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Miles
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      09-10-2011
Is there a way to delete individual restore points? The only thing
I've found is to delete all.
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      09-10-2011
On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:29:12 -0700, Miles wrote:

> Is there a way to delete individual restore points? The only thing
> I've found is to delete all.
> Miles


There's also a "delete all but the last one", but I don't delete restore
points, so I don't remember how to do that one.

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      09-10-2011
On 9/10/2011 3:41 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:29:12 -0700, Miles wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to delete individual restore points? The only thing
>> I've found is to delete all.
>> Miles

>
> There's also a "delete all but the last one", but I don't delete restore
> points, so I don't remember how to do that one.
>


It is under disk cleanup, you have to right click it and click to run as
administrator. If you don't, it won't give you that option.
Once disk cleanup opens, click on the " more options" tab, and
click "cleanup" under system restore and shadow copies. That will delete
all but the last restore point.





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      09-10-2011
On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:52:48 -0500, Don B wrote:

> On 9/10/2011 3:41 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>> On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:29:12 -0700, Miles wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a way to delete individual restore points? The only thing
>>> I've found is to delete all.
>>> Miles

>>
>> There's also a "delete all but the last one", but I don't delete restore
>> points, so I don't remember how to do that one.
>>

>
> It is under disk cleanup, you have to right click it and click to run as
> administrator. If you don't, it won't give you that option.
> Once disk cleanup opens, click on the " more options" tab, and
> click "cleanup" under system restore and shadow copies. That will delete
> all but the last restore point.


Thanks, but more on behalf of the OP :-)

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      09-10-2011
* Gene E. Bloch wrote, On 10-Sep-11 13:41:
> On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:29:12 -0700, Miles wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to delete individual restore points? The only thing
>> I've found is to delete all.
>> Miles

>
> There's also a "delete all but the last one", but I don't delete restore
> points, so I don't remember how to do that one.
>

I don't seem to have delete all but the last one Using Win7 Pro, 64,
perhaps different than yours?
 
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      09-10-2011
* Don B wrote, On 10-Sep-11 13:52:
> On 9/10/2011 3:41 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>> On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:29:12 -0700, Miles wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a way to delete individual restore points? The only thing
>>> I've found is to delete all.
>>> Miles

>>
>> There's also a "delete all but the last one", but I don't delete restore
>> points, so I don't remember how to do that one.
>>

>
> It is under disk cleanup, you have to right click it and click to run as
> administrator. If you don't, it won't give you that option.
> Once disk cleanup opens, click on the " more options" tab, and
> click "cleanup" under system restore and shadow copies. That will delete
> all but the last restore point.
>


Thanks, Don, found it, and apparently that's it, can only delete all,
or delete all but the last. Wonder what the rationale is for that
when someone may want to preserve a few major points -- since Windows
can't do it, guess that's another reason to keep images.

 
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      09-10-2011
On 9/10/2011 5:06 PM, Miles wrote:
> * Don B wrote, On 10-Sep-11 13:52:
>> On 9/10/2011 3:41 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>>> On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:29:12 -0700, Miles wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is there a way to delete individual restore points? The only thing
>>>> I've found is to delete all.
>>>> Miles
>>>
>>> There's also a "delete all but the last one", but I don't delete restore
>>> points, so I don't remember how to do that one.
>>>

>>
>> It is under disk cleanup, you have to right click it and click to run as
>> administrator. If you don't, it won't give you that option.
>> Once disk cleanup opens, click on the " more options" tab, and
>> click "cleanup" under system restore and shadow copies. That will delete
>> all but the last restore point.
>>

>
> Thanks, Don, found it, and apparently that's it, can only delete all, or
> delete all but the last. Wonder what the rationale is for that when
> someone may want to preserve a few major points -- since Windows can't
> do it, guess that's another reason to keep images.
>


You are welcome - yeah those are really the only options, I too do the
disk image thing regularly to be safe.



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      09-10-2011
Miles wrote:
> Is there a way to delete individual restore points? The only thing
> I've found is to delete all.
> Miles


Downlaod and install CCleaner -- http://www.piriform.com -- and that will
give you the option to delete single restore points.


 
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      09-10-2011
* Miles wrote, On 10-Sep-11 15:06:
> * Don B wrote, On 10-Sep-11 13:52:
>> On 9/10/2011 3:41 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>>> On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:29:12 -0700, Miles wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is there a way to delete individual restore points? The only thing
>>>> I've found is to delete all.
>>>> Miles
>>>
>>> There's also a "delete all but the last one", but I don't delete restore
>>> points, so I don't remember how to do that one.
>>>

>>
>> It is under disk cleanup, you have to right click it and click to run as
>> administrator. If you don't, it won't give you that option.
>> Once disk cleanup opens, click on the " more options" tab, and
>> click "cleanup" under system restore and shadow copies. That will delete
>> all but the last restore point.
>>

>
> Thanks, Don, found it, and apparently that's it, can only delete all,
> or delete all but the last. Wonder what the rationale is for that
> when someone may want to preserve a few major points -- since Windows
> can't do it, guess that's another reason to keep images.
>


And I'm about to make an image, so will delete all but the last one!
It's certainly buried so deep that 99% of the users will never find it!
 
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      09-10-2011
* Disbelief wrote, On 10-Sep-11 15:37:
> Miles wrote:
>> Is there a way to delete individual restore points? The only thing
>> I've found is to delete all.
>> Miles

>
> Downlaod and install CCleaner -- http://www.piriform.com -- and that will
> give you the option to delete single restore points.
>
>


Thanks, I have it, but never looked at the details -- but too late for
the moment for the points, except the last, have just been deleted!
 
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