System Restore Point Questions 2

[koala15]

Hi,

In XP (Pro and Home):

1) How do I set a Restore Point (say, before installing some S/W) and how do I roll back to that, or any other point?

2) How many restore points can XP hold?

3) Is it possible to delete a particular restore point?

4) What is saved / restored within a Restore Point?

Thanks ... Greg.

"Life is full of learning, and then there is wisdom"

 

[Krickles]

1. To create a Restore Point
Access the System Restore Wizard through Help and Support Center.
Click Create a restore point, and then click Next.
In the Restore point description box, type a name to identify this restore point. System Restore automatically adds to this name the date and time that this Restore Point is created.
To finish creating this restore point, click Create.
To cancel restore point creation and return to the Welcome to System Restore screen, click Back.
To cancel restore point creation and exit the System Restore Wizard, click Cancel.
Notes

To access the System Restore Wizard, click Start, and then click Help and Support. Click Performance and Maintenance, click Using System Restore to undo changes, and then click Run the System Restore Wizard.
Creating a restore point can be useful any time you anticipate making changes to your computer that are risky or might make your computer unstable.
To view or to return to this restore point, from the Welcome to System Restore screen of the System Restore Wizard select Restore my computer to an earlier time. Then select the date when the restore point was created from the calendar in the Select a Restore Point screen. All of the restore points that were created on the selected date are listed by name in the list box to the right of the calendar.

2.Open System Properties.
Select a drive from the Available drives box by clicking it, and then click Settings. If you have only one drive or partition, it is selected for you.
In the Drive <drive:>settings box, move the Disk space to use slider to change the disk space allocation for System Restore. Note that you cannot exceed 12 percent of the available disk space.

3.Yes

4.Start --> Help --> Enter Understanding System Restore

Krickles | 1.6180

 

[linney]

This article discusses the System Restore feature of Microsoft Windows XP, which enables users, in the event of a problem, to restore their PCs to a previous state without losing personal data files.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...y/en-us/dnwxp/html/windowsxpsystemrestore.asp

Frequently Asked Questions Regarding System Restore in Windows XP

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/faqsrwxp.mspx

You don't really want Restore Points going back too far as they will more than likely uninstall all programs or settings you have changed since your "go back point" causing you more problems than it may fix.

The average restore point is 25mb+ with a "first in, first out" policy on restore points. They contain mainly deleted or altered exe, dlls, shortcuts and a registry backup and user profile details. They do not contain users data.

Keeping restore points for a week seems adequate. Amount of disk space used depends on the size of your restore points. Some restore points can be as large as 500mb after major alterations to a system (ie a new service pack or several hefty program installs, or running SFC /Scannow).

 

[koala15]

Krickles and linney,

Thank you both for your very informative responses.

A star to both of you .... Cheers.

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