The Restore folder

Is there anyway of getting rid of either the restore folder or its contents
in Windows 98? I ran a virus check and it seems as though quite a bit of
them are in their. When I tried to delete the folder windows said that it
cant since some files are in use. The restore feature has been disabled and
I didnt think that any files would be in use from there unless you wanted to
do a restore. Can someone help and perhaps explain to me more about this
folder since I dont have alot of info on it. And is there a way of purging
it clean.

Thanks in advance,

Les

There is NO Restore folder in Win98.
If you are talking about Windows Millennium...
Boot to DOS, using your Startup Disk (if you don't have one and can't make
one from Start | Add/Remove Programs, then download a diskmaker from
www.bootdisk.com, and create the floppy by running the file)

At the A:\ prompt, type the following commands (followed by [return])

ATTRIB -S -R -H C:\_RESTORE

REN C:\_RESTORE OLDREST

When the A:\ prompt returns, remove the floppy, and reboot the PC. The
Control Files will be rebuilt, and a Restore point should be created.

Then delete the C:\OLDREST folder, and reboot again.

Finally adjust the space allocated to the restore folder


--
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"Les" wrote in message
...
Is there anyway of getting rid of either the restore folder or its
contents
in Windows 98? I ran a virus check and it seems as though quite a bit of
them are in their. When I tried to delete the folder windows said that it
cant since some files are in use. The restore feature has been disabled
and
I didnt think that any files would be in use from there unless you wanted
to
do a restore. Can someone help and perhaps explain to me more about this
folder since I dont have alot of info on it. And is there a way of
purging
it clean.

Thanks in advance,

Les

As Noel says, W98 doesn't have a restore folder; however, he assumed you
might have ME and provided advice accordingly. Since you said you have W98,
I think you should identify some of the contents of the restore folder so we
can ensure that the advice we provide is appropriate for your system.

--
Regards


Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo



"Les" wrote in message
...
Is there anyway of getting rid of either the restore folder or its
contents
in Windows 98? I ran a virus check and it seems as though quite a bit of
them are in their. When I tried to delete the folder windows said that it
cant since some files are in use. The restore feature has been disabled
and
I didnt think that any files would be in use from there unless you wanted
to
do a restore. Can someone help and perhaps explain to me more about this
folder since I dont have alot of info on it. And is there a way of
purging
it clean.

Thanks in advance,

Les

Could he be talking about the 'Restore(lots of numbers)' folder that is
created when there is a dual boot set-up?
I have one on every partition.
Gekko


As Noel says, W98 doesn't have a restore folder; however, he assumed you
might have ME and provided advice accordingly. Since you said you have
W98,
I think you should identify some of the contents of the restore folder so
we
can ensure that the advice we provide is appropriate for your system.

--
Regards


Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo



"Les" wrote in message
...
Is there anyway of getting rid of either the restore folder or its
contents
in Windows 98? I ran a virus check and it seems as though quite a bit
of
them are in their. When I tried to delete the folder windows said that
it
cant since some files are in use. The restore feature has been disabled
and
I didnt think that any files would be in use from there unless you
wanted
to
do a restore. Can someone help and perhaps explain to me more about
this
folder since I dont have alot of info on it. And is there a way of
purging
it clean.

Thanks in advance,

Les

I don't know what he is talking about hence my suggestion that we figure out
what it is before he goes deleting it.

--
Regards


Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo



"Gekko" wrote in message
...
Could he be talking about the 'Restore(lots of numbers)' folder that is
created when there is a dual boot set-up?
I have one on every partition.
Gekko


As Noel says, W98 doesn't have a restore folder; however, he assumed you
might have ME and provided advice accordingly. Since you said you have
W98,
I think you should identify some of the contents of the restore folder so
we
can ensure that the advice we provide is appropriate for your system.

--
Regards


Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo



"Les" wrote in message
...
Is there anyway of getting rid of either the restore folder or its
contents
in Windows 98? I ran a virus check and it seems as though quite a bit
of
them are in their. When I tried to delete the folder windows said that
it
cant since some files are in use. The restore feature has been
disabled
and
I didnt think that any files would be in use from there unless you
wanted
to
do a restore. Can someone help and perhaps explain to me more about
this
folder since I dont have alot of info on it. And is there a way of
purging
it clean.

Thanks in advance,

Les

Thanks everyone for your help and your cautiousness. I made a mistake not
mentioning the OS which is in fact ME. I noticed for some weird reason upon
doing a virus scan that alot of the viruses were placed in the restore
folder. It was in fact disabled so my thought was since it is only used for
restoring that I could delete the folder. When I tried Windows said that
some files are being used and that you cant delete them. Is this a virus
stunt or does ME actaully use some of the files in that folder? I didnt
think so but I am far from a Windows expert. Fill me in guys and thx again.

Les

"Gekko" wrote in message
...
Could he be talking about the 'Restore(lots of numbers)' folder that is
created when there is a dual boot set-up?
I have one on every partition.
Gekko


As Noel says, W98 doesn't have a restore folder; however, he assumed you
might have ME and provided advice accordingly. Since you said you have
W98,
I think you should identify some of the contents of the restore folder
so
we
can ensure that the advice we provide is appropriate for your system.

--
Regards


Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo



"Les" wrote in message
...
Is there anyway of getting rid of either the restore folder or its
contents
in Windows 98? I ran a virus check and it seems as though quite a bit
of
them are in their. When I tried to delete the folder windows said
that
it
cant since some files are in use. The restore feature has been
disabled
and
I didnt think that any files would be in use from there unless you
wanted
to
do a restore. Can someone help and perhaps explain to me more about
this
folder since I dont have alot of info on it. And is there a way of
purging
it clean.

Thanks in advance,

Les

Les wrote:
Thanks everyone for your help and your cautiousness. I made a mistake not
mentioning the OS which is in fact ME. I noticed for some weird reason
upon
doing a virus scan that alot of the viruses were placed in the restore
folder. It was in fact disabled so my thought was since it is only used
for
restoring that I could delete the folder. When I tried Windows said that
some files are being used and that you cant delete them. Is this a virus
stunt or does ME actaully use some of the files in that folder? I didnt
think so but I am far from a Windows expert. Fill me in guys and thx
again.

Les

"Gekko" wrote in message
...
Could he be talking about the 'Restore(lots of numbers)' folder that is
created when there is a dual boot set-up?
I have one on every partition.
Gekko


As Noel says, W98 doesn't have a restore folder; however, he assumed you
might have ME and provided advice accordingly. Since you said you have
W98,
I think you should identify some of the contents of the restore folder
so we
can ensure that the advice we provide is appropriate for your system.

--
Regards


Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo



"Les" wrote in message
...
Is there anyway of getting rid of either the restore folder or its
contents
in Windows 98? I ran a virus check and it seems as though quite a bit
of
them are in their. When I tried to delete the folder windows said that
it
cant since some files are in use. The restore feature has been
disabled
and
I didnt think that any files would be in use from there unless you
wanted
to
do a restore. Can someone help and perhaps explain to me more about
this
folder since I dont have alot of info on it. And is there a way of
purging
it clean.

Thanks in advance,

Les

I think you need to ask this in the Windows ME group for a more definitive
answer. (This is the Windows 98 newsgroup)

You might try microsoft.public.windowsme.general

Les wrote:
Thanks everyone for your help and your cautiousness. I made a mistake not
mentioning the OS which is in fact ME. I noticed for some weird reason
upon
doing a virus scan that alot of the viruses were placed in the restore
folder. It was in fact disabled so my thought was since it is only used
for
restoring that I could delete the folder. When I tried Windows said that
some files are being used and that you cant delete them. Is this a virus
stunt or does ME actually use some of the files in that folder? I didnt
think so but I am far from a Windows expert. Fill me in guys and thx
again.

Les

"Gekko" wrote in message
...
Could he be talking about the 'Restore(lots of numbers)' folder that is
created when there is a dual boot set-up?
I have one on every partition.
Gekko


As Noel says, W98 doesn't have a restore folder; however, he assumed you
might have ME and provided advice accordingly. Since you said you have
W98,
I think you should identify some of the contents of the restore folder
so we
can ensure that the advice we provide is appropriate for your system.

--
Regards


Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo



"Les" wrote in message
...
Is there anyway of getting rid of either the restore folder or its
contents
in Windows 98? I ran a virus check and it seems as though quite a bit
of
them are in their. When I tried to delete the folder windows said that
it
cant since some files are in use. The restore feature has been
disabled
and
I didnt think that any files would be in use from there unless you
wanted
to
do a restore. Can someone help and perhaps explain to me more about
this
folder since I dont have alot of info on it. And is there a way of
purging
it clean.

Thanks in advance,

Les

Here's the low-down on how/why what you're seeing happens
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=263455

If you need any more, feel free to post back here (ME is my specialist
subject - System Restore in particular!), or in one of the ME groups

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"Les" wrote in message
...
Thanks everyone for your help and your cautiousness. I made a mistake not
mentioning the OS which is in fact ME. I noticed for some weird reason
upon
doing a virus scan that alot of the viruses were placed in the restore
folder. It was in fact disabled so my thought was since it is only used
for
restoring that I could delete the folder. When I tried Windows said that
some files are being used and that you cant delete them. Is this a virus
stunt or does ME actaully use some of the files in that folder? I didnt
think so but I am far from a Windows expert. Fill me in guys and thx
again.

Les

"Gekko" wrote in message
...
Could he be talking about the 'Restore(lots of numbers)' folder that is
created when there is a dual boot set-up?
I have one on every partition.
Gekko


As Noel says, W98 doesn't have a restore folder; however, he assumed
you
might have ME and provided advice accordingly. Since you said you have
W98,
I think you should identify some of the contents of the restore folder
so
we
can ensure that the advice we provide is appropriate for your system.

--
Regards


Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo



"Les" wrote in message
...
Is there anyway of getting rid of either the restore folder or its
contents
in Windows 98? I ran a virus check and it seems as though quite a
bit
of
them are in their. When I tried to delete the folder windows said
that
it
cant since some files are in use. The restore feature has been
disabled
and
I didnt think that any files would be in use from there unless you
wanted
to
do a restore. Can someone help and perhaps explain to me more about
this
folder since I dont have alot of info on it. And is there a way of
purging
it clean.

Thanks in advance,

Les

This may or may not be germane to *your exact issue in WinME* at hand, but
it's prolly a good link to know of in general (IF you didn't already know of
it). If you did have previous familiarity with it, then please excuse me.

Checkpoints that you create after September 8, 2001 do not restore your
computer (WinME)
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;290700

BTW, there was a method I once regularly suggested, as it often arose in the
former Lavasoft Support Forums for just such an instance, but I'd have to
search my PC for where I have stashed it.

cheers.
--

LuckyStrike

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http://www.helpwithwindows.com/techfiles/surf-safe.html
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http://www.dts-l.org/html/goodpost.html
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"Les" wrote in message
...
Is there anyway of getting rid of either the restore folder or its
contents
in Windows 98? I ran a virus check and it seems as though quite a bit of
them are in their. When I tried to delete the folder windows said that it
cant since some files are in use. The restore feature has been disabled
and
I didnt think that any files would be in use from there unless you wanted
to
do a restore. Can someone help and perhaps explain to me more about this
folder since I dont have alot of info on it. And is there a way of
purging
it clean.

Thanks in advance,

Les