Which is the difference of "last good configuration" and "most recent system restore"?

[Juan I. Cahis]

Dear friends:

Which is the difference of "last good configuration" and "most recent
system restore"?

Yesterday, I had a problem when booting XP, during the boot process,
the machine hung. I powered off it, and when rebooting again, XP
offered me the possibility to boot with the "last good configuration"
(the words could not be precisely these). I selected this option, and
the boot process went OK.

Is this the same as to have the machine restored to the "most recent
system restore point"?


Thanks
Juan I. Cahis
Santiago de Chile (South America)
Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to improve it!

 

[Bob I]

"last good configuration" is the last successful boot configuration

"most recent system restore" is the last created system restore

if a system restore point was not created on the last successful boot,
then they would not be the same.

 

[dR aLiAs]

Hint if you are trying to get your computer to work right I suggest
going through last good configurations first, good to note for the
future

 

[Rock]

Dear friends:

Which is the difference of "last good configuration" and "most recent
system restore"?

Yesterday, I had a problem when booting XP, during the boot process,
the machine hung. I powered off it, and when rebooting again, XP
offered me the possibility to boot with the "last good configuration"
(the words could not be precisely these). I selected this option, and
the boot process went OK.

Is this the same as to have the machine restored to the "most recent
system restore point"?
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System restore backs up more than just the registry, it backs up certain
system files and settings. A system restore point is supposed to be created
every 24 hours but that doesn't always happen.

Last Known Good is based on the registry configuration when the system last
booted properly.

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Juan,

Choosing the Last Known Good Configuration startup option provides a way to
recover from problems such as a newly added driver that may be incorrect for
your hardware. It does not solve problems caused by corrupted or missing
drivers or files.
When you choose Last Known Good Configuration, only the information in
registry key HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet is restored. Any changes made to
other registry keys remain.

Here is a list of files and folders System Restore monitors:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/filesfolders.html

Here is a description of System Restore:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/description.html

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org