Windows Xp Sp3 System Restore Points in the process of disappearance

Without warning my system restore points are missing.

I checked all the obvious reasons (lack of disk space, etc.)

I can always put a manually restore point, but when I do it disappears the next time and I'm back to a restore point

Anyone in the community saw this behavior before?

Y at - it a known solution?

I need my system restore to function properly as over the years, I've resorted to using it on more than one occasion

Any help would be appreciated

Keith

I just got the 'volume' down on my percentage for RPs to 200 MB space and he killed all of them except the last RP.

Then (although SR was always open) I did a new PR and there were two in the calendar.  Then I did another and there were three...

Then I closed SR and began again and only the last one (number 3) was still there and the other two had been killed.

Did you present your cursor percentage of volume, right?  If this isn't the case, you should at least try.

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