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Old 11-24-2007   #2 (permalink)
Carl Farrington


 
 

Re: Vista's System Restore points format.


"Carl Farrington" <carl@xxxxxx-networks.commy.invalid> wrote in message
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> It looks like Vista packages each of its restore points up into large
> single files. Does anybody know how to get into this file and poke around?
>
> With XP, I could take registry hives from a restore point folder to
> replace bad/corrupt copies. It's looking like this won't be possible with
> Vista.
Ah, I gather Vista uses volume snapshots rather than just copying files.
Hmmm.

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