[RESOLVED] winxp

Ok i just upgraded from win98 2nd edition to win xp pro. My question is should i turn off the system restore cause im most likely not gonna go back to win 98? Cause there is alot of space being taken on my hardrive thanks for the help.

System Restore is a tool for restoring your Windows XP configuration to an earlier date should things go horribly wrong

However, you can disable or change how much space it uses in your System Properties. Just look for the tab called "System Restore"

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[This message has been edited by windowscrash (edited October 07, 2001).]

system restore is a nice but imperfect feature .. example things like antivirus and things that have databases have to be reinstalled .. so if you want a half fixed system system restore is a great option .. however its also got alot of problems .. so be very careful with it ..

i suggest making regular backups otherways .. due to these database issues

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To all those that think System Restore is the be-all, end-all. If you really want to test System Restore, set up a test computer like I did last week. I installed Windows XP and nothing else. When I was done playing with XP, I decided to get creative. I deleted a large number of files in the Windows\System and \INF folder. I also deleted a few registry entries. When I rebooted, I found I could not get back into Windows (Which I expected). System Restore could do nothing for me, only a full reinstall could.

So, Please do REGULAR backups early and often! It is the only truly fulproof way to recover from a disaster. Also, depending on how important your data is, I would make several copies of the backups, and store them in seprate locations. If the data is truly that important, think Lock Box, think Fire-Proof, ect...

But please do not rely on System Restore alone to save you. I'll admit, it's a nice feature, one that can save you from some accidental file deletion, or a bad driver install, but will not fully protect you.

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<font face="Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Geneva" size="2">Originally posted by mpeton:
To all those that think System Restore is the be-all, end-all. If you really want to test System Restore, set up a test computer like I did last week. I installed Windows XP and nothing else. When I was done playing with XP, I decided to get creative. I deleted a large number of files in the Windows\System and \INF folder. I also deleted a few registry entries. When I rebooted, I found I could not get back into Windows (Which I expected). System Restore could do nothing for me, only a full reinstall could.

So, Please do REGULAR backups early and often! It is the only truly fulproof way to recover from a disaster. Also, depending on how important your data is, I would make several copies of the backups, and store them in seprate locations. If the data is truly that important, think Lock Box, think Fire-Proof, ect...

But please do not rely on System Restore alone to save you. I'll admit, it's a nice feature, one that can save you from some accidental file deletion, or a bad driver install, but will not fully protect you.

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its only designed for small scale recovery .. but as i noted above .. you have to end up reinstalling alot of your stuff anyways .. you did bring up a good point .. what point does system restore not work

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SYSTEM SPECS
Asus A7V266, AMD 1100 ( C series), 72x Kenwood CD, 8x4x32 Hp 9100I, ATI Radeon AGP 4x, ATA 100 (7200 RPM) 30gig, ATA 100 (7200 RPM) 13gig, 392mb pc2100 DDR RAM, Sound Blaster Live X-Gamer, Netgear 100-TX NIC, Windows XP Pro

Use Norton Ghost!!!

I just did a ghost image of my xp setup and even though it took up 6 CD's it was worth it

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