System Restore

[J.Brett Moar]

Hello, Can anyone tell me why sometimes when I Do a restore using windows xp
restore, sometimes works sometimes it says restore could not be
done[something like that] and no changes we're done to your computer.....?

also what exactly does system restore restore..extensions etc.?

 

[Willit]

Restore is not reliable. It's a marketing gimmick for MS.
You can turn it off from Control Panel > System > and then
re-boot and it will purge it's file. Then re-boot, turn it
back on.


You still have to deal the problem, it's a crap program,
that half works, half the time. It's like a parachute,
will it open if you need it ?? Maybe !!! It is not
isolated from any viruses and must be purged to keep from
a re-infection. If you use it, fine, Have I, yes !!! But I
learned the hard way about it's reliability, it can't be
trusted !!I It's too easy to use NTBack-up to back up your
system state, but not to a cd, cause that's another issue.
Save it to a folder then burn it. Oh, I forgot you may
have to install NTBackup since MS decided you did not need
it in XP Home, that 75% of users have. Oh, you have a OEM
and you don't have NTBackup Get it here :
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/software/ntbackup.msi

Do a real backup and get Erunt for your registry. It puts
a folder on your root dir with a installer.

http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/

If you're a true MS believer, Keep drinking the purple
cool-aid, the hale-bop comet is returning, they have room
for you !!

System Restore :: In MS's own words .......lol

"The System Restore feature of Windows XP enables you to
restore a PC, in the event of a problem, to a previous
state without losing personal data files. System Restore
actively monitors system file changes to record or store
previous versions before the changes occurred. With System
Restore, you never have to think about taking system
snapshots as it automatically creates easily identifiable
restore points, which allow you to restore the system to a
previous point in time."

"you never have to think about taking system snapshots"
Oh, really.

Learn more:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?
url=/technet/itcommunity/Newsgroups/FAQSRWXP.asp

 

[Alex Nichol]

Hello, Can anyone tell me why sometimes when I Do a restore using windows xp
restore, sometimes works sometimes it says restore could not be
done[something like that] and no changes we're done to your computer.....?

also what exactly does system restore restore..extensions etc.?

See the FAQ at
http://microsoft.com/technet/itcommunity/Newsgroups/FAQSRWXP.asp

I think one case of problems is there being too much space allotted, and
the system getting confused. By default it gets 12% or a drive, and
with the very large ones that have come in this is too much for sense.

When it gets in a tangle, I suggest disabling and rebooting; then clean
out the System Volume Information folder (you will need to have Folder
Options - View set to show Hidden files, and *not* Hide Protected mode
ones)

Then start it up again, and take settings of each drive and reduce the
space - I reckon on about 500MB being enough for say two weeks worth of
points, which is about as far back as is sensible to use it