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John
I fix a restore point but when I try to restore from it I always get a
message '... cannot be restored to' ... followed by the restore point name.
John
message '... cannot be restored to' ... followed by the restore point name.
John
I fix a restore point but when I try to restore from it I always get a
message '... cannot be restored to' ... followed by the restore point
name.
John
John said:I fix a restore point but when I try to restore from it I always get a
message '... cannot be restored to' ... followed by the restore point
name.
John
=?Utf-8?B?Sm9obg==?= said:I fix a restore point but when I try to restore from it I always get a
message '... cannot be restored to' ... followed by the restore point
name.
thanatoid said:Turn off system restore and forget about it.
Even if it worked well (and I see complaints CONSTANTLY),
it does not restore EVERYTHING. Microsoft (who know better than
Bill in Co. said:Bad idea. It's a decent tool, and can come in handy, when used
judiciously, and costs you nothing.
John said:When did you last use judiciously this facility. the cost of having it on
is the extra DISK space it occupies and anti-rus programs needs extra time
to scan that folder.
I have switched it off completely and have I have not missed it yet.
thanatoid said:Turn off system restore and forget about it.
Even if it worked well (and I see complaints CONSTANTLY), it
does not restore EVERYTHING. Microsoft (who know better than
ANYONE, of course) has decided what is important to you and what
isn't. That's why apps like Acronis True Image were created.
Depending on what your drive make is, you MAY be able to get a
free version of Acronis from you drive manuf's website.
the XP System Restore does
exactly what it says it will do: It restores system files.
It's useful, handy and a quick way to get going again when
something glitches, especially like a failed install,
malware, corruption, etc.. It is not for data backup and
doesn't claim to be.
It's handy to have and even magnitudes
faster than restoring from an image or whatever other
method you might use.
Especially if one doesn't have a backup that can backup
the OS using Shadow Copy etc., it shouldn't be turned off.
Almost all problems encountered with losing restore
points from system
restore are the result of malware or user error or
inattention to problems that are spreading on the PC.
And
we all know those things can screw a lot more than restore
points.
In a way, MS DID decide what's good for you: They DID
give you a fast way
to recover your registry settings, which is really all
system restore points consist of.
There is only one reason
to turn it off that I'm aware of, and that would be if you
were to run Norton's GoBack; the restore points become moot
at that point.
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