Vista - Restore point protocol

In the standard HP Vista protocol for deleting Restore Points, all the
Points are removed except the most recent.

Is there a process whereby the oldest Restore Point can first be saved and
still be usable if needed? Perhaps copied to a CD, then copied back after
purging the intermediate Points.

Thanks!

"William Beard" <wabeard6596@yahoo.com> wrote
> In the standard HP Vista protocol for deleting Restore Points, all the
> Points are removed except the most recent.
>
> Is there a process whereby the oldest Restore Point can first be saved and
> still be usable if needed? Perhaps copied to a CD, then copied back after
> purging the intermediate Points.

In XP that would definitely be a No. Restore points are chained. Unless
something has changed dramatically in Vista, I would think it can't be done
there either.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

No, this can't be done in Vista. If you are using Ultimate or Business
editions, you could save a Complete PC Backup to DVD, which sort of
acccomplishes the same thing in that it's a permanent point-in-time image of
your OS.

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"Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> "William Beard" <wabeard6596@yahoo.com> wrote
>> In the standard HP Vista protocol for deleting Restore Points, all the
>> Points are removed except the most recent.
>>
>> Is there a process whereby the oldest Restore Point can first be saved
>> and still be usable if needed? Perhaps copied to a CD, then copied back
>> after purging the intermediate Points.
>
> In XP that would definitely be a No. Restore points are chained. Unless
> something has changed dramatically in Vista, I would think it can't be
> done there either.
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

"Jill Zoeller [MSFT]" <jillz@online.microsoft.com> wrote
> No, this can't be done in Vista. If you are using Ultimate or Business
> editions, you could save a Complete PC Backup to DVD, which sort of
> acccomplishes the same thing in that it's a permanent point-in-time image
> of your OS.

> "Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote

>> "William Beard" <wabeard6596@yahoo.com> wrote
>>> In the standard HP Vista protocol for deleting Restore Points, all the
>>> Points are removed except the most recent.
>>>
>>> Is there a process whereby the oldest Restore Point can first be saved
>>> and still be usable if needed? Perhaps copied to a CD, then copied back
>>> after purging the intermediate Points.
>>
>> In XP that would definitely be a No. Restore points are chained. Unless
>> something has changed dramatically in Vista, I would think it can't be
>> done there either.

Thank, Jill.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]