"Alan Robinson" <AlanRobinson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A27327DD-FDF7-4182-8217-D56502BAC654@microsoft.com...
>I have been using Symantec's GoBack for many years and it has saved my
>bacon
> on many occassions. But will not be available for Vista. I have been
> looking
> at Rollback RX which is supposed to be really good but you have problems
> defraging your hard disk. You have to uninstall rollback, defrag and then
> re-intsall and then you lose your restore points. So how good is Vista's
> system restore? Would I be able to bank on it in an emergency? Any
> thoughts
> and ideas would be appreciated. I did think of Acronis True Image as a
> companion, but was rreally looking for something along the lines of
> GoBack.
> Many thanks,
> Alan.
I agree with Bert. The system restore in Vista uses Shadow Copy and is much
more robust than the System Restore in XP. It is however only one part of a
disaster recovery plan. It is not a substitute for a backup.
I would avoid GoBack for any OS.
--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca