 Vista Restore Point, For how long are they available? |
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 Feb 21 2008, 05:06 AM
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I have the feeling that the restore point made the day before are not available anymore.  For how long is Vista keeping the Restore Points? Thanks in advance. -------------------- Emile
Asus P4s800d-X P4 HT 3Ghz 2 Gb ram,1/ AGP GF 7800 GS with 2 monitors attached res 1152x854x32, 2/ PCI GF FX6200 1 monitor res 1152x854x32, 2 x 120 Gb, eSata 400Gb, 160 Gb external via USB, Dual Boot XP Pro SP3 DX 9c , Vista Home |
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Feb 21 2008, 07:26 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 21-January 08 Member No.: 185,055 |
How long are restore points saved?
Restore points are saved until the hard disk space System Restore reserves is filled up. As new restore points are created, old ones are deleted. If you turn off System Protection (the feature that creates restore points) on a disk, all restore points are deleted from that disk. When you turn System Protection back on, new restore points are created. Haynie |
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Feb 21 2008, 07:39 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 21-January 08 Member No.: 185,055 |
I noticed you were Vista Home dual boot with XP.
In this version of Windows, restore points are created differently and are not recognized by earlier versions of Windows. If you have a dual-boot configuration and you start an earlier version of Windows, the earlier version will delete any restore points created by this version of Windows. If you start this version of Windows, restore points will resume being created automatically. Haynie |
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Feb 21 2008, 07:53 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 35 Joined: 11-May 05 From: Brussels Member No.: 19,686 |
Helloo,
That's the reason why !! I must handle my changes to Vista environment more carefully....  Thanks for the explanation. have a nice day -------------------- Emile
Asus P4s800d-X P4 HT 3Ghz 2 Gb ram,1/ AGP GF 7800 GS with 2 monitors attached res 1152x854x32, 2/ PCI GF FX6200 1 monitor res 1152x854x32, 2 x 120 Gb, eSata 400Gb, 160 Gb external via USB, Dual Boot XP Pro SP3 DX 9c , Vista Home |
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Feb 21 2008, 10:28 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 15-February 08 Member No.: 190,431 |
i find backing up my computer to external drive with vista ultimate easy as like one big restore point..better then using SR!
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 Feb 23 2008, 04:41 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 35 Joined: 11-May 05 From: Brussels Member No.: 19,686 |
Hello,
As I run Dual boot, I used the ùsoft solution with success "Method 1 To keep Windows XP from deleting restore points of the volume in Windows Vista, add the following registry entry under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices\Offline registry subkey in Windows XP: Value name: \DosDevices\D: Type: REG_DWORD Value data: 1 Note If the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices\Offline registry subkey does not exist, you must manually create this registry subkey. Create this registry entry when you have installed Windows Vista on the "D" partition in Windows XP." Hope it helps some one. -------------------- Emile
Asus P4s800d-X P4 HT 3Ghz 2 Gb ram,1/ AGP GF 7800 GS with 2 monitors attached res 1152x854x32, 2/ PCI GF FX6200 1 monitor res 1152x854x32, 2 x 120 Gb, eSata 400Gb, 160 Gb external via USB, Dual Boot XP Pro SP3 DX 9c , Vista Home |
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Feb 23 2008, 08:29 AM
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Thanks for the tip Emile!
-------------------- - John
**If you need a more detailed explanation, please ask for it. I have the Knack. ** |
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