System Restore

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If I implement a System Restore to an initial point when I had reformatted
and setup my pc..software...drivers... Will this be just as good as a new
reformat? Does it clean out the registry, back to a clean state or will all
the garbage that has accumulated in the past months still be present?

Basically, after 1-2yrs of use, the pc has slowed down significantly (I use
it for testing and development). Will a Restore do or is a format better?

Thank you for enlightening me on the subject.

QB
 
QB wrote:
:: If I implement a System Restore to an initial point when I had
:: reformatted and setup my pc..software...drivers... Will this be
:: just as good as a new reformat? Does it clean out the registry,
:: back to a clean state or will all the garbage that has accumulated
:: in the past months still be present?
::
:: Basically, after 1-2yrs of use, the pc has slowed down significantly
:: (I use it for testing and development). Will a Restore do or is a
:: format better?
::
:: Thank you for enlightening me on the subject.
::
:: QB


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959063
What is System Restore?
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TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2010 - Update Services
http://taurarian.mvps.org
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Disclaimer: The information has been posted "as is" with no warranties
or guarantees and doesn't give any rights.
 
I had already been there. Sadly the page says very little in fact. It
restores files and settings???! Which ones??? Does this include the
registry (my original question)??? None of this is actually
elaborated/explained...

Thank you for trying to help though.

QB
 
I had already been there. Sadly the page says very little in fact. It
restores files and settings???! Which ones??? Does this include the
registry (my original question)??? None of this is actually
elaborated/explained...

Thank you for trying to help though.
Click to expand...

Does this give you a better idea? :-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Restore

System restore will not keep restore points for the 1-2 years that you
mention. As the system creates new ones the old ones are deleted to
make room. My system does not show any that are more than a month old.

You might be better off using a Hard Drive Imaging program. Some free
ones are listed here:-

http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/backupandimage.shtml
 
You wouldn't have a system restore point that goes back that far 1-2 years.
I would not recommend relying upon a system restore unless it was created in
the last couple of weeks.

If you want to go back to your original point of setting up your PC, then
you have to reformat and start over. That's the best option. Then image your
drive with a reliable package like Paragon etc and then you can go back to
your initial settings with ease in case of problems in the future.



QB wrote:
:: I had already been there. Sadly the page says very little in fact.
:: It restores files and settings???! Which ones??? Does this include
:: the registry (my original question)??? None of this is actually
:: elaborated/explained...
::
:: Thank you for trying to help though.
::
:: QB
::
::
::
::
:: "TaurArian" wrote:
::
::: QB wrote:
::::: If I implement a System Restore to an initial point when I had
::::: reformatted and setup my pc..software...drivers... Will this be
::::: just as good as a new reformat? Does it clean out the registry,
::::: back to a clean state or will all the garbage that has accumulated
::::: in the past months still be present?
:::::
::::: Basically, after 1-2yrs of use, the pc has slowed down
::::: significantly (I use it for testing and development). Will a
::::: Restore do or is a format better?
:::::
::::: Thank you for enlightening me on the subject.
:::::
::::: QB
:::
:::
::: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959063
::: What is System Restore?
::: --
:::
::: TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2010 - Update Services
::: http://taurarian.mvps.org
::: ======================================
::: Disclaimer: The information has been posted "as is" with no
::: warranties or guarantees and doesn't give any rights.
 
Thank you. I never thought of wiki pages?!

Off we go to format (and image to avoid this problem in the future).....

QB
 
In Stubbo of Oz typed on Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:13:07 +1100:
[...]
You might be better off using a Hard Drive Imaging program. Some free
ones are listed here:-

http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/backupandimage.shtml
Click to expand...

All those are terrible! Try one of these:

Acronis True Image Seagate Edition (DiscWizard)
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/discwizard

Acronis True Image WD Edition
http://support.wdc.com/product/downloaddetail.asp?swid=119&type=download&wdc_lang=en

Paragon DriveBackup Express 9 (free)
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-express/
 
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