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04-12-2008
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| | System Restore: do restore points persist after a restore? I used System Restore to undo an application install only to find that all restore points prior to the one I undid have disappeared. All that remains is an "Undo: Restore Operation" and nothing before that. Is this the normal or expected behaviour? I would have thought that restore points prior to the one undone would remain. -- And loving it, -Q _________________________________________________ Qu0llSixFour@xxxxxx (Replace the "SixFour" with numbers to email me) |
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04-12-2008
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| | Re: System Restore: do restore points persist after a restore? I agree, it does sound strange. My guess would be you need some part of that previous registry to use the older points. The relationship there is additive, and I suppose it possible that your current setup actually is the source of the original problem (and that app install only triggered it) Personally, I would be better safe than sorry, backup in prep of a fail, and turn off restore to blank it, and kind of go from there. If something is fragile, you don't want to depend on system restore. You need data backup. -- Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web interface. http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...eAPostAsAnswer Mark L. Ferguson .. "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:B70D04F1-8FB7-4942-B463-5246BDEE5FC6@xxxxxx Quote: > I used System Restore to undo an application install only to find that all > restore points prior to the one I undid have disappeared. All that > remains is an "Undo: Restore Operation" and nothing before that. > > Is this the normal or expected behaviour? I would have thought that > restore points prior to the one undone would remain. > > -- > And loving it, > > -Q > _________________________________________________ > Qu0llSixFour@xxxxxx > (Replace the "SixFour" with numbers to email me) |
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04-12-2008
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| | Re: System Restore: do restore points persist after a restore? "Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:3327BE83-426F-4276-BE4C-80ADEADF0DD1@xxxxxx Quote: > I agree, it does sound strange. My guess would be you need some part of > that previous registry to use the older points. The relationship there is > additive, and I suppose it possible that your current setup actually is > the source of the original problem (and that app install only triggered > it) > Personally, I would be better safe than sorry, backup in prep of a fail, > and turn off restore to blank it, and kind of go from there. If something > is fragile, you don't want to depend on system restore. You need data > backup. restore points created today and the Undo restore point has vanished. There is plenty of disk space available so I would not have expected such relatively recent points to be deleted. Are there any factors other than available disk space that control the maintenance of restore points? Why is it only keeping "young" points? -- And loving it, -Q _________________________________________________ Qu0llSixFour@xxxxxx (Replace the "SixFour" with numbers to email me) |
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04-12-2008
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| | Re: System Restore: do restore points persist after a restore? You should read Bert's site System Restore in Windows Vista: http://bertk.mvps.org/html/vista.html -- Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web interface. http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...eAPostAsAnswer Mark L. Ferguson .. "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:8D3B3B29-A1A7-45F7-9DA2-78DB814FBFB6@xxxxxx Quote: > "Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson@xxxxxx> wrote in > message news:3327BE83-426F-4276-BE4C-80ADEADF0DD1@xxxxxx > Quote: >> I agree, it does sound strange. My guess would be you need some part of >> that previous registry to use the older points. The relationship there is >> additive, and I suppose it possible that your current setup actually is >> the source of the original problem (and that app install only triggered >> it) >> Personally, I would be better safe than sorry, backup in prep of a fail, >> and turn off restore to blank it, and kind of go from there. If something >> is fragile, you don't want to depend on system restore. You need data >> backup. > Actually, the problem appears a little more complex. Now I can only see > restore points created today and the Undo restore point has vanished. > There is plenty of disk space available so I would not have expected such > relatively recent points to be deleted. > > Are there any factors other than available disk space that control the > maintenance of restore points? Why is it only keeping "young" points? > > -- > And loving it, > > -Q > _________________________________________________ > Qu0llSixFour@xxxxxx > (Replace the "SixFour" with numbers to email me) |
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