Vista x64 Home SP1 System Restore query

ok why is it that in Vista the system restore actually deletes all of my files as in my installed programs etc. etc. My downloads folder. And everything eles like that is affected yet windows say that shouldn't be happen. So how cna i fix this?

Are you referring to a complete system restore or a restore point?

A restore point will affect installed applications, but it shouldn't touch your download folder etc.

Try creating a download folder outside of the users directory.

Also try manually creating a restore point before installing lots of apps. That way if something breaks, you wont lose as much when you restore.

smarteyeball said:

Are you referring to a complete system restore or a restore point?

A restore point will affect installed applications, but it shouldn't touch your download folder etc.

Try creating a download folder outside of the users directory.

Also try manually creating a restore point before installing lots of apps. That way if something breaks, you wont lose as much when you restore.

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i was talking about a system restore from a predfined restore point. I chose when i had last used windows update to update my pc. I did that restore not a full one. It had an let me just make this clear. Delted all of my installed programs i had installed. Removed all of my documents. And set EVERYTHING back to how it was at that point as the first thing i did after i got my laptop was to use indows update to update the system. Since my other one had broke and i had to get a replacement. So why the hell is windows doing this?

That's odd. I've done quite a few restores and have never had any documents etc removed. Sorry mate, I'm not quite sure why your affected this way :huh:

well yeah that's exactly what i was thinking but i've never used Vista X64 before and it's seeming to only do it on this exact OS. Vista x86 doesn't do it, XP x86(never tried x64) doesn't do it but only Vista :/ hell i even tried reinstall my OS before and it still did it.

I'm running Vista x64 and it hasn't done it...

Which folder were your documents / downloads in?

ie c:\Users\yourname\Documents
c:\Users\yourname\Downloads

Or were they in a temp folder? Restore deletes files from temp folders.

they were in C:/users/MyName/(folder names)

also the weird Unamed network thing will never end and someone said a fix earlier but that isn't permanent. It'll randomly connect and this diconnect to this unidentified network it has local and internet access and will randomly appear then dissapear. During these times it'll dc me from any MMO i'm playing which is very bad as a dc=death and death is bad. I've never had this issue in XP, Ubuntu, Xubuntu, backtrack only Vista x64 HP SP1 on my Asus laptop. I don't get why it's doing that either.