what are 'Restore Points' named?

[FireBrick]

Where are they stored?
and
Can I copy Restore Points to a CDR
for safety.
Can I do with a simple 'copy/paste'???


Please and thankyou.

 

[Kelly]

Go to: Windows Explorer/Tools/Folder Options/View/Show Hidden File and
Uncheck Hide Protected Operating System Files.

Then go to: C:\System Volume Information

/xp_tweaks.htm

Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

 

[Alex Nichol]

Where are they stored?
and
Can I copy Restore Points to a CDR
for safety.
Can I do with a simple 'copy/paste'???

They are in the hidden, protected, System Volume Information folder -
compressed cabs called RPnn

And No, you cannot usefully copy away and replace them. This is a
short term means of going back from where you are *now* to an earlier
point. If you used a set that you backed up last week, it would not fit
to the 'now'. Leave them alone, tidy up with Disk Cleanup to delete (in
More Options) all but the most recent one at some time when you are
happy with the state of the system, and most importantly have some other
backup available against total disasters

 

[FireBrick]

Thank you.
System restore points are very useful
I'd like to be able to keep a month back.
and delete older if there were no problems.

Guess I can't do that.
Thank you for the info.

Where are they stored?
and
Can I copy Restore Points to a CDR
for safety.
Can I do with a simple 'copy/paste'???

They are in the hidden, protected, System Volume Information folder -
compressed cabs called RPnn

And No, you cannot usefully copy away and replace them. This is a
short term means of going back from where you are *now* to an earlier
point. If you used a set that you backed up last week, it would not fit
to the 'now'. Leave them alone, tidy up with Disk Cleanup to delete (in
More Options) all but the most recent one at some time when you are
happy with the state of the system, and most importantly have some other
backup available against total disasters

 

[Dick D.]

Both McAfee and Symantec web sites have links, "Considerations for XP and ME
users", on their cleaner information page. The links provide information on
how to turn off System Restore for both OS's and they imply the cleaners do
not clean or have access to the Restore files.

While fighting the recent RPC service attack and trying to keep my machine
up long enough to download a cleaner, I did not give it enough thought and
followed their suggestion. That's why I ask the save restore point
question.

Thanks.. DD

 

[Alex Nichol]

Is there no way to save/protect a restore point?

I was not very happy when the AV cleaners instructed XP users to stop System
Restore before using a virus cleaner. I would have very much liked to save
a good point, put it in a place that the cleaner could check and be ableto
'Restore' the restore point if necessary.

The only reason is that they cannot get into restore points to clean the
virus from them. So they approach it in this way. You would need to
get rid of infected points, so as to avoid the risk of restoring them -
complete with virus. But that is only necessary *if* a virus has been
detected. I suggest, rather, ignore that instruction, and if a virus is
found, make a new restore point on the clean machine. Then get rid of
he infected ones, by using Disk Cleanup and (in 'More Options') delete
all but this most recent restore point

 

[Dick D.]

Definitely a lessoned learned. Thank you. One questions if I may:

1) Is there truly no way to move/copy restore points to a place that can be
scanned?

Although I did experience the RPC service failure/reboot problem (because I
was behind in my security updates) McAfee VirusScan did not find a virus and
McAfee or Symantec *cleaners* did not report any. It was not until very
late in the day that I read, on one of their sites, that you may not have
the worm's files on your machine but still experience the RPC failure.

Did anyone else experience this?

Thanks... DD
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Is there no way to save/protect a restore point?

I was not very happy when the AV cleaners instructed XP users to stop System
Restore before using a virus cleaner. I would have very much liked to save
a good point, put it in a place that the cleaner could check and be able to
'Restore' the restore point if necessary.

The only reason is that they cannot get into restore points to clean the
virus from them. So they approach it in this way. You would need to
get rid of infected points, so as to avoid the risk of restoring them -
complete with virus. But that is only necessary *if* a virus has been
detected. I suggest, rather, ignore that instruction, and if a virus is
found, make a new restore point on the clean machine. Then get rid of
he infected ones, by using Disk Cleanup and (in 'More Options') delete
all but this most recent restore point