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I was told that its a good idea to set up System Recovery
so if something goes wrong you can go back to a preset time.
The problem is I dont know who to set this up.
Can someone please advise me on how to do this.

Thanks
 
It is set up by default. Go to Start>All Programs>Accessories>System
Tools>System Restore. Make sure the top radio button is selected and click
Next. You should see a calendar on the left with some dates in bold. If
you do you are all set. If you want to set a special restore point, just
select 'Create a restore point' on the first page and give your restore
point a name that records what you are about to do.

To turn on system restore, go to Start>Help and Support and type "turn on
system restore" in the search box (upper left). Click the link in the left
pane and follow the directions in the right pane.
 
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ararino said:
I was told that its a good idea to set up System Recovery
so if something goes wrong you can go back to a preset time.
The problem is I dont know who to set this up.
Can someone please advise me on how to do this.
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I see that Colin has already told you how. I'll just add one
comment, because this often confuses people. The System Restore
feature is not a backup technique. It lets you restore the
operating system to a previous state, but does nothing for your
personal data. Certainly you should have System Resore running,
but you should also be sure you have a good backup scheme in
place.
 
ararino said:
I was told that its a good idea to set up System Recovery
so if something goes wrong you can go back to a preset time.
The problem is I dont know who to set this up.
Can someone please advise me on how to do this.

Thanks
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See MVP Bert Kinney's System Restore pages:
http://home.earthlink.net/~mvp_bert/index.html

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
http://aumha.org/alex.htm
 
In ararino <ararino@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
I was told that its a good idea to set up System Recovery
so if something goes wrong you can go back to a preset time.
The problem is I dont know who to set this up.
Can someone please advise me on how to do this.

Thanks
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Unless, of course, you mean Automated System Recovery?

How to Set up and Use Automated System Recovery in Windows XP:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/asr.mspx

Galen
 
ararino said:
I was told that its a good idea to set up System Recovery
so if something goes wrong you can go back to a preset time.
The problem is I dont know who to set this up.
Can someone please advise me on how to do this.

Thanks
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START
RUN
msconfig
Launch System Restore
Create a Restore Point
NEXT
Name it Like Checkpoint reason (Before
messing up.)

Also,
START
HELP
INDEX
RESTORE etc.

HTH, Skid
 
,;Galen wrote:
,;> In ,;> ararino <ararino@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:
,;>
,;> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
,;>
,;>
,;>>I was told that its a good idea to set up System Recovery
,;>>so if something goes wrong you can go back to a preset time.
,;>>The problem is I dont know who to set this up.
,;>>Can someone please advise me on how to do this.
,;>>
,;>>Thanks
,;>
,;>
,;> Unless, of course, you mean Automated System Recovery?
,;>
,;> How to Set up and Use Automated System Recovery in Windows XP:
,;> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/asr.mspx
,;>
,;> Galen
,;The http link does NOT work???
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It works for me.
 
Paste the url into your browser (remove any spaces resulting from cut and
paste).
 
In DPost <dpost8@hotmail.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
The http link does NOT work???

D.
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Did you get it to work for you? You can also find it via the search feature
at microsoft.com more than likely. I'm not even sure that's what you're
looking for, it was just an idea because your post wasn't exactly clear what
you meant.

Galen
 
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