Customizing System Restore Options in Vista.

[anandk]

... by default, in vista, systemrestore is set to delete restore points after roughly 136 years ...

normally Windows uses up to 15 percent of a drive’s available space to save restore points.

in xp, the option 2 change this figure was configurabl from d the System Restore tab of the System Properties dialog box. but sadly this option is no longer offered in Vista

but u can do so as follows :
open regedit and go to
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\S ystemRestore\Cfg
double-click the DiskPercent
the default is f (in hexadecimal) whic is 15 in decimal. for making it say 10% type 'a'
i have set it at 10% for i prefer frequent/daily restore points.

now how frequently u'd like to have ur systemrestore points auto-created can also b configrd as follows :
open regedit and go to :
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\S ystemRestore
u can change the value RPGlobalInterval from its default setting of
86,400 seconds (24 hours) to 43200 (a8c0) if u want it created every 12 hrs.

as and how ur new restore points get created the older ones get deleted due to the avlbl space contstraint.
otherwise by default, in vista, systemrestore is set to delete restore points after roughly 136 years or 4,294,967,295 seconds, which was a mere 90 days in Windows XP ! the idea is to delete them only when absolutely necsry due to space constraint!!! but err...136 years !!!

but if you prefer to adjust this interval too, change the value of RPLifeInterval in the same key; a setting of 7,776,000 seconds (or 76a700 in hexadecml) is equivalent to 90 days.

[hemant_mathur]

Good info .. thanx

[alsiladka]

just an addition to some info about System Restore, got from PCPitstop, some of Vista's system restore or the Shadow copy file cached through system restore can be as huge as 8 GB.

[NIGHTMARE]

thanks for info

[nikhilrao]

Thanks-------but ow many use vista ?