TSGL: More Vista SP1 Issues??

[H Davis]

Lee,

I've been told that a good auto mechanic will always have a few parts 
left over after a repair. I suggest you view your "extra" disk space in 
the same light.

H Davis

Lee Bunyard wrote:
> Don, you're exactly right.  Hadn't thought about System Restore but I 
> just checked to see how many System Restore points I currently have and 
> ALL points prior to 3/19 (the date I did the SP1 installation and 
> uninstallation) are gone;  i.e.,  I have System Restore points ONLY from 
> 3/19 forward.   I remember I checked System Restore a week or so ago for 
> some reason or the other and I know I had System Restore points going 
> back several months.  I'm sure that this probably accounts for much if 
> not most of the additional HDD free space I suddenly have.  I'm still 
> concerned about the Nvidia drivers issue I raised in a prior email I 
> posted earlier this a.m.  I need to find out how I can determine whether 
> the Nvidia drivers have really been deleted.  Any ideas on that??  
> Thanks for your input, this makes me feel lots better.  I guess the only 
> thing I have to be a tad concerned about is to hope that I don't have a 
> system problem in the next few weeks that needs a System Restore point 
> prior to 3/19.  I always have my Acronis True Image backup if needed.
> Lee in the Mountains of Northern California
>
> Don Penlington wrote:
>   
>> This is purely a guess.
>>
>> SP1 would almost certainly delete all previous System Restore Points, 
>> making a new one of its own. Very likely it would also delete any old 
>> Hibernation data if Hibernation is enabled. Any such old data would be 
>> irrelevant to SP1.
>>
>> These could consume up to 10% of your HD space, hence this could roughly 
>> equate to the space that you've gained.
>>
>> Don Penlington
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