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In a last ditch effort to recover some files, I was wondering if it was possible to restore to the earliest restore point on my computer (say June 2014), and then have the restore points that were available at that date available (say March 2014). In other words, can I continually restore to an earlier time, each time restoring to the earliest point available? Or maybe a better phrasing would be, are restore points a static set of memory, or is each set of restore points available associated with each restore point?

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According to this article, Windows removes restore points when it's assigned memory is full.

System Restore might use between three and five percent of the space on each disk. As the amount of space fills up with restore points, it deletes older restore points to make room for new ones. System Restore doesn't run on disks smaller than 1 gigabyte (GB).

You can manage the disk space that is used by System Restore by following these steps:

  1. Open System by clicking the Start button enter image description here, right-clicking Computer, and then clicking Properties.
  2. In the left pane, click System protection. Administrator permission will be required. If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
  3. Under Protection Settings, click the disk, and then click Configure.
  4. Under Disk Space Usage, move the slider to the right to increase the disk space that system protection can use or move the slider to the left to decrease the disk space.

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If you did not adjust these settings to allow additional space then the previous restore points are likely gone.

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  • Those are your reputation points @ramhound. :)
    – Xavierjazz
    Jan 16, 2015 at 0:27
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    Its alright. I figured you were in a rush. Your past answers are indication of quality. I couldn't stand a link only answer though :-)
    – Ramhound
    Jan 16, 2015 at 0:32
  • I'm generally fairly terse. :|
    – Xavierjazz
    Jan 16, 2015 at 0:35
  • So does this mean that each restore point uses the same allocated memory? Or can each restore point have it's own X GB of memory allocated for them?
    – TimS
    Jan 16, 2015 at 0:40
  • You cannot restore what is gone. You can follow the instructions to allow more points in the future.
    – Xavierjazz
    Jan 16, 2015 at 0:43

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