Here's a bit of information I just retrieved from Windows Help and
Support (the system level help function in Windows) in Vista:
In this version of Windows, restore points are created
differently and are not recognized by earlier versions of Windows. If
you have a dual-boot configuration and you start an earlier version of
Windows, the earlier version will delete any restore points created by
this version of Windows. If you start this version of Windows, restore
points will resume being created automatically.
So, if your system has System Restore enabled running Vista and you
should go back to XP, XP will delete your previous restore points
created by Vista. Most likely, XP will do this automatically and without
warning.
Why would XP do that?
Incompatibility is the only thing I can think of.
If Restore Points between the two versions of Windows are so different
that XP would delete Vista-created Restore Points, what does Vista do
when it first encounters a XP created external hard disk?
While the Help function in Vista tells you outright that Restore Points
are created differently, it doesn't tell you what you most NEED to know:
_HOW_ are they created differently?
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