System restore

[Guest]

How does System restore feature work for my second hard drive. I have added
an 80gb hard drive just for storage of music, video, and pictures. I edited a
couple of pictures and saved them and now the originals are no longer to be
found. The edited versions arewhere the original file used to be. I tried
system restore but only C:/ was restored, the other (designated F:/) was not
restored. Both drives are being monitored by SR. How do I restore the other
drive. I would really like to have original files back unedited.
Thanks

 

[M and D]

The purpose of System Restore is to maintain recent copies of key system files, so that if there is a problem with Windows, you can restore the essential elements of the operating system to working condition. If your second drive contains only music, video and pictures, there is no need for System Restore to monitor that drive. You should turn System Restore off for that drive, to conserve disk space. (Open the Help and Support Center and see "To exclude a non-system drive or partition".)

If you want to retrieve music, video and picture files, you should back them up. The easiest way is to burn those files to DVD on a regular basis. Fortunately, there is no shortage of backup software to make the job easier and more convenient.

For a basic explanation of System Restore, open the Help and Support Center and see "System Restore Overview".

Steven

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

When you saved the edited file they overwrote the originals. I don't
know of any way of getting them back. In the future make a copy, by
another name and edit it. This way the original is kept intact.

As Steve pointed out, System Restore does not monitor these file types.

Description of System Restore
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/description.html

 

[Dave]

While System Restore isn't designed to provide the protection you are
looking for, GoBack is a program that will do just that. I've used it
several times over the last few years to restore deleted, overwritten or
corrupted files. And it will protect all files on all drives.

Dave