Fix Windows 7 SP1 Slow Startup Due to Large Number of Restore Points

[brianzion]

Fix Windows 7 SP1 Slow Startup Due to Large Number of Restore Points

Fix Windows 7 SP1 Slow Startup Due to Large Number of Restore Points - Softpedia

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2555428/

The Redmond company confirmed the issue and noted that impacted users have created a large number of restore points, a move which cause the slowing down of the startup process.


According to the software giant, affected customers are most likely using large hard disks in addition to create too many restore points on their machines.

Microsoft did not explain just how slow the startup process gets, but it appears that boot performance degradation is sufficient for users to become aware that something it’s going on.

“This issue occurs because the boot plan for the ReadyBoot feature exceeds the size limit of 512 kilobytes (KB). Each restore point creates a snapshot of Windows that Volsnap.sys must validate during the startup process,” Microsoft explained.

“When you create many restore points, the boot plan for the ReadyBoot feature eventually exceeds the size limit of 512 KB, and cannot be stored. Therefore, startup I/O operations are not precached, and the startup process is slow.

my update went ok all done in 5 mins

 

[kado897]

I suppose the real question is. How large is large?

 

[brianzion]

i have lots of restore points due to installing/un-installing programs on a daily basis so i deployed the update after i read Microsofts points here The Windows 7 startup process is slow when you create many restore points im just checking my restore points now and may reduce them if its a bit on the large side

also worth a read Tweak System Restore Disk Usage http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/5482/make-system-restore-use-less-space-in-windows-7/

also there is this program to consider System Restore Manager 2.0 http://www.thewindowsclub.com/system-restore-manager-for-windows-released