A Warning On Restore Points

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A Warning On Restore Points

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Mr Alpha View Member Profile	Apr 4 2007, 06:53 AM Post #1
Forum Addict Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,875 Joined: 25-November 04 From: Finland Member No.: 5,870	I thought I should warn anyone else dual-booting with XP. XP doesn't recognize the format of the Vista Restore Points, and so assumes they are corrupt, and promptly deletes them. -------------------- "Anyone who cannot form a community with others, or who does not need to because he is self-sufficient [...] is either a beast or a god." Aristotle AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ \| ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe \| 2GB Corsair TWINX2048-3500LLPRO \| Gigabyte GeForce 8800GTX \| Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS \| ASUS PhysX P1 \| Logitech G15 \| Logitech MX Revolution \| LG Flatron L2000C \| Logitech Z-5500 Digital Stubborn attempts to think clearly

usasma View Member Profile	Apr 4 2007, 07:22 AM Post #2
Visually handicapped, hence the avatar :0) Group: Moderator Posts: 13,432 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Southeastern CT, USA Member No.: 35,824	Does it delete them once you boot into XP - or do you have to invoke System Restore in XP for it to delete them? -------------------- - John If you need a more detailed explanation, please ask for it. I have the Knack.

Mr Alpha View Member Profile	Apr 4 2007, 08:29 AM Post #3
Forum Addict Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,875 Joined: 25-November 04 From: Finland Member No.: 5,870	At boot. It also deletes the shadow copies of files. -------------------- "Anyone who cannot form a community with others, or who does not need to because he is self-sufficient [...] is either a beast or a god." Aristotle AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ \| ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe \| 2GB Corsair TWINX2048-3500LLPRO \| Gigabyte GeForce 8800GTX \| Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS \| ASUS PhysX P1 \| Logitech G15 \| Logitech MX Revolution \| LG Flatron L2000C \| Logitech Z-5500 Digital Stubborn attempts to think clearly

usasma View Member Profile	Apr 4 2007, 08:50 AM Post #4
Visually handicapped, hence the avatar :0) Group: Moderator Posts: 13,432 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Southeastern CT, USA Member No.: 35,824	WOW!!! Thanks for the tip! -------------------- - John If you need a more detailed explanation, please ask for it. I have the Knack.

HitSquad View Member Profile	Apr 4 2007, 09:06 AM Post #5
You're Bleepin' or you're Weepin' Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,378 Joined: 12-March 06 From: Momma Member No.: 58,911	That's something MS is supposed to address in a future SP. Wether or not they actually do is questionable. Users of Ultimate and Enterprise versions can use bitlocker to prevent that from happening.

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