Thread: How to clear system restore points on Windows Vista/7

After disinfection it is useful to delete all system restore points so that they do not go up, inadvertently, to an infected restore point. This will empty much of your HDD space.

This requires for us to disable System Restore and then right after to reactivate Windows continues to make regular backup point.

1.. In Control Panel / System, click System Protection (on the left of the window).
2.. Under automatic restore points, uncheck all the boxes in the list of disks available. This is to disable the System Restore.
3.. Vista will ask you to confirm this.
4.. Confirm by clicking the Disable System Restore. All restore points existing system will be abolished
5.. Click OK to close the window.
6.. Click System Protection, recheck all the boxes in the list of available disks and then click OK.

You can then create a restore point total of nine by clicking the Create button. The system will then create other at regular intervals, if you need it.

CCleaner from filehippo.com
I am using OS XPPro Sp3, and using "CC" to delete old System Restore Points, with ease.
Users of VISTA / Windows 7 can give feedback.

I think TuneUp utilities " one click maintenance " does this automatically.

Nice post. Usually I delete the restore points by this method
Delete a restore point

i never delete a restore point

let it be there cause i have space that i need.

Originally Posted by meetdilip

I think TuneUp utilities " one click maintenance " does this automatically.

I am too using it........

Tried TuneUp 2010 ? Will wait till somebody gives a review. The last review I read said it is slows your system a lot. Still on TuneUp 2009.

Originally Posted by meetdilip

Tried TuneUp 2010 ? Will wait till somebody gives a review. The last review I read said it is slows your system a lot. Still on TuneUp 2009.

Using TuneUp 2010 from the date of release. It has a new feature to speedup the startup of the programs.

Originally Posted by gaggan4392

Using TuneUp 2010 from the date of release. It has a new feature to speedup the startup of the programs.

i will now try using tuneup utilities.

Originally Posted by imrock

i will now try using tuneup utilities.

It is a very good tool. Try it

So you people are ready to shell out Rs 2320 on a product whose functions you can do yourself

Originally Posted by meetdilip

It is a very good tool. Try it

It is a Excellent tool.
But it not works with Opera Browser, Opera crashes when the program tries to speedup it............

Originally Posted by meetdilip

It is a very good tool. Try it

just installed!restarting and will try and feedback.

Originally Posted by Vignesh Iyers

So you people are ready to shell out Rs 2320 on a product whose functions you can do yourself

It is free for 1 month trial...........

Originally Posted by gaggan4392

It is free for 1 month trial...........

After that what will you do?

Originally Posted by Vignesh Iyers

After that what will you do?

Reinstall................
Use Revo Installer to Unistall it..
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My old thread

http://www.indiabroadband.net/window...-utillity.html (Tuneup Utillity)

No one has seen it.......

thanks very much for this Gaggan...

Originally Posted by mickey

thanks very much for this Gaggan...

Welcome................

Just use Ccleaner guys.... Just 2mb to download and very useful...

@vignesh
From Microsoft:

Delete a restore point
You cannot delete an individual restore point, but you can either delete all restore points or all but the most recent restore point

Try CCleaner Tools System Restore.
We can selectively delete the restore points ONE BY ONE.
@gaggan 4392

You can then create a restore point total of nine by clicking the Create button

please give reference. for this limit of Nine.

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@essbebe

please give reference. for this limit of Nine.

Sorry I do not have any reference, it is my experience in Windows Vista.

Restore Points (Windows)

Scheduled restore points

System Restore can be configured to create restore points at regular intervals.
Users can also manually create and name a restore point at any time from within the System Restore user interface.
These restore points are saved and compressed,
and these choices are available to the user through
the System Restore user interface.

System Restore in Windows 7 creates a scheduled restore point only if no other restore points have been created in the last 7 days.

System Restore in Windows Vista creates a checkpoint every 24 hours if no other restore points were created that day.

System Restore in Windows XP creates a checkpoint every 24 hours of absolute time.

Tune Up Utilities is the best application to get rid of unwanted restore points.....
Unlike CCleaner, it can delete all the restore points....
Just be careful when you attempt it though.....

@hitler517
Please try/test an application
first.
Usually trial versions are not recommended.
In Ccleaner you can Delete ONE BY ONE each System RESTORE point.
Confirm same way you can do it in tune up Utilities ( give free or paid version )

@essbebe

I have tried the TuneUp Utilities with success....
Since Windows takes differential backups for restore points, the latest one will occupy the most space....
You can notice the hard disk usage before and after deleting the restore points using ccleaner....

Ccleaner doesn't allow to delete the lastly created restore point.....

Whereas Tuneup can delete all the restore points and save you quite some hard disk space....

The trial version of TuneUp offers all the features for 15days....

It is worth every penny if TuneUp can be purchased.....