Thanks Robert & Alexander for your input.
The reason I ask is that I see on Microsoft's site they mention previous
copies and show multiple copies of a file over a very short period of time
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...ne/backup.mspx
This feature (and a few others) in Vista is one of my reasons to consider
the upgrade.
Jeff
"Alexander Suhovey" wrote:
> Since this feature uses VSS that normally creates shadow copies on a daily
> basis, you will need either wait for another day or create snapshot manually
> by going to system restore and creating a restore point.
>
> I must confess, I'm yet to fully understand the logic behind "previous
> versions" in Vista since sometimes for a document I was working on for a
> whole week there's only one previous version listed but at the same time
> there's full 6 previous versions available for a *folder* where this
> document is saved along with other docs.
>
> --
> Alexander Suhovey
>
> "Robert Firth" <webmaster@winvistainfo.org> wrote in message
> news:A6952F59-D4A3-406A-88BA-526A500DA84C@microsoft.com...
> > I've tried the same in the past for my files, but no backups for most of
> > them. Seems to be only for files you have made many revisions on.
> >
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> > "Jeff" <Jeff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:B5145449-5A06-4C1F-B1B7-27A87701DF9B@microsoft.com...
> >>I am running RC2 and experimenting with shadow co have created a few Word
> >> docs and changed and resaved them, but when I rt click and choose restore
> >> previous versions I don’t see anything.
> >>
> >> System restore is on and I can see restore points, but my files don’t
> >> seem
> >> to have previous versions.
> >>
> >> Any ideas?
> >>
> >> Jeff
> >>
> >
>