HELP!!! RESTORE POINTS ARE BEING DELETED

Running xp home and the restore points that i have
created and the ones that are automatically created via
the system or when new software is installed seem to be
vanishing within a couple of weeks. My restore
is "enabled" and maximized to 12%. Any ideas as to why
this is happening? Any help would be appreciated. Comp
USA has no clue even though they are the ones that
installed xp back in August of this year. I really don't
want to re install xp due to much software installed
thereafter. Please help!

Rick;
Many things can cause loss of Restore Points, when they are gone, they
are gone and can not be recovered or used.
Some of the things are:
Available space on hard drive
Computer usage
Space you dedicate to System Restore

If you use Real Player, try doing without it for a few days:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=812119
And others.

See this link for more about System Restore:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tre...s/faqsrwxp.asp

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
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"Rick Baker" <cotton.45@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:0c0e01c3a322$6a0f77c0$a001280a@phx.gbl...

> Running xp home and the restore points that i have
> created and the ones that are automatically created via
> the system or when new software is installed seem to be
> vanishing within a couple of weeks. My restore
> is "enabled" and maximized to 12%. Any ideas as to why
> this is happening? Any help would be appreciated. Comp
> USA has no clue even though they are the ones that
> installed xp back in August of this year. I really don't
> want to re install xp due to much software installed
> thereafter. Please help!