System Restore

[Guest]

I inadvertantly restored some empty files to a motel front desk program. My
question is if I use Windows System restore from an earlier time point. will
it restore all data files?

 

[Bob I]

Nope, Windows System Restore doesn't play with your program or data
files. You would need to restore those from your backup.

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,


Here is a list of files and folders System Restore monitors:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/filesfolders.html

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I inadvertantly restored some empty files to a motel front desk
program. My question is if I use Windows System restore from an
earlier time point. will it restore all data files?

No, it will restore none of them. System Restore is not meant to be a
general-purpose backup program and restores the operating system only. It's
a tool for reverting the operating system back to the state it was in
yesterday or a few days ago, as a quick way to get you out of trouble if a
change you made goes awry. It does nothing for your data files.

 

[P. Johnson]

I inadvertantly restored some empty files to a motel front desk program.
My question is if I use Windows System restore from an earlier time point.
will it restore all data files?

No. You will need to restore from your backup. (If you don't have a
backup...ouch...you should probably go get an external hard drive and start
making daily backups for a system like that)