You're one of the lucky few, then!
Usually, when the archive is overstuffed in that way, a simple reset such as
you did, doesn't work - presumably because of file corruption within the
archive.

Good Luck

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"killjoy" wrote in message
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All Fixed, I switched off the restore and rebooted which emptied the TEMP
folder and then switched the restore back on.


"killjoy" wrote in message
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Many thanks, I assume that I should keep the directory but only empty it.
I
am not using norton just plain old ME


"Mike M" wrote in message
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I see that Noel has already answered your question but perhaps I can
explain why you cannot see the contents of the _RESTORE folder in
Windows
Explorer. You mention that you have gone into Explorer's Tools |
Folder
Options | View and checked the box to "Show hidden files and folders"
but
you also need to UNcheck the box "Hide Protected operating system
files".
--
Mike Maltby



killjoy wrote:

I have just had a warning message that I am out of disk space
(Laptop, HP Armada 1750, 4GB) on checking I find that in my _RESTORE
folder is one labelled TEMP which is 1.5GB. I can only see it using
the TREE utility, not with Windows Explorer even though I have
checked the hidden files option.

How do I recover this space ?