System Restore - how to archive the restore points?

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Mike F.

I've as of yet been unable to locate any information that
states how to archive restore points that would otherwise
get lost as more restore points are created.

Yes, I know doing so won't affect my data - I'm only
looking for a way to roll back the OS if needed.

Can anyone supply directions or suggest a URL with such?

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I've as of yet been unable to locate any information that
states how to archive restore points that would otherwise
get lost as more restore points are created.

Yes, I know doing so won't affect my data - I'm only
looking for a way to roll back the OS if needed.

Can anyone supply directions or suggest a URL with such?

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Restore Points are created by XP each time you log off.
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Points can be manually created by your everytime you wish
but it will only store them back up to 90 days, thats all.
 
I've as of yet been unable to locate any information that
states how to archive restore points that would otherwise
get lost as more restore points are created.

Yes, I know doing so won't affect my data - I'm only
looking for a way to roll back the OS if needed.

Can anyone supply directions or suggest a URL with such?

Reply in thread. Email address is bogus.
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Hello Mike:

I don't think that's possible. Best suggestion is to use an imaging
program to create snapshot images of your partition(s). You can keep
those by date and keep them indefinitely. Take a look at:

Ghost 2003 = www.symantec.com

Drive Image = www.powerquest.com

And my favorite - BootIt Next Generation = www.terabyteunlimited.com

Regards.
 
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Hello Mike:

I don't think that's possible.
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Using the WinXP System restore it isn't. The things are kept as a chain,
so in order to restore back to 1/1/2002, you need all the restore points
between then and now. And they all have to work (be uncorrupted). Your
chances of restoring more than a few weeks back are slim-to-none.
Best suggestion is to use an imaging
program to create snapshot images of your partition(s). You can keep
those by date and keep them indefinitely. Take a look at:

Ghost 2003 = www.symantec.com

Drive Image = www.powerquest.com

And my favorite - BootIt Next Generation = www.terabyteunlimited.com
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Or a 'heavyweight' system restore equivalent (which costs real money,
and uses rather more storage).

Note if you poke around in the system restore folders (having assigned
yourself permission) you can find complete copies of the registry files,
which normally reside in c:\windows\system32\config\, with backups in
c:\windows\repair (old backups .. what exactly updates these is a bit of
a mystery).

There might be some merit in storing these registry files from time to
time, but that (on it's own) is not enough to actually restore the
system .. you'd need all the .dlls and drivers and suchlike too.
 
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Hello Mike:

I don't think that's possible. Best suggestion is to use an imaging
program to create snapshot images of your partition(s). You can keep
those by date and keep them indefinitely. Take a look at:

Ghost 2003 = www.symantec.com

Drive Image = www.powerquest.com

And my favorite - BootIt Next Generation = www.terabyteunlimited.com

Regards.
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Yeah, I'm familiar with Ghost (used it back when it was by
Binary Research Limited) and the others.

However, doing so sets the partition(s) back to default
state - I'm looking just to roll the OS back to default.
Surely there's some way to accomplish this.

Anyone know the branch in the directory and any reg
settings that are created for each restore point? I'd
think that archiving these would suffice... Not really
sure as I've just started looking into this.

Reply in thread. Thanks.
 
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