Sys Restore Deletes user data??

[JohnO]

I just received this from a colleague:

_____________________
I just did a Win XP System Restore to a system. I restored back to a few
days ago. I found that the restore deleted some of my files (2 batch files
and a .reg file) that were stored on another drive volume. This is not
supposed to happen! The files were not in My Documents or anything like that
(simply in the root of Drive D). It was suggested that I undo the restore
which then brought back the files that had been deleted.
_____________________


Does system restore normally search out and destroy .bat files and .reg
files? What's going on here?

BTW...we're testing a system, not working with an actual production
machine...this system has no malware or anything like that.

-John O

 

[Nepatsfan]

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I just received this from a colleague:

_____________________
I just did a Win XP System Restore to a system. I restored
back to a
few days ago. I found that the restore deleted some of my
files (2
batch files and a .reg file) that were stored on another
drive
volume. This is not supposed to happen! The files were not in
My
Documents or anything like that (simply in the root of Drive
D). It
was suggested that I undo the restore which then brought back
the
files that had been deleted. _____________________


Does system restore normally search out and destroy .bat
files and
.reg files? What's going on here?

BTW...we're testing a system, not working with an actual
production
machine...this system has no malware or anything like that.

-John O

I've seen System Restore delete files from the Desktop. Doing
some research led me to this article.

Protecting Files During System Restore
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/expert/russel_sysrestore.mspx

I can't say that I've seen the behavior you describe. Then
again, I turn off monitoring of any drive other than the one XP
is installed on.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[JohnO]

I've seen System Restore delete files from the Desktop. Doing some
research led me to this article.

Protecting Files During System Restore
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/expert/russel_sysrestore.mspx

I can't say that I've seen the behavior you describe. Then again, I turn
off monitoring of any drive other than the one XP is installed on.

Thanks, that explains it well enough.

-John O

 

[Nepatsfan]

In

Thanks, that explains it well enough.

-John O

You're welcome.

Nepatsfan

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi JohnO,

Batch .bat and registry .reg file are monitored file types. So System
Restore was doing what it was designed to do. Normally monitoring volumes
other than the one Windows is installed on is not necessary. I would suggest
stopping System Restore from monitoring the D: volume.

List of files and folders System Restore monitors:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/filesfolders.html

How to disable a monitored drive:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/drivedisable.html

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org

 

[JohnO]

Thanks, Bert. We're working on a project that adds quite a mess to the
registry, and not in our wildest dreams did we expect Sys Restore to delete
our working files. We had backups plus Undo worked, so it was just a big
surprise and nothing more.

-John O