system restore for a date a year ago

[Guest]

Hello, I’m trying to do a system restore on my computer(windows XP) but it
will only let me pick dates from this month. I am trying to do a restore
that would go back about a year because my computer is getting slower and
slower and a year ago it was working just fine. I done all of the basic
things to speed it up like, deleting old files, disk clean up and other
things like that but nothing is working.

 

[M and D]

Restore points are erased after 90 days. You wouldn't want a restore point that's a year old, anyway. Mixing old system files with new system files would make your computer unstable and possibly unbootable.

Are you confusing system restore with backing up? They're very different things.

The three biggest reasons for slow performance are: 1) viruses and spyware; 2) too many programs running at the same time; and 3) lack of maintenance.

Steven

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Jen,

By default System Restore holds restore points for 90 days. Using SR so
restore a system more than a week or so could cause more problem than is
solves. A system recovery is for restoring long term. The down side is
all installed applications will be deleted and all data will be lost. So
a full backup of data is accentual.

 

[Richard Urban]

Jen,

System Restore is NOT for archival restore. It is short time restore. For
archiving restore images you will need a third party program (retail) which
allows you to do this. Two of the most common are Norton Ghost and Acronis
True Image.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

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You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Jen;
If the Restore Points are not there, System Restore is not an option.
Normally Restore Points are not available for that long anyways.

Start here to solve the actual problem:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm