Restore

[Daj]

Hi
Where are the System Restore files located and what ext does it use?
Thanks for any help you can give.
Daj

 

[Jone Doe]

C:\WINDOWS\system32\Restore and the extension is EXE. This is not a folder
you want to open and poke around in. If you do, it's at your own risk.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi Daj

The files are stored in a folder named System Volume Information. If you
change anything in that folder SR will proably not function correctly. What
do you want to do with the SR files?

 

[Daj]

I was just thinking if I made a restore point and then moved that file say to my external drive I
would have a back up I could use when I upgrade to SP2, just in case something went wrong.
Daj

 

[Will Denny]

Hi Daj

You can't backup the SR checkpoints and then use them at a later date. When
you upgrade to SP2 a checkpoint will be automatically created. You can also
create a manual checkpoint yourself before the upgrade.

 

[Daj]

Does this make sense? Can this be done?
Daj

I was just thinking if I made a restore point and then moved that file say to my external drive I
would have a back up I could use when I upgrade to SP2, just in case something went wrong.
Daj

 

[Daj]

Could you please give the reason why this won;t work?
Thanks,
Daj

 

[Ken Blake]

In

Does this make sense? Can this be done?

No. Restore points are not separate files in the sense in which
you want.

If you prepare properly for SP2, it's very unlikely that anything
will go wrong. Read http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=45

If something does go wrong, you can normally uninstall it from
Add/Remove programs, or worst case, use System Restore (even
without moving a restore point).

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Saving the files in the SVI folder won't help,as they have to be linked to
Registry entries. Too time consuming to work out which Registry entries go
with each SR checkpoint.

 

[Daj]

Thanks, now I know. I have learned a lot from you people, and am very greatfull for you answers and
help.
Thank all of you who have responded so gracefully.
Daj

 

[Daj]

Thanks, Daj
Daj

Hi

Saving the files in the SVI folder won't help,as they have to be linked to Registry entries. Too
time consuming to work out which Registry entries go with each SR checkpoint.

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[Daj]

Thanks I have just updated to SP2 via cd It took about 1 hour. every thing is working fine, as of now.
Thanks to all of you.
Daj

 

[Ken Blake]

In

Thanks I have just updated to SP2 via cd It took about 1 hour.
every
thing is working fine, as of now. Thanks to all of you.

You're welcome, and glad to hear it went well.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Where are the System Restore files located and what ext does it use?
Thanks for any help you can give.

They are in the hidden, protected folder 'System Volume information' on
each drive. In a folder in that there are a set of RPnnn folders that
each contain the components stored in a specific point.

Leave them strictly alone if you do not want to foul up SR. If it gets
into trouble, disable it, reboot, delete *all* the files in that folder
and start over. On an NTFS drive you will need to 'Take Ownership' of
the folder before you can delete the contents - or even see them in
Explorer

 

[Alex Nichol]

Could you please give the reason why this won;t work?

SR points form a chain of changes related to the present state of
things; you cannot use them unless that chain is unbroken, nor apply it
to a different current state. See FAQ at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/faqsrwxp.mspx