Boris Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 We have been discussing the principles of XPs System Restore feature at work.There appear to be 2 schools of thought on how best to use it - if you do have it enabled.A - you do it for all drives/partitionsB - you do it only for your main C:\ drive only (the one where Windows is)Naturally I have my own view on this :rolleyes: as you would expect !but I cannot seem to find any definitive advice to which I can point those "experts" who have shall we say the "wrong idea" :D (in my opinion)All help gratefully accepted - :) ( I just don't like being told "You have got this completely wrong ! " ) :o :angry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Radfordin Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Can there be a right and a wrong way of doing it? Surely you should use the system that best suits your needs. The only way you could prove you are right to only do it for your main patition would be to prove that when you carry out a system restore it is only files on that partition that will need to be rolled back.In the same way you don't like being told your wrong, you can't expect anyone else to like you telling them your right - that is unless you have the proof.I doubt there is any definitive advice on this, afterall who are you going to consider to be an expert in the area?!Do what suits you and let others do what suits them I say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 I have it enabled but i don't use it now as it doesn't deliver what it promises (not for me anyway). It doesn't restore your machine to an earlier time at all. It restores what it feels fit to restore and that ain't the same thing. This is amply illustrated by the "positive" claim that you don't lose your files etc. when it is used.When I have used it in the past, more often than not, it hasn't cured the problem is was used for and I may as well not have bothered.I still rely on a full system backup and a daily files backup for any occasion that I need to undo a misdeed, whether of my or Window's creation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 I had to shut down my "ram disk" , as system restore did not work with it ....I decided that the speed gains were not worth the risk of the loss of system restore ....I use it for my windows partition and my c drive only , my other partition and my two back up drives are just is ...! One of the drives is on a linked computer with its own restore anyway ...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Radfordin Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 I've used it once and that was after creating a problem with the network connection that I had seen before and knew the only way to resolve was either system restore or rebuild. Thankfully it worked. I view it very much as a 'last ditch' attempt to get a problem fixed.Having said that, it was great when working in support to role a users machine back to a previous day when they claimed they hadn't done anything - it quickly became obvious that they had changed some setting or installed something when the machine started working again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted March 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 I use it for my windows partition and my c drive onlyMy approach is essential the same as Tankus. My primary H/D is only 60 gig.System Restore is only set on C:\ - the primary partition on my H/D which contains Program files + Windows. The other D:\ partition is my data and downloads/drivers etc. I copy compressed images of both weekly using Acronis True Image to another 20 Gig H/D which lives in a caddy. This caddy moves between my 2 PCs for backup on both.I cannot see the point of using a chunk of the space on D: for System Restore. However I have been told categorically by supposed IT "experts" that my approach is totally wrong and I am "at great risk" as I should have System Restore active on both partitions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Smith Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 For what it's worth, on the few occasions I've used XP, I have found that system restore has not done what it claims, so I now ensure that I have a good image/clone (drive image is my preferred method) of a system if I want to have a tinke and need to make good quickly.Mr. M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 I must say Boris I tend to agree with you...... and Fred :D http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20020711S0009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted March 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Thanks NelI'd totally forgotten about looking in Mr Langa's archives ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Assuming system restore protects and restores system files, and your OS is on C, why should system restore need to protect other partitions. Just a thought :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted March 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Assuming system restore protects and restores system files, and your OS is on C, why should system restore need to protect other partitions. :)Exactly ! Very succinct !I shall use this very quote :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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