Hello everyone,

I need guidance regarding how to do system restore to a restore point 6 months or even older.

Os i have: xp sp3

Around about 2 weeks back i upgraded my system to sp3 for that i created system restore point.

But the problem is when i go to do system restore it doesn't show me the restoration point about 2 weeks old in the list RATHER it only shows and allows to new restore POINTS created within 5-6 days and that does not include that restore point which i created b4 sp3 installation.

So.Is there a way to do system restore to a restore point 6 months or even older? does window allows it or any third party software which helps me retain older restore points?

Note-i tried doing it via safe mode also but didn't helped, also the space ALLOTED for system restore is maxed out.

Thanks in advance
Restore points are more or less like any other file. Once restore points are deleted, it's theoretically possible to recover them if they haven't been overwritten. 2 weeks is usually PLENTY of time to permanently overwrite deleted files with new data. Changing the space allocated only APPLIES to new restore points -- it will not magically undelete old ones.

TL;DR: It's doubtful that it's possible to do a system restore to more than those 5-6 days ago at this point.

Is there any particular reason you need to do a restore? SP3 is an important update; if you don't have it you'll have problems with windows update, some newer programs won't run, and you'll have a harder time getting official support.Is this related to your other thread?