System Restore and Partitions

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Something I've wondered about System Restore and since I'm about to install a
new hard drive, now is a good time to ask;

For simplicity sake lets say I have a physical drive with seperate
partitions for: C:\OS, D:\data files, E:\multi media files, F:\win page file
and G:\win temp files and Internet Explorer cache.

In the past I had turned OFF System Restore for the partitions w/ the page
file and win temp files. However in just rereadng a MS Knowledge Base article
which states that System Restore only monitors a select group of system
files, my question is - is there any advantage or use to have System Restore
enabled for anything other than the C:\ partition in the partition scenario
that I've cited above?

Thanks for any advice and insights.

Bob Jared
 
99.9% of the time no - Only if by some means you redirected part of
the OS to another drive. But that's not a common occurrence.
 
Thanks so much !

Bob Jared


R. McCarty said:
99.9% of the time no - Only if by some means you redirected part of
the OS to another drive. But that's not a common occurrence.
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Unless, you have partitions where you have installed some Windows/Microsoft
software.

All of my non-OS software is on another drive (D:), and System Restore DOES
monitor OFFICE and other Windows Software.
You can check this out by looking in the System Volume Information folder on
each partition.
If System Restore as not monitoring, these would be empty ... they are not
.... there are checkpoints.
 
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