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05-26-2008
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| | Does system restore really work? Why can't I use system restore to restore back to certain restore points? I was only successful twice with it. When my laptap was new and when I used it after re-formatting my hard drive. On all occassions after those two instances I can never restore back to any restore point. It always says that "unspecified error" line. If Microsoft doesn't know what happend, how could I. Why did they bother putting system restore if it doesn't work all the time anyway. It gives you a false sense of security. |
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05-26-2008
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| | Re: Does system restore really work? "r3nr3w" <r3nr3w@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:6E477443-BE51-4391-A633-168000E243C3@xxxxxx Quote: > Why can't I use system restore to restore back to certain restore points? > I > was only successful twice with it. When my laptap was new and when I used > it > after re-formatting my hard drive. On all occassions after those two > instances I can never restore back to any restore point. It always says > that > "unspecified error" line. If Microsoft doesn't know what happend, how > could > I. Why did they bother putting system restore if it doesn't work all the > time anyway. It gives you a false sense of security. > A virus or spyware can corrupt system restore points. Is your computer 'clean'? -- Mike Hall - MVP How to construct a good post.. http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups.. http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc Mike's Window - My Blog.. http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx |
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05-26-2008
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| | Re: Does system restore really work? Maybe this can help you find out why it's not working. http://bertk.mvps.org/html/vista.html Ramone "r3nr3w" <r3nr3w@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:6E477443-BE51-4391-A633-168000E243C3@xxxxxx Quote: > Why can't I use system restore to restore back to certain restore points? > I > was only successful twice with it. When my laptap was new and when I used > it > after re-formatting my hard drive. On all occassions after those two > instances I can never restore back to any restore point. It always says > that > "unspecified error" line. If Microsoft doesn't know what happend, how > could > I. Why did they bother putting system restore if it doesn't work all the > time anyway. It gives you a false sense of security. |
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06-03-2008
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| | Re: Does system restore really work? I believe so. But I can never be a 100% sure. Does that mean I'll have to re-format again just to get it started? "Mike Hall - MVP" wrote: Quote: > "r3nr3w" <r3nr3w@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:6E477443-BE51-4391-A633-168000E243C3@xxxxxx Quote: > > Why can't I use system restore to restore back to certain restore points? > > I > > was only successful twice with it. When my laptap was new and when I used > > it > > after re-formatting my hard drive. On all occassions after those two > > instances I can never restore back to any restore point. It always says > > that > > "unspecified error" line. If Microsoft doesn't know what happend, how > > could > > I. Why did they bother putting system restore if it doesn't work all the > > time anyway. It gives you a false sense of security. > > > > A virus or spyware can corrupt system restore points. Is your computer > 'clean'? > > > -- > Mike Hall - MVP > How to construct a good post.. > http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm > How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups.. > http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc > Mike's Window - My Blog.. > http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx > > > > > |
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