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Old 11-24-2007   #3 (permalink)
Rick Rogers


 
 

Re: Vista's System Restore points format.

Hi,

This may help explain how it works:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window....mspx?mfr=true

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Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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"Carl Farrington" <carl@xxxxxx-networks.commy.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Carl Farrington" <carl@xxxxxx-networks.commy.invalid> wrote in
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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?
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>> 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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