Only one restore point left!

[needhelps]

Hi,

I have just checked my restore point and found I got only one:
11/07/2013 Install: Windows Update
The restore point I set
07/07/2013 Manual: AfterSet3GBMaxRestoreSpace
disappeared!
Why? Is that because I set Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 3 GB?

 

[Shadowjk]

It is a possibility, Once the shadow storage settings have been applied, older restore points and shadow copies will be deleted until the space used meets your boundaries (3GB).

Typically a system restore point takes about 1-1.5GB so yes that would be average.

Try creating another manual system restore point and tell me if the oldest disappears?

Josh

 

[needhelps]

Thank you Shadowjk,

I have just created another manual system restore point as you suggested, and there are two restore points now:
Manual: CheckIfOldPointDisappear
Install: Windows Update
The first manual restore point still disappeared.

I have also check the restore space, just after the Windows Update:
Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 1.222 GB
Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 1.465 GB
Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 3 GB

After I created another manual restore point:
Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 1.943 GB
Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space:2.22 GB
Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 3 GB

Do you think I should increase the Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space, perhaps to 5 GB?

 

[MilesAhead]

You can also set it as a percentage of disk space. For example /MaxSize=5%
3 GB is really tiny for restore points. Usually 5 or 6% is a good rule of thumb.
The default 15% may be a bit steep esp. if you regularly create backup images.

 

[needhelps]

MilesAhead,

Thank you for your suggestion.
I got only 43 GB for my system, 43 x 5% = 2.15 GB

 

[Shadowjk]

43 x 0.15 (15%) = 6.45GB

This may equate to roughly 4 or 5 system restore points

Please note that you must deduct 6.45GB from your total free space

Josh

 

[MilesAhead]

MilesAhead,

Thank you for your suggestion.
I got only 43 GB for my system, 43 x 5% = 2.15 GB

That's what the system specs button is for. So we don't have to be psychic.
43GB is pretty small. XP ran fine on my 20GB drive. But Vista will use up most of what you have just for the OS.