How to recover lost disk space used by RRBACKUPS
March 2010 - the time has come! - the post on TechReport has ceased to be relevant - the page that WAS linked from there has been changed radically. This a New page and is completely difference to one referenced on the TechReport blog.
Also, now that I now host my own sever the page that was linked from Techreport (which no longer exists) is now redirected at the server to this page. I now have a lot more storage space for images so I have added a few to this page. As you can see the original question was posed in Dec 2007, it is now Dec 2010 - how about a bit of "house-keeping" to keep this current and relevant?
While I have downloaded and used the utilities that were originally available from IBM and more recently Lenovo, I am not sure where I have kept them. In addition to the fact they they are totally useless there are much better ways of configuring and maintaining your computer.
You are far better off abandoning what came with your Lenovo computer on its harddrive and installing a clean copy of Windows 7. Even if your computer came with XP, Windows 7 is a far better solution for you. I have successfully installed Windows 7 on old Thinkpads and IBM desktops that were originally XP and with specs that (according to Microsoft) are far too low.
The procedure described in the link above represents a phylosophy change for me in that it has been determined that a new computer is best configured with a "clean copy" of an operating system and all OEM/Manufacturer nonsense and customisation be abandoned. A rebuild and recovery is therefore quick and easy, without having to use the lengthy restore and recovery programs supplied by the manufacturer - this includes Lenovo, Acer, Asus, HP, Dell and more.
If you require help with recovering from the mess that the RRBACKUPS directory and programs have made of your computer I am more than willing to help you.
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