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34% Windows 35% _Restore 21% Program Files 7% (C: Free Space) Getting messages where Im running out of disk space. Is there a way to clean out this _restore? or any suggestions please. Thanks |
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Sean - it looks like you have a runaway System Restore archive - do you have
Norton/Symantec software installed?? To clear the archive, you're going to have to do a little surgery..... 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 - usually one notch above the minimum is quite sufficient for normal use. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Sean" wrote in message ... Space Usage 34% Windows 35% _Restore 21% Program Files 7% (C: Free Space) Getting messages where Im running out of disk space. Is there a way to clean out this _restore? or any suggestions please. Thanks |
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Noel, thanks for your reply and good to hear from you.
The notebook I have does not have a floppy. Its a Sony Vaio with no internal CD/DVD Drive (optical drive) usually comes with docking station, however, not working. Not too sure if I can create a start up disk with a memory stick and if so can I change the BIOS to boot from a memory slot? Seems odd wouldnt be able too, are these memory slots not similar to what a floppy would be? Thanks and be easy on me if this isnt making sense as Im just learning here. "Noel Paton" wrote: Sean - it looks like you have a runaway System Restore archive - do you have Norton/Symantec software installed?? To clear the archive, you're going to have to do a little surgery..... 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 - usually one notch above the minimum is quite sufficient for normal use. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Sean" wrote in message ... Space Usage 34% Windows 35% _Restore 21% Program Files 7% (C: Free Space) Getting messages where Im running out of disk space. Is there a way to clean out this _restore? or any suggestions please. Thanks |
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Hmmm...... I only recently got to play with my first Vaio laptop ( not a
particularly happy experience, but I mostly got it tamedg) Which model are you using??? There is am option in www.bootdisk.com which allows you to download an image for a CD drive - but you say that you have none, even in the docking station (or is it that the docking station is goosed??) What does the POST (black/white screen at boot) say when you boot with the box docked to the station?? Does that recognise the CD, but Windows not?? - if so, that may be the way to go..... -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Sean" wrote in message ... Noel, thanks for your reply and good to hear from you. The notebook I have does not have a floppy. Its a Sony Vaio with no internal CD/DVD Drive (optical drive) usually comes with docking station, however, not working. Not too sure if I can create a start up disk with a memory stick and if so can I change the BIOS to boot from a memory slot? Seems odd wouldnt be able too, are these memory slots not similar to what a floppy would be? Thanks and be easy on me if this isnt making sense as Im just learning here. "Noel Paton" wrote: Sean - it looks like you have a runaway System Restore archive - do you have Norton/Symantec software installed?? To clear the archive, you're going to have to do a little surgery..... 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 - usually one notch above the minimum is quite sufficient for normal use. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Sean" wrote in message ... Space Usage 34% Windows 35% _Restore 21% Program Files 7% (C: Free Space) Getting messages where Im running out of disk space. Is there a way to clean out this _restore? or any suggestions please. Thanks |
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No docking station at all.
Only thing that I would like to use is this memory slot. Who knows how to work the BIOS to recognize this as a bootable option and why not? This slot is just another drive any similar to what the floppy used to be, right? "Noel Paton" wrote: Hmmm...... I only recently got to play with my first Vaio laptop ( not a particularly happy experience, but I mostly got it tamedg) Which model are you using??? There is am option in www.bootdisk.com which allows you to download an image for a CD drive - but you say that you have none, even in the docking station (or is it that the docking station is goosed??) What does the POST (black/white screen at boot) say when you boot with the box docked to the station?? Does that recognise the CD, but Windows not?? - if so, that may be the way to go..... -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Sean" wrote in message ... Noel, thanks for your reply and good to hear from you. The notebook I have does not have a floppy. Its a Sony Vaio with no internal CD/DVD Drive (optical drive) usually comes with docking station, however, not working. Not too sure if I can create a start up disk with a memory stick and if so can I change the BIOS to boot from a memory slot? Seems odd wouldnt be able too, are these memory slots not similar to what a floppy would be? Thanks and be easy on me if this isnt making sense as Im just learning here. "Noel Paton" wrote: Sean - it looks like you have a runaway System Restore archive - do you have Norton/Symantec software installed?? To clear the archive, you're going to have to do a little surgery..... 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 - usually one notch above the minimum is quite sufficient for normal use. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Sean" wrote in message ... Space Usage 34% Windows 35% _Restore 21% Program Files 7% (C: Free Space) Getting messages where Im running out of disk space. Is there a way to clean out this _restore? or any suggestions please. Thanks |
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We need to know the EXACT model of your Vaio - it should be on the base of
the thing (your s/n is useful too - but can be considered confidential, if so, then email it to me - my email is valid - and I'll see what I can find....) -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Sean" wrote in message ... No docking station at all. Only thing that I would like to use is this memory slot. Who knows how to work the BIOS to recognize this as a bootable option and why not? This slot is just another drive any similar to what the floppy used to be, right? "Noel Paton" wrote: Hmmm...... I only recently got to play with my first Vaio laptop ( not a particularly happy experience, but I mostly got it tamedg) Which model are you using??? There is am option in www.bootdisk.com which allows you to download an image for a CD drive - but you say that you have none, even in the docking station (or is it that the docking station is goosed??) What does the POST (black/white screen at boot) say when you boot with the box docked to the station?? Does that recognise the CD, but Windows not?? - if so, that may be the way to go..... -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Sean" wrote in message ... Noel, thanks for your reply and good to hear from you. The notebook I have does not have a floppy. Its a Sony Vaio with no internal CD/DVD Drive (optical drive) usually comes with docking station, however, not working. Not too sure if I can create a start up disk with a memory stick and if so can I change the BIOS to boot from a memory slot? Seems odd wouldnt be able too, are these memory slots not similar to what a floppy would be? Thanks and be easy on me if this isnt making sense as Im just learning here. "Noel Paton" wrote: Sean - it looks like you have a runaway System Restore archive - do you have Norton/Symantec software installed?? To clear the archive, you're going to have to do a little surgery..... 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 - usually one notch above the minimum is quite sufficient for normal use. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Sean" wrote in message ... Space Usage 34% Windows 35% _Restore 21% Program Files 7% (C: Free Space) Getting messages where Im running out of disk space. Is there a way to clean out this _restore? or any suggestions please. Thanks |
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Sorry mate! PCG R505TL.
"Noel Paton" wrote: We need to know the EXACT model of your Vaio - it should be on the base of the thing (your s/n is useful too - but can be considered confidential, if so, then email it to me - my email is valid - and I'll see what I can find....) -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Sean" wrote in message ... No docking station at all. Only thing that I would like to use is this memory slot. Who knows how to work the BIOS to recognize this as a bootable option and why not? This slot is just another drive any similar to what the floppy used to be, right? "Noel Paton" wrote: Hmmm...... I only recently got to play with my first Vaio laptop ( not a particularly happy experience, but I mostly got it tamedg) Which model are you using??? There is am option in www.bootdisk.com which allows you to download an image for a CD drive - but you say that you have none, even in the docking station (or is it that the docking station is goosed??) What does the POST (black/white screen at boot) say when you boot with the box docked to the station?? Does that recognise the CD, but Windows not?? - if so, that may be the way to go..... -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Sean" wrote in message ... Noel, thanks for your reply and good to hear from you. The notebook I have does not have a floppy. Its a Sony Vaio with no internal CD/DVD Drive (optical drive) usually comes with docking station, however, not working. Not too sure if I can create a start up disk with a memory stick and if so can I change the BIOS to boot from a memory slot? Seems odd wouldnt be able too, are these memory slots not similar to what a floppy would be? Thanks and be easy on me if this isnt making sense as Im just learning here. "Noel Paton" wrote: Sean - it looks like you have a runaway System Restore archive - do you have Norton/Symantec software installed?? To clear the archive, you're going to have to do a little surgery..... 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 - usually one notch above the minimum is quite sufficient for normal use. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Sean" wrote in message ... Space Usage 34% Windows 35% _Restore 21% Program Files 7% (C: Free Space) Getting messages where Im running out of disk space. Is there a way to clean out this _restore? or any suggestions please. Thanks |
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Noel. is there a way to complete this by not using a start up disk.
I can get into DOS within Me, right? |
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No - you need full DOS Mode
-- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's wrote in message ups.com... Noel. is there a way to complete this by not using a start up disk. I can get into DOS within Me, right? |
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Actually, I havent tried to make a start up disk using the memory slot.
Under the add/remove I see the option there. What sort of memory will I require to make a start up disk? What do you think? "Noel Paton" wrote: No - you need full DOS Mode -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's wrote in message ups.com... Noel. is there a way to complete this by not using a start up disk. I can get into DOS within Me, right? |
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