Deleting restore points in Windows 7

Deleting restore points in Windows 7

System restore points are created automatically by Windows, and are also deleted automatically by Windows.

The System Restore option can create a restore point every time it thinks that it's necessary for a new restoration point. Every drive or partition that you have on your hard drive can have a system restore point. Creating a system restore point will occupy your hard drive with a couple of GB, depending on what size the partition is; the bigger the partition, the bigger the restoration point. 

Turning off this utility for saving more space on the hard drive is very easy. All you have to do is take these steps:

1. Click on the Start Menu button.

2. Then navigate to the Control Panel button and click on it.

3. A new window will appear in which you have to select the System option.

4. After selecting the System option, a new windows will appear and on the left panel there will be an Advanced system settings button. Click on it.

5. A new window will appear with 5 tabs. Press the System Protection tab.

6. From there, a list with all your partition will be available to you. If you want to change the settings, like the size of the restore point, or just deactivate the System Restore Protection on one of the partitions, all you have to is double click on the desired partition, and it will deactivate.

Deleting restore points in Windows 7

Nope, a virus doesn’t do that. It is Windows who deletes the old restore points from the previous months to free up some space. The restore points are stored in a hidden system folder called “System Volume Information” located in the root of every drive.

What a virus does is infect the files or restore points located in this folder to spread the infection in the system in case you decide to restore your computer back to an earlier date. This is one reason why I disable System Restore in my old Dell computer with Windows XP to avoid the folder from getting infected.

Also, I don’t rely much on System Restore to fix basic problems with my computer. By fault, Windows creates a restore point when you install a program. A restore point, in Microsoft Windows, is a saved snapshot of a computer’s data at a particular time.

It is a component of the Windows System Restore utility and is a feature in Microsoft Windows that allows users to revert their computer’s state to that of a previous point in time which includes system files, Windows registry, system settings, and installed programs. There are different possible types of restore points:

• System checkpoints – these are scheduled restore points created by the computer
• Manual restore points – these are the restore points the user create
• Installation restore points – these are the restore points automatically created when you install programs and the creation depends on the program you install