I have a different folder at the same level that contains java code. The
system restore did not reset the java code folder. In fact as far as I can
tell no other user files on my machine were reverted back to the restore
point. Only this one folder. Do you know how, if this is by design, the
system restore decides what to restore and what to ignore?
"Rick Rogers" wrote:
> A bug by design. It's supposed to behave this way to replace any user files
> with known good copies in the event of system corruption. Something that was
> actually a common complaint in XP, that System Restore did not protect user
> data. My thought is that more configurability would be a nice thing to
> offer.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "rmeacham" <rmeacham@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F9906709-7B38-4BBA-82A7-035CBD35AED5@microsoft.com...
> >I would still think this is a bug. System restore should not replace user
> > data files.
> > "Rick Rogers" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> As you can read here:
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/...ne/backup.mspx,
> >> the shadow copies of user data are now part of the system restore
> >> process.
> >> To my knowledge, there is no way to single out folders and exempt them
> >> from
> >> this process. I would consider moving the data, or even the entire user
> >> accounts documents folder, to a different volume and ensuring that drive
> >> is
> >> not monitored (System Protection tab of the advanced system properties).
> >>
> >> --
> >> Best of Luck,
> >>
> >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> >> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
> >>
> >> "rmeacham" <rmeacham@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:390AFCE1-7C11-41F2-A860-B8B0410766F5@microsoft.com...
> >> >I have a folder under C:\Users\username\Documents\Visual Studio
> >> >2005\Projects
> >> > that contains C# code and a compiled dll that is used in a few
> >> > different
> >> > applications. When I perform a system restore, the entire c# folder is
> >> > restored back to the same point as the system restore point. I was
> >> > able
> >> > to
> >> > use the shadow copy feature to recover changes I made. However,
> >> > performing a
> >> > system restore should not affect user data (in this case my c# code).
> >> > Is
> >> > there a way to tell Vista that this is a user directory and not a
> >> > system
> >> > directory.
> >>
> >>
>
>