SteveB
07-10-2005, 02:10 AM
Rik Bean Wrote:
> OK, if you go to http://www.majorgeeks.com/download1267.html, and
> download ERUNT from there, do a backup of the registry (I promise it
> doesn't involve poking into dark corners g), and then see what size
> that backup is. That will give us a clue about the registry size, which
> may be an indicator of why you're losing checkpoints. Of course, I may
> equally well be barking up the wrong tree! For reference, my registry
> backup is 34MB.
>
> When I first got this machine, last September, it kept about three
> months checkpoints. Now, it only keeps a couple, hence my feeling that,
> as the registry size grows (and the registry possibly fragments), you
> may see a reduction in capacity.
Thank you for the guidance. It certainaly wasn't as complicated as I
was expecting! The size of the backup folder produced is exactly 35mb,
just a little more than yours.
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SteveB
> OK, if you go to http://www.majorgeeks.com/download1267.html, and
> download ERUNT from there, do a backup of the registry (I promise it
> doesn't involve poking into dark corners g), and then see what size
> that backup is. That will give us a clue about the registry size, which
> may be an indicator of why you're losing checkpoints. Of course, I may
> equally well be barking up the wrong tree! For reference, my registry
> backup is 34MB.
>
> When I first got this machine, last September, it kept about three
> months checkpoints. Now, it only keeps a couple, hence my feeling that,
> as the registry size grows (and the registry possibly fragments), you
> may see a reduction in capacity.
Thank you for the guidance. It certainaly wasn't as complicated as I
was expecting! The size of the backup folder produced is exactly 35mb,
just a little more than yours.
--
SteveB