System Restore?

**XxKrNxStyLeZxX** · 08-04-2004, 09:00 PM

I used system restore a few times today cuz my comp was acting a little weird....and it works fine now, but I looked at my hard drive and i LOST like 50 gigs.....is this supposed to happen? Is there a way I can delete things to get my space back?? I know it wasnt from programs or files, because there are the same programs and files as before.

Thanks

**chinook_apache** · 08-04-2004, 09:10 PM

you could delete any old restore points from system restore:

this is done by:

right click c: then properties, then disk cleanup, then click more options, then clean up restore points.

**XxKrNxStyLeZxX** · 08-04-2004, 09:17 PM

welll isnt my problem different?? because i lost like 50 gigs from doing 3 restores....not from creating restore points

**chinook_apache** · 08-04-2004, 09:21 PM

i dont use system restore but am i correct in saying that everytime you restor it creates a restore point from where you have restored.

have you been downloading via any p2p apps, big files?

**iMartin** · 08-04-2004, 09:29 PM

I don't even bother with system restore, only got 5 GB of my 20 GB left. That and, I'll take my chances, if worse comes to worse, I can always reformat.

**chinook_apache** · 08-04-2004, 09:39 PM

im running xp pro off a 9.31gb partition, turned system restore off and use other partitions to hold music and work.

**XxKrNxStyLeZxX** · 08-04-2004, 10:03 PM

i did what chinook first told me to do and i got like 43 gigs back...im not sure if this was originally how much i had...or if i lost a few gigs...but i guess its better than nothing

thx

oh and after a few restores...i lost all the downloads in my mirc section...didnt really need em....but i had alot of stuff (maybe 5-10gb) so i'm thinking i should have even more space than before (i know i used either 40 or 50 gb before)...so now i'm thinking i should only have used 35-40 gigs, but it says i used 60...eh....confusing....