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Actually, System Restore is a terrific feature - if you understand what it's
for. Too many people confuse it with backing up.
System Restore creates restore points. A restore point contains a copy of
the registry and a collection of key system and user files. If your system
goes down, say on account of a failed software install or a bad driver, the
restore point contains enough of the essential guts of Windows to get you
back to the user interface. From there you can try to fix the problem - roll
back the driver, use the Troubleshooters in the Help and Support Center,
etc. Without System Restore you might never get back to the GUI. Now you're
looking at the oh-so-easy-to-understand Recovery Console or, even worse, a
reinstall.
Obviously, this isn't the same as a backup. Too many people think that
running System Restore is supposed to fix their problems. Not so. SR is a
tool that gives you the opportunity to fix problems on your own.
You wouldn't want to restore your computer to a point in time that's any
earlier than when the problem first began. Think of what would happen if you
restored with a restore point that's 30 days old: Your registry is 30 days
old, but the rest of your computer is today. That's a plan for instability.
--
Ted Zieglar
"Ralph" <Ralph@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8ED30F17-6C58-4349-82C1-B190168BBBEB@microsoft.com...
> Thanks very much for your quick reply Ted, I understand the purpose of
system
> restore now. What's the point in creating a restore point if it gets
> overwritten? sencless if you ask me. I will look into the software you
> mention, Thanks Again!
>
>
> Regards,
> Ralph
>
>
>
> "Ted Zieglar" wrote:
>
> > Restore points are erased after 90 days, or when the disk space alloted
for
> > restore points is filled, whichever occurs first. In addition, restore
> > points can become unusable, typically due to viruses.
> >
> > "I create a restore point named "Master_Restore_Date", so if my comp
messes
> > up I can go back to the
> > very first day I installed all my updates."
> >
> > That's not what System Restore is for. You are confusing System Restore
with
> > backing up. Time to do some reading about the purpose of System Restore.
> >
> > To restore your computer to its exact state at any given point in time
you
> > need disk imaging software. Look at Ghost by Symantec or True Image by
> > Acronis.
> > --
> > Ted Zieglar
> >
> >
> > "Ralph" <Ralph@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:74C56254-819F-4F5F-9E5C-0EEAB8F60084@microsoft.com...
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > My system restore is not working. I created a restore point directly
after
> > I
> > > formatted my hd, I updated all hardware drivers ect. I create a
restore
> > point
> > > named "Master_Restore_Date", so if my comp messes up I can go back to
the
> > > very first day I installed all my updates. Heres my problem, the
> > > Master_Restore point I created is nowhere to be found, I don't see the
> > > restore point I created from the list? Why is my restore point gone?
and
> > > where is it?
> >
> >
> >
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