System Restore Points without shadow copy - there has got to be a way!!

[Larry]

Hi,

I've considering getting a small notebook with a 48 GB Solid State disk, but
it only comes with Vista Business. With that little HD space, I really
cannot spare 7-8 GB for Shadow Copies. Frankly, I do not need shadow copies
of my regular files, but I do need system restore points (they have saved my
rear-end more than once in XP). I know that I can shrink the space used for
shadow copies, but I would like for whatever space I allocate to be used for
System Restore Points only - not for backup of user files.

Does anyone know of a way to have "XP-like" System Restore Points in Vista
without Shadow Copy of user files?

Thanks,
Larry

 

[Kerry Brown]

The answer is to disable System Restore and VSS then use a 3rd party disk
imaging program with an external USB hard drive. AFAIK System Restore in
Vista cannot be made to work the way you want it to.

 

[Larry]

I've considering getting a small notebook with a 48 GB Solid State disk,

The answer is to disable System Restore and VSS then use a 3rd party disk
imaging program with an external USB hard drive. AFAIK System Restore in
Vista cannot be made to work the way you want it to.

I was afraid that would be the answer... I guess I'll give Ghost a shot.

Thanks,
Larry

 

[Kerry Brown]

make sure you use a Vista compatible version. Older versions of Ghost are
not Vista compatible.

 

[Larry]

I've considering getting a small notebook with a 48 GB Solid State disk,

The answer is to disable System Restore and VSS then use a 3rd party disk
imaging program with an external USB hard drive. AFAIK System Restore in
Vista cannot be made to work the way you want it to.

I was afraid that would be the anwer. Nice going Microsoft...

Thanks for your reply (and sorry for the delay...),
Larry

 

[Kerry Brown]

System Restore in Vista works much better than System restore in XP. It is a
much more robust system less prone to corruption. You are trying to run
Vista on quite unusual hardware. Whatever OS you use on that hardware you
will have to make compromises.

 

[jimmuh]

Yeah, but, if it's the system I think it is, it's worth the compromises. It
is FAST, yet very small, and with an outstanding screen and keyboard --
especially for a subnotebook.

 

[Kerry Brown]

I like the idea of systems like this. I could use one myself.

 

[jimmuh]

Another way you might go -- you might just consider doing without System
Restore altogether under Vista. It's not something I'd recommend ordinarily,
but I've been running Vista very heavily on a half dozen systems since RTM,
without once having to resort to System Restore. Heck, even if you do have a
system failure, installing Vista is FAST (compared, say, to WinXP). As long
as you keep your data backed up you should be fine -- unless you make really,
really bad choices about what you install on the system. I use these Vista
systems for testing software, some of it pretty attrocious. And not one time
have I needed SR.

 

[jimmuh]

Me, too. But spouse says I have to wait until one of my two notebooks dies.

Hmmm...