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re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 11:19 am Posted by Jack Gulley (5917 messages posted) The _RESTORE directory is a PROTECTED directory with Windows ME, to keep people from deleting it. It is REQUIRED. It is where the System Restore function keeps all the backups necessary to restore your system back to a prior state if you mess it up. Maybe you should read through the HELP section on features of ME before you go trying to delete ME off of your system. You can disable the Restore function if you do not want it under the troubleshooting options, but the _RESTORE directroy is still required, and Windows will put it back if you some how manage to delete it. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 1:26 pm Posted by Mac (2831 messages posted) SEE: AXCEL216 but DO be careful! http://members.aol.com/axcel216 Want to get those dummy shortcut arrows off the icons, take a look, a couple of days ago. Iain. On Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 10:22 am, Bram Luyckx wrote: >There's a "_RESTORE" directory in my C: root. It has 4 small files in it, taking >60K. But in its properties window it says 1350 files taking more than 1GB... I want >to delete the directory but I'm not sure that's safe. Anyone knows? >Thanks [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Sunday, May 19, 2002 at 12:28 am Posted by Courtney (23 messages posted) If there is a discrepancy in the file sizes between what is shown on the disk and what the properties shows, you may want to run a disk repair program (ScanDisk or Norton Disk Doctor) to see if there are any disk errors. On Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 10:22 am, Bram Luyckx wrote: >There's a "_RESTORE" directory in my C: root. It has 4 small files in it, taking >60K. But in its properties window it says 1350 files taking more than 1GB... I want >to delete the directory but I'm not sure that's safe. Anyone knows? >Thanks [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Tuesday, June 18, 2002 at 2:51 pm Posted by Ken (1 messages posted) I haven't read all the reposnses, but you AN delte de files in the TEMP directory. Those are the ones taking up all the space. Diable the restore function first (under File System). Reboot and start up in protected mode and delete away. If you are one of the people that can not do it in portected mode, use your start disk to boot up is DOS. Don't forget the the directory is _restore/temp On Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 10:22 am, Bram Luyckx wrote: >There's a "_RESTORE" directory in my C: root. It has 4 small files in it, taking >60K. But in its properties window it says 1350 files taking more than 1GB... I want >to delete the directory but I'm not sure that's safe. Anyone knows? >Thanks [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Thursday, July 25, 2002 at 2:48 am Posted by The Hawk (1 messages posted) My "_RESTORE" folder was 20GB, half of my hard disc. You can safely turn off and delete the _restore folder following these steps: 1. right click my computer select "Properties" 2. click the "Performance" tab and select "File System" 3. click the "Troubleshooting" tab and the last option is to disable "System Restore" which will delete the _restore folder on restart you can always reactivate _restore using the same pocedure if you think your system is ever going to the wall, but there seems to be more problems with _restore than benifits On Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 10:22 am, Bram Luyckx wrote: >There's a "_RESTORE" directory in my C: root. It has 4 small files in it, taking >60K. But in its properties window it says 1350 files taking more than 1GB... I want >to delete the directory but I'm not sure that's safe. Anyone knows? >Thanks [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Saturday, July 27, 2002 at 3:07 am Posted by Schilling (1 messages posted) Cleaning the _Restore folder on Windows Me Windows Me System Restore function is a sort of back-up functionality built into Windows Me. This function backs up of certain files from your system to the _RESTORE folder. This means that Windows Me can also back-up infected files to the _RESTORE folder. As this folder is protected by a special write protection, Norman Virus Control cannot repair nor delete infected files in this folder. To completely remove the infected file or files in the _RESTORE folder, disable and re-enable the System Restore feature by following this procedure: 1.Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2.Double-click System, and then click the Performance tab. 3.Click File System button, and then click the Troubleshooting tab. 4.Select the Disable System Restore check box, click Apply and Close. 5.Restart the computer when you are prompted to do so. When the computer restarts, the Restore Utility will be disabled. 6.Perform a scan with Norman Virus Control. Remove all files Norman Virus Control reports as infected from the the _RESTORE directory. 7.To enable the System restore function, repeat steps 1-5 above, but remove the check mark next to Disable System Restore. 8.After a restart restart of the computer the Restore Utility will be enabled. On Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 10:22 am, Bram Luyckx wrote: >There's a "_RESTORE" directory in my C: root. It has 4 small files in it, taking >60K. But in its properties window it says 1350 files taking more than 1GB... I want >to delete the directory but I'm not sure that's safe. Anyone knows? >Thanks [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 9:32 pm Posted by Nilesh (1 messages posted) Hello, Guys! In my humble opinion. You can remove the files from the _Restore folder by Reseting the Data store. When you reset the data store, the contents of the _Restore folder are emptied, and all previous restore points and log files are removed. To reset the data store, turn off System Restore, restart your computer, and then turn on System Restore. This should serve your purpose. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Thursday, September 12, 2002 at 3:15 pm Posted by Bernie (1 messages posted) On Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 9:32 pm, Nilesh wrote: >Hello, Guys! In >my humble opinion. You can remove the files from the _Restore folder by Reseting >the Data store. When you reset the data store, the contents of the _Restore folder >are emptied, and all previous restore points and log files are removed. To reset >the data store, turn off System Restore, restart your computer, and then turn on >System Restore. This should serve your purpose. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Thursday, September 19, 2002 at 9:58 am Posted by Alejandro Martina (1 messages posted) Well, yes and no The only way to delete this folder is by having a DOS / Win9x /WinME boot disk with the program deltree on it. From within windows it is not possible to delete the _Restore folder(s) On Saturday, July 27, 2002 at 3:07 am, Schilling wrote: >Cleaning the _Restore folder on Windows Me > > Windows Me System Restore function is a sort of back-up functionality >built into Windows Me. > > This function backs up of certain files from your system to the _RESTORE >folder. This means that Windows Me > can also back-up infected files to the _RESTORE folder. As this folder >is protected by a special write protection, > Norman Virus Control cannot repair nor delete infected files in this >folder. > > To completely remove the infected file or files in the _RESTORE folder, >disable and re-enable the System Restore > feature by following this procedure: > > 1.Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. > 2.Double-click System, and then click the Performance tab. > 3.Click File System button, and then click the Troubleshooting tab. > 4.Select the Disable System Restore check box, click Apply and Close. > 5.Restart the computer when you are prompted to do so. When the computer >restarts, the Restore Utility will > be disabled. > 6.Perform a scan with Norman Virus Control. Remove all files Norman >Virus Control reports as infected from > the the _RESTORE directory. > 7.To enable the System restore function, repeat steps 1-5 above, >but remove the check mark next to Disable > System Restore. > 8.After a restart restart of the computer the Restore Utility will >be enabled. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Friday, September 27, 2002 at 10:32 am Posted by Dana (6 messages posted) How do you "Reset the Data Store"? I have hundreds of C:/_RESTORE/ARCHIVE and TEMP CPY and CAB files, 15 meg each, eating up several gig. Thanks. On Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 9:32 pm, Nilesh wrote: >Hello, Guys! In >my humble opinion. You can remove the files from the _Restore folder by Reseting >the Data store. When you reset the data store, the contents of the _Restore folder >are emptied, and all previous restore points and log files are removed. To reset >the data store, turn off System Restore, restart your computer, and then turn on >System Restore. This should serve your purpose. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Saturday, September 28, 2002 at 3:04 pm Posted by rjamestaylor (2 messages posted) Ok - I installed Win2000 Pro ontop of my WinME installation on my Toshiba Satellite 2805. My C:\_RESTORE dir is big, too. Can I delete it now that I'm running Win2000 Pro? On Thursday, September 19, 2002 at 9:58 am, Alejandro Martina wrote: >Well, yes and no >The only way to delete this folder is by having a DOS / Win9x /WinME boot disk with >the program deltree on it. From within windows it is not possible to delete the _Restore >folder(s) > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Wednesday, October 2, 2002 at 9:09 am Posted by rjamestaylor (2 messages posted) The answer is "yes". I deleted it without incident. Also, I was able to upgrade WinME to Win2000Pro without incident and it was only later that I saw MS' site saying upgrading from WinME to Win2K was not possible. Did something change during WinME service packs that made this possible? Anyway, Win2k runs beautifully on my Toshiba 2805-201s. On Saturday, September 28, 2002 at 3:04 pm, rjamestaylor wrote: >Ok - I installed Win2000 Pro ontop of my WinME >installation on my Toshiba Satellite >2805. My C:\_RESTORE dir is big, too. >Can I delete it now that I'm running Win2000 Pro? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? I have found the answer. Saturday, November 9, 2002 at 12:46 am Posted by Elias Haddad (1 messages posted) I have found the answer on how to delete the _restore virus. What you have to do first is to insert a bootable diskette and restart your computer. When the restart finish type dir/a/p/o/w you will see the _restore folder in the list. Type cd _restore then press on enter. Type dir/a then press on enter, you will see a list of folders and files. Type cd Temp then press enter. then type dir/o/p/w/a to view all the files in this folder. Type del *.* then press enter. All the files should be deleted. Then exit this forlder by typing cd.. Now start by deleting everything under _restore folder by using the command deltree for deleting the folders and del for deleting the files. At the final stage type cd.. to get back to the root c:\ then type deltree _restore and press enter to remove this folder. Now remove the bootable diskette and restart your computer. Congratulation this virus is removed. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? YOU CAN REMOVE IT Monday, December 23, 2002 at 5:30 pm Posted by EliteGeeks.com (1 messages posted) The Software is here http://www.definition-software.com/ On Wednesday, October 2, 2002 at 9:09 am, rjamestaylor wrote: >The answer is "yes". I deleted it without incident. > >Also, I was able to upgrade WinME to Win2000Pro without incident and it was only >later that I saw MS' site saying upgrading from WinME to Win2K was not possible. >Did something change during WinME service packs that made this possible? Anyway, >Win2k runs beautifully on my Toshiba 2805-201s. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Friday, January 24, 2003 at 4:09 am Posted by Nevermind (2 messages posted) you can remove the _restore folder. you have to write that line: deltree /y c:\_restore [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Friday, January 24, 2003 at 4:14 am Posted by Nevermind (2 messages posted) you can remove the _restore folder. you have to write that line: deltree /y c:\_restore (in the DOS position of course ;]) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Saturday, February 8, 2003 at 12:02 pm Posted by Pandy (3 messages posted) hi i have c:\_RESTORE\TEMP\A0075164.CPY is infected with W32.Aplore@mm i have read all of the above, i have the deltree.exe i do not have all of my syster restore.. i had nortin before , used clean sweep. and have not seen them sence. any way please tel me how to do this dos stuff, i only have one infected file, but it is in the _restore. i have done everything else but this. please help. thank you , Pandy On Friday, January 24, 2003 at 4:14 am, Nevermind wrote: >you can remove the _restore folder. you have to write that line: deltree /y c:\_restore >(in the DOS position of course ;]) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Sunday, February 9, 2003 at 6:56 am Posted by Pandy (3 messages posted) Just wnted you to know that i did the deltree.exe and so far...so good.. if i need help, i'll be back Thank you Pandy On Saturday, February 8, 2003 at 12:02 pm, Pandy wrote: >hi i have c:\_RESTORE\TEMP\A0075164.CPY is infected with W32.Aplore@mm >i have read all of the above, i have the deltree.exe >i do not have all of my syster restore.. >don't have pchelp either> i had nortin before , used clean sweep. and have not seen >them sence. any way please tel me how to do this dos stuff, i only have one infected >file, but it is in the _restore. i have done everything else but this. please help. >thank you , >Pandy > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Wednesday, February 19, 2003 at 1:05 pm Posted by Andy (1 messages posted) Reply Regarding this: On Sunday, May 19, 2002 at 12:28 am, Courtney wrote: >If there is a discrepancy in the file sizes between >what is shown on the disk and what the properties >shows, you may want to run a disk repair program >(ScanDisk or Norton Disk Doctor) to see if there >are any disk errors. > There is no discrepancy here. You are just not able to view the system files. If you go to folder properties in windows explorer you will find a toggle to view system files. It will likely give you a warning about turning it on. And rightly so, you don't want to be moving these files around or deleting them although most of them are protected. You will see all the files that account for the 1 gig, no doubt you will see a lot of files. Now that seems like an awful lot. Some of them are old. The are some file clean up programs that will purge old restore files. You may reduce that 1 gig to half easily. Now my memory might not be right here but go to http://download.com and search for easycleaner. It should be free, try it. I am looking for a way to delete the files in _restore so I can't help you there. Cheers' Andy [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Saturday, February 22, 2003 at 4:51 pm Posted by Joe (1 messages posted) Dear Hawk, You are THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks a lot, I discovered this 6 Gb whale of a folder while wandering one day.....since the files were compressed by WinRAR freeware, I figured it was some archive setting or spyware...so I deleted WinRAR (saved backup so no prob). When the #%$# whale kept getting bigger, I knew that wasn't it. next suspect was Norton......but noooooooooooooo... Your simple method worked perfectly! Now my question is what idiot drempt this whale up??? Don't they realize what it is going to do over time?????? Thanks again!!! Joe On Thursday, July 25, 2002 at 2:48 am, The Hawk wrote: >My "_RESTORE" folder was 20GB, half of my hard disc. You can safely turn off and >delete the _restore folder following these steps: >1. right click my computer select "Properties" 2. click the "Performance" >tab and select "File System" 3. click the "Troubleshooting" tab >and the last option is to disable "System Restore" which will delete the _restore >folder on restart you can always reactivate _restore using the same pocedure >if you think your system is ever going to the wall, but there seems to be more problems >with _restore than benifits > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Sunday, March 30, 2003 at 11:02 pm Posted by Sean (1 messages posted) I deleted my _RESTORE folder just like i delete any ordinary files, it deleted, and it came back and it's only a few kb's [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? - What MS say Monday, April 7, 2003 at 12:22 pm Posted by Steve-o (1 messages posted) http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=263455 maybe of some help. Laters On Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 10:22 am, Bram Luyckx wrote: >There's a "_RESTORE" directory in my C: root. It has 4 small files in it, taking >60K. But in its properties window it says 1350 files taking more than 1GB... I want >to delete the directory but I'm not sure that's safe. Anyone knows? >Thanks [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? UNIQUE PROBLEM HERE Saturday, May 3, 2003 at 3:30 pm Posted by toad857 (7 messages posted) Ok, I've read all replies but nobody seems to run into my problem while correcting the _restore bug. The popular choice tells you to disable the restore feature, reboot, and enjoy. My restore feature, however, is already disabled--yet it continues to take up my space. I can't use the slider to adjust how much space it uses either because it is still 'disabled'. When I un-check the box to able myself to adjust the slider, it simply re-checks itself on startup. Any thoughts? Thanks--I'm ready for my 6 gigs back On Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 10:22 am, Bram Luyckx wrote: >There's a "_RESTORE" directory in my C: root. It has 4 small files in it, taking >60K. But in its properties window it says 1350 files taking more than 1GB... I want >to delete the directory but I'm not sure that's safe. Anyone knows? >Thanks [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? UNIQUE PROBLEM HERE Saturday, May 10, 2003 at 11:56 am Posted by Oggy (4 messages posted) I'm experiencing EXACTLY the same thing you are. I hope we get some help! The content of my _RESTORE dir. The only subdirs that contain any files are LOGS and ARCHIVE. ARCHIVE seems to contain files dating back all the way since I obtained the computer in yr 2001. There are over 1100 files in there now and the latest one is dated TODAY! The LOGS directory only contains "vxdalt1.log" and "vxdsfp.log" but they are both 1025 kb each and dated TODAY. I had DISABLED the Restore feature over a year ago assuming that the SysRestore file accumulation issue was put to rest. On Saturday, May 3, 2003 at 3:30 pm, toad857 wrote: >Ok, I've read all replies but nobody seems to run into my problem while correcting >the _restore bug. The popular choice tells you to disable the restore feature, reboot, >and enjoy. My restore feature, however, is already disabled--yet it continues to >take up my space. I can't use the slider to adjust how much space it uses either >because it is still 'disabled'. When I un-check the box to able myself to adjust >the slider, it simply re-checks itself on startup. Any thoughts? Thanks--I'm ready >for my 6 gigs back > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? UNIQUE PROBLEM HERE Saturday, May 17, 2003 at 3:11 pm Posted by Drew (2 messages posted) Same problem here! I've had to buy a new 20 GB hard drive because currently I have 0 bytes in my original hard drive! Woo Hoo! Its such a pain, especially now when it is beginning to affect the ability to run programs on windows (Not to mention that "Low Disk Space" thing that keeps popping up and cannot be minimized) Im so angry, I had deleted nearly all the programs on my hard drive until i realized what had been really taking up all the space...and now i can't delete it!...I am going crazy, please help! On Saturday, May 3, 2003 at 3:30 pm, toad857 wrote: >Ok, I've read all replies but nobody seems to run into my problem while correcting >the _restore bug. The popular choice tells you to disable the restore feature, reboot, >and enjoy. My restore feature, however, is already disabled--yet it continues to >take up my space. I can't use the slider to adjust how much space it uses either >because it is still 'disabled'. When I un-check the box to able myself to adjust >the slider, it simply re-checks itself on startup. Any thoughts? Thanks--I'm ready >for my 6 gigs back > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] I think I got it! Saturday, May 17, 2003 at 3:51 pm Posted by Drew (2 messages posted) Okay...I had the same problem as you...and the solution almost seems a little too easy...but it worked for me and hopefully it will work for you too...this is what I did: If your computer was like mine and the "disable system restore" box was checked and yet you were still unable to delete the C:\_restore file simply: -Uncheck the box and click "apply" -ReCheck the box after applying the unchecked box, and hit "apply" again. -When you exit the window, it will ask you to restart. Do so. -After restarting, you should be able to simply right-click and delete the file without the system reporting that "the file is currently in use" This is what worked for me...Maybe I did something else...I dont know...but its worth a try. On Saturday, May 3, 2003 at 3:30 pm, toad857 wrote: >Ok, I've read all replies but nobody seems to run into my problem while correcting >the _restore bug. The popular choice tells you to disable the restore feature, reboot, >and enjoy. My restore feature, however, is already disabled--yet it continues to >take up my space. I can't use the slider to adjust how much space it uses either >because it is still 'disabled'. When I un-check the box to able myself to adjust >the slider, it simply re-checks itself on startup. Any thoughts? Thanks--I'm ready >for my 6 gigs back > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: I think I got it! ( Solution! ) Wednesday, May 28, 2003 at 10:57 am Posted by Chris (1 messages posted) I did this and it worked for me too. It's nice reclaiming a GB of misused memory. Chris On Saturday, May 17, 2003 at 3:51 pm, Drew wrote: >Okay...I had the same problem as you...and the solution almost seems a little too >easy...but it worked for me and hopefully it will work for you too...this is what >I did: >If your computer was like mine and the "disable system restore" box was checked and >yet you were still unable to delete the C:\_restore file simply: > >-Uncheck the box and click "apply" > >-ReCheck the box after applying the unchecked box, and hit "apply" again. > >-When you exit the window, it will ask you to restart. Do so. > >-After restarting, you should be able to simply right-click and delete the file without >the system reporting that "the file is currently in use" > >This is what worked for me...Maybe I did something else...I dont know...but its worth >a try. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Wednesday, June 4, 2003 at 5:34 am Posted by neospab77 (1 messages posted) Same here. Once I'd found out what was stealing 6.5 Gigs of my hard disc space I just deleted _RESTORE. (I'd already disabled system restore). No more problems. On Sunday, March 30, 2003 at 11:02 pm, Sean wrote: >I deleted my _RESTORE folder just like i delete any ordinary files, it deleted, and >it came back and it's only a few kb's [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: I think I got it! ( Solution! ) Saturday, June 14, 2003 at 6:21 am Posted by Babypc (3 messages posted) REAL SOLUTION When you disabled restore it keeps saying "...cannot delete ... blablabla". To delete _restore folder in Windows you also need to disable *StateMgr from ME startup. Run msconfig and uncheck it from the startup list. Reboot and you can delete _RESTORE folder! Babypc [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: I think I got it! Monday, July 7, 2003 at 4:05 pm Posted by wilfried (1 messages posted) It works - thanks for several messages to this item. I just got back about 4.7 GB of my 15 GB partition. ... Now I will observe the growing _restore-dir and if it will become large again, I will also disable the *StateMgr from ME startup. This was much more than just a "useful message" - wilfried On Saturday, May 17, 2003 at 3:51 pm, Drew wrote: >Okay...I had the same problem as you...and the solution almost seems a little too >easy...but it worked for me and hopefully it will work for you too...this is what >I did: >If your computer was like mine and the "disable system restore" box was checked and >yet you were still unable to delete the C:\_restore file simply: > >-Uncheck the box and click "apply" > >-ReCheck the box after applying the unchecked box, and hit "apply" again. > >-When you exit the window, it will ask you to restart. Do so. > >-After restarting, you should be able to simply right-click and delete the file without >the system reporting that "the file is currently in use" > >This is what worked for me...Maybe I did something else...I dont know...but its worth >a try. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Wednesday, July 9, 2003 at 5:38 pm Posted by shawn (9 messages posted) start your pc with a start up disk. change directory to c> type deltree _restore That does it, and get's rid of all spy ware put there ...great place to hide it! Great idea Bill Gates On Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 10:22 am, Bram Luyckx wrote: >There's a "_RESTORE" directory in my C: root. It has 4 small files in it, taking >60K. But in its properties window it says 1350 files taking more than 1GB... I want >to delete the directory but I'm not sure that's safe. Anyone knows? >Thanks [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Tuesday, July 22, 2003 at 6:52 am Posted by john7 (1 messages posted) Brilliant! Just got 3G back on my laptop, which was about to expire thru lack of memory. It's so easy when you know how! Many thanks. On Thursday, July 25, 2002 at 2:48 am, The Hawk wrote: >My "_RESTORE" folder was 20GB, half of my hard disc. You can safely turn off and >delete the _restore folder following these steps: >1. right click my computer select "Properties" 2. click the "Performance" >tab and select "File System" 3. click the "Troubleshooting" tab >and the last option is to disable "System Restore" which will delete the _restore >folder on restart you can always reactivate _restore using the same pocedure >if you think your system is ever going to the wall, but there seems to be more problems >with _restore than benifits > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Friday, July 25, 2003 at 9:48 pm Posted by Pascal (1 messages posted) My computer has a virus and it has infected almost every file in my _Restore folder. I decided to delete it. I did what you guys told me to do.. i started to delete the folder.. then it told me a file could not be found and stopped deleting the rest of the files. Then I did the pc start up disk method.. well actually i just entered dos mode, and then i wrote that... then it said: Delete directory "_RESTORE" and all of all of his subdirectories [yn].. i typed y and then it said Deleting _RESTORE... Then about a second later the c: prompt re-appears. I cannot run Norton Antivirus.. i double click on the icon and it will not start.. I ran a scandisk through the website and it told me i have viruses in the _RESTORE folder.. can someone please help. On Wednesday, July 9, 2003 at 5:38 pm, JOhn wrote: >start your pc with a start up disk. > >change directory to c> > >type deltree _restore > >That does it, and get's rid of all spy ware put there ...great place to hide it! > >Great idea Bill Gates > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] You can delete _Restore folder permanently ! Thursday, August 21, 2003 at 4:29 pm Posted by panjo (1 messages posted) You can delete the C:\ _Restore folder permanently. 1. Disable System Restore (procedure has already been discussed), restart system. 2. click on Start > Run , type msconfig. In the startup tab, uncheck StateMgr , restart system 3. Intall the "290700usam.exe" patch from Microsoft's site. http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290700 4. right click on restore folder and it should be gone forever !!!! [Reply or follow-up to this message] The unique way to delete _Restore Thursday, August 28, 2003 at 2:32 pm Posted by Nicolas Van Der Hack (1 messages posted) This is the only way that i know, don't bother to find another one. First boot from your boot diskette and then remove the attribs from c:\_restore with this command attrib -r -s -h c:\_restore Then use this command deltree c:_restore and sit back and wait some minutes, about 30 on my PC. Some moment it will be gone and then you can relax. You will see it again next time you reboot but you can delete it from windows this time. Just with right click. It works for me, i hope it works for you too. 'cause disabling it or shrinking the size of the folder doesn't work. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: You can delete _Restore folder permanently ! Thursday, September 4, 2003 at 7:00 am Posted by Bill (2 messages posted) Holy cow, never realized that it was that glitch that was giving me access denied error. Good one!!! On Thursday, August 21, 2003 at 4:29 pm, panjo wrote: >You can delete the C:\ _Restore folder permanently. > >1. Disable System Restore (procedure has already been discussed), restart system. >2. click on Start > Run , type msconfig. In the startup tab, uncheck StateMgr , restart >system >3. Intall the "290700usam.exe" patch from Microsoft's site. > >http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290700 > >4. right click on restore folder and it should be gone forever !!!! [Reply or follow-up to this message] Real Solution Sunday, October 5, 2003 at 6:24 am Posted by Babypc (3 messages posted) REAL SOLUTION When you disabled restore it keeps saying "...cannot delete ... blablabla". To delete _restore folder in Windows you also need to disable *StateMgr from ME startup. Run msconfig and uncheck it from the startup list. Reboot and you can delete _RESTORE folder! Babypc www.biberon.org [Reply or follow-up to this message] Definitive Solution Sunday, October 5, 2003 at 6:26 am Posted by Babypc (3 messages posted) When you disabled restore it keeps saying "...cannot delete ... blablabla". To delete _restore folder in Windows you also need to disable *StateMgr from ME startup. Run msconfig and uncheck it from the startup list. Reboot and you can delete _RESTORE folder! Babypc www.biberon.org [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: The other way to delete _Restore Thursday, October 9, 2003 at 4:24 am Posted by Hendrik Boom (1 messages posted) I have Linux and Windows iME installed (dual boot) I'm pretty sure I can delete _Restore using Linux -- logged in as root, Linux doesn't much care about whether Windows hides files or makes then undeletable! And thanks for this discussion. I had backed up my entire system using Linux, and recently had the occasion to restore it. I now have two copies of _Restore for each partition -- one that Windows made me and one from the backup -- and I was wondering which one to use. I thing we need the backed-up one, but perhaps it is safer to delete all. On Thursday, August 28, 2003 at 2:32 pm, Nicolas Van Der Hack wrote: >This is the only way that i know, don't bother to find another one. First boot from >your boot diskette and then remove the attribs from c:\_restore with this command >attrib -r -s -h c:\_restore >Then use this command deltree c:_restore and sit back and wait some minutes, about >30 on my PC. Some moment it will be gone and then you can relax. You will see it >again next time you reboot but you can delete it from windows this time. Just with >right click. >It works for me, i hope it works for you too. 'cause disabling it or shrinking the >size of the folder doesn't work. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Wednesday, October 22, 2003 at 3:09 pm Posted by Sam (1 messages posted) http://www.insert.cd download iso burn to blank cd boot off cd start rxvt superuser mount /mnt/hda1 rm -rf /mnt/hda1/_restore hope that helps, in process of doing it myself, because i got a computer here in with virii galore, stuck in _restore, i tried manually deleting infected files in _restore, but they just jumped around. btw, it's checked as being disabled, but is still enabled, fscked up computer, hope this fixes it... [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? I have found the answer. Saturday, November 1, 2003 at 4:37 pm Posted by michael falasz (1 messages posted) It is more important to me to find out what this file does, where it comes from (_restore) and how to nail the people who Put this out there. Thanks On Saturday, November 9, 2002 at 12:46 am, Elias Haddad wrote: > >I have found the answer on how to delete the _restore virus. >What you have to do first is to insert a bootable diskette and restart your computer. >When the restart finish type dir/a/p/o/w you will see the _restore folder in the >list. >Type cd _restore then press on enter. >Type dir/a then press on enter, you will see a list of folders and files. >Type cd Temp then press enter. >then type dir/o/p/w/a to view all the files in this folder. >Type del *.* then press enter. All the files should be deleted. >Then exit this forlder by typing cd.. >Now start by deleting everything under _restore folder by using the command deltree >for deleting the folders and del for deleting the files. >At the final stage type cd.. to get back to the root c:\ then type deltree _restore >and press enter to remove this folder. > >Now remove the bootable diskette and restart your computer. Congratulation this virus >is removed. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Thursday, November 20, 2003 at 9:02 am Posted by Bruce (1 messages posted) Thanks, Hawk. My hard disc was nearly full -- in fact I ordered an external hard drive to supplement the storage space I now have. This simple procedure freed up over 3GB of my 8GB hard disc. On Thursday, July 25, 2002 at 2:48 am, The Hawk wrote: >My "_RESTORE" folder was 20GB, half of my hard disc. You can safely turn off and >delete the _restore folder following these steps: >1. right click my computer select "Properties" 2. click the "Performance" >tab and select "File System" 3. click the "Troubleshooting" tab >and the last option is to disable "System Restore" which will delete the _restore >folder on restart you can always reactivate _restore using the same pocedure >if you think your system is ever going to the wall, but there seems to be more problems >with _restore than benifits > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? I have found the answer. Friday, December 19, 2003 at 6:23 am Posted by Pammy (1 messages posted) Can you do this on archives too On Saturday, November 1, 2003 at 4:37 pm, michael falasz wrote: >It is more important to me to find out what this file does, where it comes from (_restore) >and how to nail the people who Put this out there. >Thanks > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] this one worked fine. Tuesday, January 13, 2004 at 5:48 pm Posted by rich (1 messages posted) Just as is On Thursday, July 25, 2002 at 2:48 am, The Hawk wrote: >My "_RESTORE" folder was 20GB, half of my hard disc. You can safely turn off and >delete the _restore folder following these steps: >1. right click my computer select "Properties" 2. click the "Performance" >tab and select "File System" 3. click the "Troubleshooting" tab >and the last option is to disable "System Restore" which will delete the _restore >folder on restart you can always reactivate _restore using the same pocedure >if you think your system is ever going to the wall, but there seems to be more problems >with _restore than benifits > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: You can delete _Restore folder permanently ! Wednesday, January 21, 2004 at 6:25 am Posted by Dick Gammage (1 messages posted) I have a 19Gb C: drive. Yesterday, all but 1 Gb appeared used up. So I disabled _RESTORE - wonderful! 14Gb, yes 14Gb were released. BUT, I came in today and, although the _RESTORE box is still checked (=disabled) the 14Gb are back showing as tied up again. Any ideas? On Thursday, August 21, 2003 at 4:29 pm, panjo wrote: >You can delete the C:\ _Restore folder permanently. > >1. Disable System Restore (procedure has already been discussed), restart system. >2. click on Start > Run , type msconfig. In the startup tab, uncheck StateMgr , restart >system >3. Intall the "290700usam.exe" patch from Microsoft's site. > >http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290700 > >4. right click on restore folder and it should be gone forever !!!! [Reply or follow-up to this message] Definitive, definitive, final all encompassing solution Tuesday, February 3, 2004 at 1:10 am Posted by m (1 messages posted) Well after reading all the tips you guys left here I have a final solution: 1. Right click My Computer 2. Select properties 3. Click the Performance tab 4. Click the File System button 5. Click the Troubleshooting tab 6. Check Disable System Restore. If it is already checked then uncheck it, click Apply, check it again, click Apply again. 7. Click OK twice but choose NO when it asks you to reboot 8. Type msconfig in the run box. Click the Startup tab. If there is an entry for StateMgr then it must be removed. Go to step 9 to remove entry. Otherwise go to step 15 9. Type regedit in the run box. 10. Go to the root node (my computer) and hit CTRL-F. Type statemgr in the Find What box (look in keys, values and data. Uncheck match whole string only). 11. Click the Find Next button. 12. You should find a key in the RunServices folder (mine was [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices]) 13. Find the *StateMgr entry and delete it. DO NOT DELETE THE WHOLE RunServices folder, ONLY DELETE THE *StateMgr ENTRY. This will prevent StateMgr from starting up and creating a new _RESTORE folder all over again. 14. Close regedit 15. Reboot your machine 16. Right click on the _Restore folder and delete it. Delete it from the recycle bin if it went there. 17. Marvel at how much hard drive space you've managed to steal back from Bill Gates. On Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 10:22 am, Bram Luyckx wrote: >There's a "_RESTORE" directory in my C: root. It has 4 small files in it, taking >60K. But in its properties window it says 1350 files taking more than 1GB... I want >to delete the directory but I'm not sure that's safe. Anyone knows? >Thanks [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Definitive, definitive, final all encompassing solution Monday, February 16, 2004 at 10:53 am Posted by DennisO (1 messages posted) Help Please.. I am trying to delete the _restore file.. I was having problems doing the MS Updates.. It was giving me a "could not upgrade the file%1 form %2" error on the reboots... After I pressed enter it booted up without the update completeing.. SOOOO... I booted of the the retore diskette.. and did a Deltree c:\_Restore The Delete started up and NOW... 20hrs later it is STILL going... HOW LONG does this take???? On Tuesday, February 3, 2004 at 1:10 am, m wrote: >Well after reading all the tips you guys left here I have a final solution: > >1. Right click My Computer > >2. Select properties > >3. Click the Performance tab > >4. Click the File System button > >5. Click the Troubleshooting tab > >6. Check Disable System Restore. If it is already checked then uncheck it, click >Apply, check it again, click Apply again. > >7. Click OK twice but choose NO when it asks you to reboot > >8. Type msconfig in the run box. Click the Startup tab. If there is an entry for >StateMgr then it must be removed. Go to step 9 to remove entry. Otherwise go to >step 15 > >9. Type regedit in the run box. > >10. Go to the root node (my computer) and hit CTRL-F. Type statemgr in the Find >What box (look in keys, values and data. Uncheck match whole string only). > >11. Click the Find Next button. > >12. You should find a key in the RunServices folder (mine was [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices]) > >13. Find the *StateMgr entry and delete it. DO NOT DELETE THE WHOLE RunServices >folder, ONLY DELETE THE *StateMgr ENTRY. This will prevent StateMgr from >starting up and creating a new _RESTORE folder all over again. > >14. Close regedit > >15. Reboot your machine > >16. Right click on the _Restore folder and delete it. Delete it from the recycle >bin if it went there. > >17. Marvel at how much hard drive space you've managed to steal back from Bill Gates. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Definitive, definitive, final all encompassing solution Sunday, March 14, 2004 at 4:17 pm Posted by andy370 (4 messages posted) Go here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;283069 to fix your "could not upgrade the file%1 form %2" error first. then you will be able to use the instructions on getting rid of c:\_Restore On Monday, February 16, 2004 at 10:53 am, DennisO wrote: >Help Please.. I am trying to delete the _restore file.. I was having problems doing >the MS Updates.. It was giving me a "could not upgrade the file%1 form %2" error >on the reboots... After I pressed enter it booted up without the update completeing.. > SOOOO... I booted of the the retore diskette.. and did a Deltree c:\_Restore >The Delete started up and NOW... 20hrs later it is STILL going... HOW LONG does >this take???? > > >On Tuesday, February 3, 2004 at 1:10 am, m wrote: >>Well after reading all the tips you guys left here I have a final solution: >> >>1. Right click My Computer >> >>2. Select properties >> >>3. Click the Performance tab >> >>4. Click the File System button >> >>5. Click the Troubleshooting tab >> >>6. Check Disable System Restore. If it is already checked then uncheck it, click >>Apply, check it again, click Apply again. >> >>7. Click OK twice but choose NO when it asks you to reboot >> >>8. Type msconfig in the run box. Click the Startup tab. If there is an entry >for >>StateMgr then it must be removed. Go to step 9 to remove entry. Otherwise go to >>step 15 >> >>9. Type regedit in the run box. >> >>10. Go to the root node (my computer) and hit CTRL-F. Type statemgr in the Find >>What box (look in keys, values and data. Uncheck match whole string only). >> >>11. Click the Find Next button. >> >>12. You should find a key in the RunServices folder (mine was [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices]) >> >>13. Find the *StateMgr entry and delete it. DO NOT DELETE THE WHOLE RunServices >>folder, ONLY DELETE THE *StateMgr ENTRY. This will prevent StateMgr from >>starting up and creating a new _RESTORE folder all over again. >> >>14. Close regedit >> >>15. Reboot your machine >> >>16. Right click on the _Restore folder and delete it. Delete it from the recycle >>bin if it went there. >> >>17. Marvel at how much hard drive space you've managed to steal back from Bill >Gates. >> >> >> [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Friday, April 9, 2004 at 12:55 pm Posted by Mike W. (4 messages posted) I used to have Windows ME on my computer, but I uninstalled it and put Windows XP on._RESTORE is still on my computer, though. Is it ok to delete? (sorry if this is a double post) On Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 10:22 am, Bram Luyckx wrote: >There's a "_RESTORE" directory in my C: root. It has 4 small files in it, taking >60K. But in its properties window it says 1350 files taking more than 1GB... I want >to delete the directory but I'm not sure that's safe. Anyone knows? >Thanks [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Tuesday, June 8, 2004 at 9:54 pm Posted by Bruce (1 messages posted) I encountered the same predicament that Bram did, although my loss of hard drive space was much less. I searched through many, many helpful suggestions. Yet this one was the clear, simple and declarative (thank you, Ernest Hemingway) solution that worked at eliminating _RESTORE. And, it was FAST! I hope it works for everyone... AND - thank you very much Poster "m"!!! Good luck everyone.... __________________________________________________________ Definitive, definitive, final all encompassing solution Tuesday, February 3, 2004 at 1:10 am Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by m (1 messages posted) Well after reading all the tips you guys left here I have a final solution: 1. Right click My Computer 2. Select properties 3. Click the Performance tab 4. Click the File System button 5. Click the Troubleshooting tab 6. Check Disable System Restore. If it is already checked then uncheck it, click Apply, check it again, click Apply again. 7. Click OK twice but choose NO when it asks you to reboot 8. Type msconfig in the run box. Click the Startup tab. If there is an entry for StateMgr then it must be removed. Go to step 9 to remove entry. Otherwise go to step 15 9. Type regedit in the run box. 10. Go to the root node (my computer) and hit CTRL-F. Type statemgr in the Find What box (look in keys, values and data. Uncheck match whole string only). 11. Click the Find Next button. 12. You should find a key in the RunServices folder (mine was [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices]) 13. Find the *StateMgr entry and delete it. DO NOT DELETE THE WHOLE RunServices folder, ONLY DELETE THE *StateMgr ENTRY. This will prevent StateMgr from starting up and creating a new _RESTORE folder all over again. 14. Close regedit 15. Reboot your machine 16. Right click on the _Restore folder and delete it. Delete it from the recycle bin if it went there. 17. Marvel at how much hard drive space you've managed to steal back from Bill Gates. On Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 10:22 am, Bram Luyckx wrote: >There's a "_RESTORE" directory in my C: root. It has 4 small files in it, taking >60K. But in its properties window it says 1350 files taking more than 1GB... I want >to delete the directory but I'm not sure that's safe. Anyone knows? >Thanks [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Monday, June 28, 2004 at 6:39 pm Posted by Courtney (97 messages posted) Yes, I forgot about that. As an advanced user, I have all such warnings removed and all files shown. I forget that others don't have theirs set up such a way. But it still does not hurt to run a disk scanner when you suspect something weird. On Wednesday, February 19, 2003 at 1:05 pm, Andy wrote: > >Reply > >Regarding this: > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Friday, September 10, 2004 at 6:58 am Posted by Fred Goodwin (6 messages posted) On Friday, April 9, 2004 at 12:55 pm, Mike W. wrote: >I used to have Windows ME on my computer, but I uninstalled it and put Windows XP >on._RESTORE is still on my computer, though. Is it ok to delete? I posted this same question in the XP Forum and was told I could safely delete the folder: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1094824377 [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? I have found the answer. Friday, October 8, 2004 at 9:03 pm Posted by Eleazar Leal (1 messages posted) I used a DOS prompt to do my "Dir /a/p/o/w", saw the _restore directory then I performed a "Deltree _restore". Good riddance to the _restore trojan! Now I can run a clean Virus scan Using Norton Anti Virus! On Saturday, November 1, 2003 at 4:37 pm, michael falasz wrote: >It is more important to me to find out what this file does, where it comes from (_restore) >and how to nail the people who Put this out there. >Thanks > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Saturday, November 13, 2004 at 3:01 pm Posted by Koen (1 messages posted) THE SOLUTION IS HERE ! I tried and searched, none of the above solutions worked for 100% ; this one deletes the file and it's no big job : Start Run, than type "regedit" ; go to Edit -> find and type _RESTORE ; It'll find them ; just delete the selected keys, press F3 and normally he"ll find no more of those ; exit and restart your computer ; go to the C directory and there delete the _RESTORE file, now it is possible and you are rid of it ! Koen De Bruyn On Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 10:22 am, Bram Luyckx wrote: >There's a "_RESTORE" directory in my C: root. It has 4 small files in it, taking >60K. But in its properties window it says 1350 files taking more than 1GB... I want >to delete the directory but I'm not sure that's safe. Anyone knows? >Thanks [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? I have found the answer. Thursday, December 9, 2004 at 6:51 am Posted by Steve (1 messages posted) This WORKS! Thank you so much, I was starting to pull my hair out! This worked with downloader.delf.5.av (aka delf-5, delf.5) trojan horse On a windows ME AVG Anti-Virus found the file but could not do anything with it. I tried to find it via search but it is a hidden file so I had to go into windows me file folder>tools>folder options>view>"Hidden files and folders" select "show hidden files and folders" I then found the file that avg had described to me (*****.cpy (yours will be different since this name (a number) is made up by your computer for a restore point)) and found it. I didn't delete the whole _restore file because I wanted my other restore points just in case. It did not let me delete it, and I even went so far as to try to take a non offending .cpy next to it, copy it, rename it with the offending file name on the desktop and then try to overwrite it) So I had to get the boot disk, restart, and follow these directions.) I restarted and AVG didn't find the file and I could not find it either. Thank you again! Steve Thanks again. On Saturday, November 1, 2003 at 4:37 pm, michael falasz wrote: >It is more important to me to find out what this file does, where it comes from (_restore) >and how to nail the people who Put this out there. >Thanks > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Monday, December 20, 2004 at 3:11 pm Posted by vin (1 messages posted) Thank you Koen, your simple solution did it! Freed up over 4gigs! Thank you! On Saturday, November 13, 2004 at 3:01 pm, Koen wrote: >THE SOLUTION IS HERE ! >I tried and searched, none of the above solutions worked for 100% ; this one deletes >the file and it's no big job : Start Run, than type "regedit" ; go to Edit -> find >and type _RESTORE ; It'll find them ; just delete the selected keys, press F3 and >normally he"ll find no more of those ; exit and restart your computer ; go to the >C directory and there delete the _RESTORE file, now it is possible and you are rid >of it ! >Koen De Bruyn > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Thursday, December 30, 2004 at 5:18 pm Posted by brian (497 messages posted) the proper way to get rid of system restore and still be able to restore the function is at this page. you might need the fuction say when using windows update and you get those results windows could not upgrade the file1%2%,etc. http://www.emulators.com/secrets.htm#KILLSYSREST from his page ; "How to shut off this ridiculous System Restore "feature"? Well, this was the kicker. You can't simply delete the backed up files because the entire _RESTORE directory is marked as "in use" and thus can't be deleted. And since Microsoft removed the "Exit to DOS" feature, one can't just exit Windows to a DOS prompt like before. While there is an obscure "Disable System Restore" option buried away in the System control panel applet, interestingly enough under the "Performance - File System - Troubleshooting" tab, that still doesn't help with all the wasted hard disk space. So here is my brute force solution to shut off and remove all traces of System Restore: In Control Panels, Add/Remove Programs, create a Windows boot disk. It's really an MS-DOS boot disk. Shut down Windows and reboot the PC from the floppy disk. Type SMARTDRV 8192 to install an 8 megabyte disk cache (it will speed up the file deletion) Go the C: prompt by typing C: Type "C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\DELTREE C:\_RESTORE" to remove all the System Restore files. Create a bogus file called _RESTORE by, for example, running EDIT and creating a blank text file. Type "C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ATTRIB +r +s +h _RESTORE" to hide this file. This will prevent Windows from re-creating its hidden directory. Now reboot the PC and watch Windows Millennium run much faster!" brian [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Definitive, definitive, final all encompassing solution Monday, February 14, 2005 at 6:21 am Posted by JB (1 messages posted) Good stuff! I have disabled System Restore and deleted StateMgr from the Registry. At least now the monster is not being updated. I have backed up the _RESTORE folder to an external hard disk just in case. So I am at step 16 and cannot get to 17. All attempts to delete the folder or individual files lead to an "Access Denied" message. I have tried the SHIFT+DELETE METHOD to bypass the Recycle Bin. I have gone in MS-DOS trying del *.* in the Archive folder and rd /s /q [file path] but still Access Denied. As an additional note, _RESTORE is a hidden file which I have allowed to be viewed but I cannot change the status by unchecking the hidden option...still access denied. Any ideas? I have seen this same issue on another web-site, without conclusion. Cheers. On Monday, February 16, 2004 at 10:53 am, DennisO wrote: >Help Please.. I am trying to delete the _restore file.. I was having problems doing >the MS Updates.. It was giving me a "could not upgrade the file%1 form %2" error >on the reboots... After I pressed enter it booted up without the update completeing.. > SOOOO... I booted of the the retore diskette.. and did a Deltree c:\_Restore >The Delete started up and NOW... 20hrs later it is STILL going... HOW LONG does >this take???? > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? I have found the answer. Monday, February 21, 2005 at 12:35 pm Posted by Corey (1 messages posted) I don't understand what to do about the "bootable disk". Can I use a CD that came with my computer? Any help would be great. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? I have found the answer. Monday, April 4, 2005 at 2:04 am Posted by fsdq (1 messages posted) Go to this computer/configuration screen / software chose the last tab there, and press "make a diskette" (or something like that, my windows isn't english.) Insert a blank diskette, and wait. Once you've created the diskette, reboot while the diskette is in your computer. You'll see a little menu then. pres shift + F5 then type c:\_restore type del *.* that should do the trick On Monday, February 21, 2005 at 12:35 pm, Corey wrote: > I don't understand what to do about the "bootable disk". Can I use a CD that came >with my computer? Any help would be great. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? I have found the answer. Tuesday, January 17, 2006 at 3:23 am Posted by Mick (1 messages posted) Just came across this problem on a friend's computer. Checked the internet and found this site provided by Symantic. It shows you how to empty the _Restore folder and then re-enable it. Good luck! http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2000092513515106?OpenDocument&ExpandSection=1#_Section1 On Monday, February 21, 2005 at 12:35 pm, Corey wrote: > I don't understand what to do about the "bootable disk". Can I use a CD that came >with my computer? Any help would be great. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? UNIQUE PROBLEM HERE Sunday, February 5, 2006 at 11:25 am Posted by Coral (1 messages posted) I had exactly this same problem. System Restore had maxed out at 66% of my tiny 4GiG hard drive, and I had uninstalled everything but my browser and email program to increase my disk space so I could still get online to search for answers. System Restore didn't work in any way way. After reading all the possibilities here, I took courage and went into Start/Search/Files and Folders and typed _RESTORE and clicked Search Now. The _RESTORE folder was the only one that came up. I clicked on it and hit the delete button. It took almost 20 minutes for the file to empty, too much for the recycle bin, so I sent it into permanent delete. I rebooted as I held my breath to see if I still had a computer and all came back except for my Outlook Express in which a MSOE.DLL wouldn't load to open it. I did a re-install of IEsetup, which fixed my OE in short order. My System Restore is still "broken" and the _RESTORE file never reappeared on my computer. My computer has sped up considerably again and I am happy, Happy, HAPPY!!! I have reinstalled all the programs I had previously and added a few and still have half my hard drive free. Coral On Saturday, May 3, 2003 at 3:30 pm, toad857 wrote: >Ok, I've read all replies but nobody seems to run into my problem while correcting >the _restore bug. The popular choice tells you to disable the restore feature, reboot, >and enjoy. My restore feature, however, is already disabled--yet it continues to >take up my space. I can't use the slider to adjust how much space it uses either >because it is still 'disabled'. When I un-check the box to able myself to adjust >the slider, it simply re-checks itself on startup. Any thoughts? Thanks--I'm ready >for my 6 gigs back > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Friday, January 19, 2007 at 8:17 pm Posted by pradeep (1 messages posted) you can delet your _restore folder go to run and type regedit go [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\VxDMon] and chang this path "c:" TO D:\ or E:\ and restart system and you can del _restore "StaticVxD"="*VxDMon" "LogDir"="c:\\_RESTORE\\LOGS" "TempDir"="c:\\_RESTORE\\TEMP" "VxdDat"="C:\\_RESTORE\\VxDMon.dat" "VxdCfg"="C:\\_RESTORE\\VxDMon.cfg" "SystemFileProtection"="Y" "SystemRestore"="Y" "FirstRun"="N" [Reply or follow-up to this message] I don't think this works. Monday, September 3, 2007 at 12:05 pm Posted by Petey (2 messages posted) >15. Reboot your machine > >16. Right click on the _Restore folder and delete it. Delete it from the recycle >bin if it went there. > >17. Marvel at how much hard drive space you've managed to steal back from Bill Gates. Click on what? Where. _RESTORE folder is still hidden. I'm looking in My Computer, C drive. Not there. Is it somewhere else maybe? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Monday, September 3, 2007 at 12:09 pm Posted by Petey (2 messages posted) Click on what? Where. _RESTORE folder is still hidden. I'm looking in My Computer, C drive. Not there. Is it somewhere else maybe? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? I have found the answer. Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 4:20 pm Posted by bugmenott (13 messages posted) Making a bootable disk is needed b/c you can't remove the RESTORE (or the RECYCLER) virus from within windoze since the virus is still running and will re-download and reinstall whatever parts of itself your delete. The only way to remove it is from another OS. Offcourse you might as well want to download a linux liveCD (There are windoze LiveCD's, but asking about where to get one or telling about where to get one is illegal due the the DMCA, so the linux ones are about the only CD based recovery solutions that are legal to obtain) and use it to remove the virus, the upshot is that you get lots more (and more powerful) utilities than what you can normally fit in a floppy, plus a fully working graphical desktop environment which enables you to surf (even search solutions online), play, make documents, pretty much anything you normally do in windoze, while repairing the windoze OS or in the worst case, placing them in external storage. Also remember that CD's are more reliable than floppies. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Can I delete _RESTORE ? Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 4:45 pm Posted by bugmenott (13 messages posted) That _RESTORE IS NOT from winME's system restore. It's part of the RESTORE virus that transmits itself from infected pendrives and infects any pendrive you insert in an infected PC further spreading itself. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum