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Turn off System restore in all drives?

14 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/turn-off-system-restore-in-all-drives.32576/

vasulic
vasulic Original post #1
Jul 23, 2006 at 9:47 PM
Pls explain me, What happens if I turn off System restore in all drives ?.(My computer--Properties--system restore---turn off system resorce).What is the use of it?
go_gamez
Jul 23, 2006 at 9:51 PM
if u turn off ..system restore..on all drives u will be unable to restore u r machine to a previously saved restore point..its better u turn on system restore atleast on the drive which contains windows file...so if suddenly u feel u r machine is behaving driffrently..u can restore it back to the good workin condition..
Pathik
Pathik #3
Jul 23, 2006 at 9:56 PM
u can save a lot of ram nd space if u turn it off.....
go_gamez
Jul 23, 2006 at 9:59 PM
ya thts true u can save lot of hdd space nad ram..but if r pc crashes frquently..or starts behaving in an unusual manner i advise u to keep system restore on..
Pathik
Pathik #5
Jul 23, 2006 at 10:18 PM
yup if ur r a office person....wit lots of important data then keep it on.
deathvirus_me
Jul 23, 2006 at 10:48 PM
Not RAM .. only Hdd. space ... but that too canbe saved by decreasing the system restore file size ...
rollcage
Jul 23, 2006 at 11:09 PM
.. Turn that crap off ..


Use acronis True Image Cd
~Phenom~
Jul 23, 2006 at 11:16 PM
I agree with deathvirus_me , how can RAM be affected?
go_gamez
Jul 23, 2006 at 11:21 PM
no the ram is also affected..cause system restore monitor is running all the time..and does take ram resources when monitoring the hdd partitions.
deathvirus_me
Jul 23, 2006 at 11:27 PM
Well .. Sytem Restore doesn't use any ram or CPU time until it is invoked before a setup process or in any other instance .... infact the process is disabled as soon as it complete execution ...
go_gamez
go_gamez #11
Jul 24, 2006 at 12:07 AM
sorry ..cauz i think my info was a bit wrong..
vasulic
vasulic #12
Jul 24, 2006 at 5:54 AM
yesterday I turned off my system restore in all drives and I gained 6gb of HDD space. To-day I have truned on it.

1)Will it any way affect my computer ?.

2)Is it a good habbit to turnoff the Sys restore for some time and on it afterwards (once in 6 months) so that i gain HDD space?
go_gamez
go_gamez #13
Jul 24, 2006 at 8:56 AM
ya its ok .if u turn off system restore ...for sometime to gain HHD spce..but u can also..do a disk clean up and delete all system restore files to get back u r HDD space
vasulic
vasulic #14
Jul 24, 2006 at 9:12 AM
Thanks Go-gameZ