windows 7 delete old system restore points

There is no tool available in Windows 10 to remove such orphaned restore points. In the case where System Images may have been deleted manually (or the drive they were on is no longer available) these restore points remain but are of no further use. If it was stored on an external drive that drive will need to be connected. This can only be done while the System Image is still available. Doing so will both delete a System Image and remove its associated System Image Restore Point. The correct way to delete old unwanted system images is to Manage Space for Windows Backup. They can only be restored while the System Image is available. Rather they are restored from a system image located on another drive, typically an external HDD. Unlike conventional restore points, the files and registry settings are not restored from a shadow copy saved on the local machine. These will appear alongside the other restore points as 'type Backup' when you tick the box for 'Show more restore points' in System Restore. When you create a System Image using the built-in 'Backup & Restore (Windows 7)' a special type of Restore Point called a System Image Restore Point is available in System Restore.

Windows 7 delete old system restore points