restore points problem

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eric

each time I select a restore point and I created 3 since
installing windows xp all I get is a message telling me
that I cannot restore to this point which is very annoying
when you rely on this facility for system recovery.
can anyone tell me what is wrong please. thanks
eric
 
The System Restore feature in XP is simply a pile of crap
programming. Restore points become useless when doing such
simple things as disk optimizing and cleanup. This is a
CPU hog and total waste of time. Simply turn it off and
save yourself the headaches. Then if you want a good
restore option install the NTBackup off your XP HE disk
found in the valueadd\msft\ntbackup folder. Keep smiling.
 
eric said:
each time I select a restore point and I created 3 since
installing windows xp all I get is a message telling me
that I cannot restore to this point which is very annoying
when you rely on this facility for system recovery.
can anyone tell me what is wrong please. thanks
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Sometimes system restore points become corrupt, and the only thing to
do is turn off system restore, then restart it again (which destroys
all points). It's a very good idea to have a secondary backup.
Frequently recommended here is erunt.zip, a 575K freeware utility.
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt
 
Well I think System Restore is great. It has worked faultlessly for
me for two years and fixed my system on a number of occasions.

John Allen
 
Well I think System Restore is great. It has worked faultlessly for
me for two years and fixed my system on a number of occasions.
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I use it often too. If not for restoring, at least for creating restore
points right before I do something stupid... errm, I mean new.

For the times that I needed to restore, it was invaluable. The current
image backup that I usually have on hand is available as well but
recovering with System Restore is faster and quite adequate for small
"oops" situations.
 
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