Vista - System Restore Deleting Restore Points Automatically....

09-23-2007

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> Bert Kinney Wrote:

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>> That's correct. Give it try and let us know the results.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
>> 'All About System Restore in WinXP' (http://bertk.mvps.org)
>> Member: 'Welcome to DTS-L.org' (http://dts-l.org)

Bowen wrote:

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> Well, you were correct Bert, it didn't delete any restore points within
> Windows. However, it took an hour and sixteen minutes to complete and
> PD said I didn't even need to defrag. The thing about doing a boot time
> defrag is that it only takes......well it only took 5 minutes the last
> time I did it, but of course it wipes out the restore points.
>
> I think what I'm gonna do is go ahead and do boot time defrags and then
> immediately make a manual restore point afterwards.

And make sure the system is running correctly before hand. And remember all
Shadow Copy's will be effected including Previous Versions.

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> I imagine the boot
> time defrag only defrags certain files, where the Windows defrag does
> the entire hard drive. At least now I know though.

You may want to check with Raxco Support on this.

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> Do you happen to know a workaround for doing a boot time defrag while
> saving your restore points?

I don't know of any workaround to this.

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> This would be a little annoying and out of
> the way, but couldn't you say, burn your restore points (at least some
> of them) to a DVD-RW and then do a boot time defrag and then just copy
> them back afterwards. Would that work per chance?

No, this will not work.

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org

09-23-2007	#21 (permalink)
Bert Kinney n/a posts	Re: System Restore Deleting Restore Points Automatically.... Quote: > Bert Kinney Wrote: Quote: >> That's correct. Give it try and let us know the results. >> >> Regards, >> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User >> 'All About System Restore in WinXP' (http://bertk.mvps.org) >> Member: 'Welcome to DTS-L.org' (http://dts-l.org) Bowen wrote: Quote: > Well, you were correct Bert, it didn't delete any restore points within > Windows. However, it took an hour and sixteen minutes to complete and > PD said I didn't even need to defrag. The thing about doing a boot time > defrag is that it only takes......well it only took 5 minutes the last > time I did it, but of course it wipes out the restore points. > > I think what I'm gonna do is go ahead and do boot time defrags and then > immediately make a manual restore point afterwards. And make sure the system is running correctly before hand. And remember all Shadow Copy's will be effected including Previous Versions. Quote: > I imagine the boot > time defrag only defrags certain files, where the Windows defrag does > the entire hard drive. At least now I know though. You may want to check with Raxco Support on this. Quote: > Do you happen to know a workaround for doing a boot time defrag while > saving your restore points? I don't know of any workaround to this. Quote: > This would be a little annoying and out of > the way, but couldn't you say, burn your restore points (at least some > of them) to a DVD-RW and then do a boot time defrag and then just copy > them back afterwards. Would that work per chance? No, this will not work. Regards, Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User http://bertk.mvps.org Member: http://dts-l.org
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