System restore ?

[prashant]

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How can I use system restore, to create a restore point, which will remove
all changes made for data files too.? That is get the computer to an exact
same state as it was prior to the system restore.

 

[Guest]

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I dunno. Here's a link that explains about System Restore:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302796

and here's a link to a bunch of references on Google:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=description+of+the+system+restore+utility+in+windows+xp&btnG=Google+Search

"Prashant" wrote:

> How can I use system restore, to create a restore point, which will remove
> all changes made for data files too.? That is get the computer to an exact
> same state as it was prior to the system restore.
>

 

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Woops! Forgot the plug for my favorite imaging utility - Acronis True Image.
Acronis will allow you to make an exact image of your disk at the time of
the imaging. Then, when you restore the image, the system will be back to
the way that it was the day that you made the image.

"Prashant" wrote:

> How can I use system restore, to create a restore point, which will remove
> all changes made for data files too.? That is get the computer to an exact
> same state as it was prior to the system restore.
>

 

[prashant]

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Thanks Tom/usasma ,
Do you know where I could get the imaging software?

"usasma" wrote:

> Woops! Forgot the plug for my favorite imaging utility - Acronis True Image.
> Acronis will allow you to make an exact image of your disk at the time of
> the imaging. Then, when you restore the image, the system will be back to
> the way that it was the day that you made the image.
>
> "Prashant" wrote:
>
> > How can I use system restore, to create a restore point, which will remove
> > all changes made for data files too.? That is get the computer to an exact
> > same state as it was prior to the system restore.
> >

 

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Prashant wrote:
> How can I use system restore, to create a restore point, which will remove
> all changes made for data files too.? That is get the computer to an exact
> same state as it was prior to the system restore.
>

You cannot use System Restore for that type of complete, exact restore.
It is not designed, and cannot be made, to work that way. You want to
look at some sort of imaging software such Image for Windows
(http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/imagew.html) or similar if you need to
return everything to exactly as it was at a previous point in time.
--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP Windows
http://support.telop.org

Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.

 

[prashant]

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Also,
Does the system restore also rollback new services which have been started
by newly installed program?

 

[Guest]

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On Mon, 8 Aug 2005 12:41:04 -0700, Prashant wrote:

> Also,
> Does the system restore also rollback new services which have been started
> by newly installed program?

It should roll back services, yes. Possibly not the files behind the
services depending on where they were installed and how SR is configured,
but it will roll back the registry entries that control how the service
starts.
--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP Windows
http://support.telop.org

Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.

 

[Guest]

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When I had the original XP installed on my system, System Restore worked
fine. After I installed SP1 and later SP2, System Restore started having
strange problems.

First, The Network Connection Manager failed. When I did a fresh install of
XP, the Network Connection Mnager was back again. But when I re-installed
all applications, the Network Connection Manager had failed again. Then when
I did a System Restore to the start point and all newly installed
applications were lost.

Newly received or created files could be saved on a CD, even though it would
be too cumbersome but what can one do for newly installed programs and theri
upgrades? Are they generally lost in System Restore?

The loss of Network Connection Mnager is a recognized problem and there are
articles in the MS Knowledge Base, some suggesting trial and error methods
to solve the problem. None of them has worked for me, so far. I keep trying.

P. Jayant

 

[prashant]

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Thanks Prashant H. K.

"Tom Porterfield" wrote:

> On Mon, 8 Aug 2005 12:41:04 -0700, Prashant wrote:
>
> > Also,
> > Does the system restore also rollback new services which have been started
> > by newly installed program?
>
> It should roll back services, yes. Possibly not the files behind the
> services depending on where they were installed and how SR is configured,
> but it will roll back the registry entries that control how the service
> starts.
> --
> Tom Porterfield
> MS-MVP Windows
> http://support.telop.org
>
> Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.
>

 

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=?Utf-8?B?UHJhc2hhbnQ=?= wrote:
>
> How can I use system restore, to create a restore point, which will remove
> all changes made for data files too.? That is get the computer to an exact
> same state as it was prior to the system restore.

You cant:

http://www.bootdisk.com/bootlist/217.htm#1