room to spare. I don't dual boot with XP, I have
>> not
>> changed the defaults for space allocated to System Restore. I'm baffled
>> and
>> I'm grateful for any help.

"Lance501" <Lance501 RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3E0F1FF5-B964-4540-8FD5-CA034860674A@microsoft.com...
> According to Help file, I should have an option to choose a previous
> restore
> point on the System Restore screen but I don't. I also have only one
> choice
> of a restore point: today, which is useless. I've read so many of the
> threads
> but can't find the solution. I'm running Vista Home Ediition, I have 220g
> hard drive with lots of room to spare. I don't dual boot with XP, I have
> not
> changed the defaults for space allocated to System Restore. I'm baffled
> and
> I'm grateful for any help.

Right click the file in Windows Explorer and choose Properties. You'll see
the Previous version tab.

Make sure the file is not open in any program.

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