You can set System Restore to only use a certain percentage of the disk or
turn it off completely. It has helped me on a few occasions.

"the yeti" wrote in message
om...
What's wrong with system restore? I sleep easier at night knowing
that
if I mess up my computer I could restore it to an earlier point,
although I
haven't used it yet. Does Windows XP have system restore?


On my Mom's Laptop she had a 6 gig Hard Drive, the OS was WIN ME. 4.5
gigs of that HD was filled with ME's system Restore Files. That is
what is wrng with System Restore