XP Pro and Symantec Go Back

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I had Go Back Del 3 on win 98SE but had to remove it because after the first
restore, the hard drive was active constantly and the only way to stop this
was to uninstall and reinstall Go Back. Symantaec advised to locate and
disable the prog which was writing to the drive, and this usually turned out
to be the AV which would be unwise to disable.

Now that I have a new puter Dell XPS with XP Pro ..I wonder if anyone has
had any experience with Go Back and XP Pro re hard drive activity, and/or
any otlher jproblems eith it?

System Restore works OK but according to PC World is a junior version of Go
Back.

Would appreciate any comments by any Go Back users,
Thanks in advance
olda
 
"junior version of Go Back"
Not really a good description since their purposes are different.
Might as well say floppy disks are no good because a hard drive holds more
data.

The problem with Go-back is it saves everything.
But if you have a drive failure, everything is lost.
Better to back-up data to another drive using an imaging program or other
suitable tool.

System Restore is intended to protect system files, not personal data
Because of the differences, System Restore uses a lot less space and
resources on the computer.
 
Hello, Have GoBack 3 installed on WindowsXP Home, no problems. GoBack needs
10% of the drive. Have disabled system restore. Have used Panda AV and AVG
AV free edtion,at different times, no problems. Have GoBack 2 on
Windows98se with the same AV set up without problem. Perhaps trying a
different AV program may solve problem.
Do to my constant removal of applications, programs and utilities I disable
GoBack history every 7 to 10 days. Follow this by general computer
maintenance then a reenable of GoBack. GoBack is not a backup program it is
designed for restoring do to every day problems such as a virus or problem
program etc. It can restore individual files. It changes the MBR which
allows the program to start a restore before Windows starts. The original
builders of the program and I am sure that Symantaec recommends a back up
system. I use Acronis TrueImage and place my backup on a second hard drive.
Take Care.
beamish.
 
Thanks Jupiter, Yves and Beamish,
You have me leaning towards One Touch external hd.
Appreciated your info
oldad
 
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The problem with Go-back is it saves everything.
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==> Including viruses/spyware, if you're not careful.
But, that's also a good thing, especially if you have a bad install that trashes everything on you. Going back to how my machine was yesterday morning before I did the install, screwed up my Registry, or whoever gamed my computer to death, is a VERY useful function! Or if yesterday didn't work, maybe the day before that? And so on. I managed to track down an infection date with it, in fact.
But if you have a drive failure, everything is lost.
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==> GoBack is NOT touted as a backup app. That's a little obvious, no offense.
Better to back-up data to another drive using an imaging program or
other suitable tool.
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==> Yabut, that has nothign to do with GoBack or the OP's question, really. ??
System Restore is intended to protect system files, not personal data
Because of the differences, System Restore uses a lot less space and
resources on the computer.
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==> Like you said: they are two different animals; apples and oranges.

Pop, a happy GoBack user.
 
Yves said:
Also, GoBack has a limit on the size it can create the "backup file".
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The "size limit" is programmable and can be changed to be as large of small as you need. The default is merely a guess that saves several boots' worth of information for you.
Please get your facts straight and include details; don't just bitch. Better yet, admit if if you dn't uyse it and just "think" that's how it works.

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I have it on XP Pro and highly recommend it unless you do carefully planned and perfect backupsintermittantly as you use the computer.

I've had zero problems with it, and in the two years since I bought this computer, it has come to my aid during disasters three times. Normally if something doesn't work right, I'll first try a Restore, and then if it's still not a go, I will seriously use GoBack. It's also an easy app to be sure you get rid of all the fodder and crap left behind when you install something and then decide right away you don't want it - run GoBack before you install, and then after when you want to get rid of it, and it's completely gone - no leftovr Registry entries, no folders, nothing is left, because, well, it didn't exist at the point in time I Go Back to.

It used to be that GoBack would also remove any data you DID want that you created since the date you pick to Go Back to, also, but now, the latest versions give you the opportunity to pick and choose which ones you might like to keep - like that nastygram you didn't send your boss yet? Do you want it? OK, here it is! <g>

By default, I think it's set to require ten percent of your hard disk size for storing its information. That size can be increased or decreased. If it gets too small, GoBack will let you know you might only be able to hold one or two points to go back to. I get about a month's worth of GoBack restore points using the ten percent default, but it varies depending on what I'm doing. GoBack does NOT store images or anything like that; it stores compressed CHANGES only.
But, as others said, it's NOT a backup facility, so never depend on it for that. But for that virus you picked up today, or that spyware you got yesterday and you can't fix either, it's the cat's meow! It only had to save my hide once to get me hooked; I wouldn't be without it now.

HTH,

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