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Scarecrow Man Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 Like Windows XP before it, all versions of Windows Vista include System Restore to undo changes to system files and settings but leave user data files untouched. The Previous Versions feature is like System Restore for your own files, but you get to choose the particular files that are restored. Both System Restore and Previous Versions take advantage of a Vista system service called Volume Shadow Copy. This makes perfect technical sense; both features essentially take snapshots of disk activity so that a file can be restored to an older version. Unfortunately, this is where the feature-cleavers in Microsoft's marketing department went crazy. Even though the Home Basic and Home Premium versions of Vista are backing up all files including user data files, users can't access the backups of their own data. Want proof that the backups are there? Use Microsoft's Windows Anytime Upgrade feature to upgrade from Home to Ultimate. When we did that, the Previous Versions tab appeared and revealed changes to data files that were made before the upgrade occurred.Thanks MS... Appreciate the effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted April 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 I don't have Vista of course. I just thought that the item may interest those who do, or are thinking about it. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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