GoBack vs Restore

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Aloha all.
I have been using GoBack since way before Symantec stole it. I like it, as
it simply rolls back my system and drives to before any unfortunate event or
virus, etc. Right now I have both GoBack and System Restore running. I
realize this is redundant, and wonder which is the better one to keep
running. I have hit points with Restore where it is unable to restore to a
point. never happened with GoBack.
Just curious on this. Any opinions?
Thanks.
 
LMO said:
Aloha all.
I have been using GoBack since way before Symantec stole it. I like it, as
it simply rolls back my system and drives to before any unfortunate event
or
virus, etc. Right now I have both GoBack and System Restore running. I
realize this is redundant, and wonder which is the better one to keep
running. I have hit points with Restore where it is unable to restore to a
point. never happened with GoBack.
Just curious on this. Any opinions?
Thanks.
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Neither. Best insurance is using Acronis True Image, to make a system
backup on another HD.
 
Neither of those options will protect you against a hard drive crash, follow
Bill's suggestion.
 
Aloha all.
I have been using GoBack since way before Symantec stole it. I like
it, as it simply rolls back my system and drives to before any
unfortunate event or virus, etc. Right now I have both GoBack and
System Restore running. I realize this is redundant, and wonder which
is the better one to keep running. I have hit points with Restore
where it is unable to restore to a point. never happened with GoBack.
Just curious on this. Any opinions?
Thanks.
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That's a reasonable setup when you don't have imaging or backup software
to run. I used to use System REstore Points first for some problems and
if that didn't work then I'd use GoBack. It is not unusual to have
system restore points that won't work for one reason or another. I
never noticed any difference in that when I used GoBack along with them.
It's not redundant because System Restore only restores system files
where GoBack restores everything on the drive that has changed,
including non-system files (data). That's why it provides a file
recovery option after the rollback, in order to get back any data that
may not have existed then.
You do want to dispense with GoBack if you go to imaging software
though; they don't play nicely together.

HTH
 
System Restore only restores System files while GoBack can restore all files
including non system programs and files that you created. GoBack has saved
my bacon on numerous occasions. I still have System Restore available and
use True Image to produce an image on my USB hard drive in case my internal
hard drive becomes unavailable. I also copy critical folders directly to my
USB hard drive. I backup Quicken that way and use OEQB to backup Outlook
Express data.

While GoBack is an excellent protective device it is important to read the
details about its operation. It is very "jealous" of any other program
trying to access your hard drive. If your hard drive becomes inaccessible
you must hit the space bar during initial bootup when the GoBack info
appears. Then you must elect to start your computer without GoBack. Then
insert your bootable disk or CD and now boot. By eliminating GoBack this
way your bootable disk can now access the hard drive that was previously
unavailable due to GoBack.

Any time I am about to load a new program or make a major change on my
computer I write down the exact time and date. Then if I find that new
change has caused a problem I use GoBack to totally return my computer back
to how it was at that time before I made the changetotally.
 
Panic; thanks for the feedback. Can I use True Image with GoBack running, or
do I need to disable GoBack first?
 
You have to disable GoBack in order to create a WORKING image with
True Image. If GoBack is not disabled, the image will be created, but
it will not work when you try to restore a disk. -- Howard
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True. Often GoBack will also stop working and will lose restore points.
You don't need goback with imagine softwrae anyway. And your machine
will boot faster without all that GoBack data to read/write at every
boot.
 
I agree with Howard. You can create your image with GoBack installed and
operating and then in Windows use the Backup Image Browser to recall
anything your stored using Drive Image. But if you lose the use of your
hard drive and want to boot directly to your Drive Image 7 (which I have) CD
you need to disable GoBack on initial boot, choose boot from CD and you can
really only use a backup made when GoBack had been disabled.

I have a large USB external drive. I periodically boot with GoBack disabled
to use Drive Image 7 to make a backup image I can access when booting
directly to my DI 7 CD. After that backup I usually reboot and enable
GoBack again to start its memory. I more frequently update my DI 7 image
with GoBack installed but I realize I can only access that data from a
normal hard drive bootup. I believe True Image would have the same
restrictions. You can review the 2 image systems at
http://www.windowsbbs.com/other-software/15678-powerquest-drive-image-vs-acronis-true-image.html
 
Well, I don't have any financial interest in GoBack and I've used both
GoBack and RollBack programs. I've used GoBack for about 8 years and have
never had it "stop working" or "lose restore points". Like I said, it is
only my first line of defense. System Restore; Drive Image; and manual
backups on a USB hard drive are all backups to that. I backup Quicken and
Outlook Express (using OEQB) to my external drive.
I see no differing operating speed with GoBack active or disabled. Maybe 15
seconds longer bootup which is a cheap price for the level of backup.
 
I agree with Howard. You can create your image with GoBack installed
and operating and then in Windows use the Backup Image Browser to
recall anything your stored using Drive Image. But if you lose the
use of your hard drive and want to boot directly to your Drive Image
7 (which I have) CD you need to disable GoBack on initial boot,
choose boot from CD and you can really only use a backup made when
GoBack had been disabled.
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That's apparenlty not so in all cases. It wasn't in mine; no need to
kill GB to run Ghost.

It must be application dependent.

FWIW
 
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