TSGL: More Vista SP1 Issues??

[Lee Bunyard]

Good advice, H Davis.  Everything is working normally so far so I don't 
intend to worry about it further unless a problem shows up.
Lee in the Mountains of Northern California


H Davis wrote:
> 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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