[OT] Computer question

[Maitre Du Donjon]

Hello there,

I turn to the vast knowledge of the ENworlders for a little computer "problem" i'm having, and that i couldn't resolve on my own. It is fairly basic I believe.

I have a directory, C:\_Restore\ to be exact, in which my system seems to put a backup of important files... a couple of times a day. Now I have backup files RW***.CAB dating back more than a year, and they are starting to take up space (~5.5 gigs). Now, I thought i could delete them, but whenever I try, i get the message that the file is currently being used and cannot be deleted... Would anyone know of a way to circumvent the problem? Any help will be appreciated. I run Win ME, and I don't have any special software installed that's supposed to take backups twice or thrice a day...

Thanks in advance,

Maitre D

 

[Zappo]

I have no idea of the reason for this. You may be able to delete the files by booting in safe mode, though I don't know what that may do to your system. The best advice I can give you is to trash Windows ME and switch to anything else, preferably 2k or XP; even 98 is better.

 

[Maitre Du Donjon]

eeps sorry, didn't know there was a computer specific forum...

Maitre D

 

[Psionicist]

http://www.burzurq.com/forum/disable_system_restore.html There you go mate.

 

[Maitre Du Donjon]

wow thanks a million!

Maitre D