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Re: Help! System restore
Well, Annie, I have the same problem. There were 3 points 2 days ago, 1 this
morning and none tonight! I have massive storage, no anti virusrunning and
they just are gone. Seems like the restore program does what it wants. I
just don't understand why they disappear. Maybe it's a new feature!
"annie" wrote:
> Thanks, but that doesn't explain why there is now only one point (yesterday -
> when I last looked at it). Why does it have arrows to go back to previous
> month, if they don't work, and why do the points disappear
>
> "Alex Nichol" wrote:
>
> > annie wrote:
> >
> > >I can't use system restore - it is enabled, but in July when I tried to go
> > >back to June it wouldn't let me even though the arrows are there at the top.
> > >Later in the month some of the restore dates that were there went too.
> >
> > It is intended as a fairly short term matter, for unwinding things that
> > go wrong, like a faulty program installation, or one that soon wearies
> > on test. The classic example was 'Mommy puts right the Chaos that little
> > Johnny wraught this morning'
> >
> > It is not a long term backup, even of the system, and is not intended
> > for data at all. Typically you should expect maybe 20 or 30 points, and
> > as these may be made when you install software or Windows Updates, that
> > may mean about 3 weeks. Then the space allowed fills up and the oldest
> > ones will drop off. At the end if you manage to keep a string of points
> > to become as long as 90 days, they will be dropped at that time
> >
> >
> > --
> > Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
> > Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)
> >
Well, Annie, I have the same problem. There were 3 points 2 days ago, 1 this
morning and none tonight! I have massive storage, no anti virusrunning and
they just are gone. Seems like the restore program does what it wants. I
just don't understand why they disappear. Maybe it's a new feature!
"annie" wrote:
> Thanks, but that doesn't explain why there is now only one point (yesterday -
> when I last looked at it). Why does it have arrows to go back to previous
> month, if they don't work, and why do the points disappear
>
> "Alex Nichol" wrote:
>
> > annie wrote:
> >
> > >I can't use system restore - it is enabled, but in July when I tried to go
> > >back to June it wouldn't let me even though the arrows are there at the top.
> > >Later in the month some of the restore dates that were there went too.
> >
> > It is intended as a fairly short term matter, for unwinding things that
> > go wrong, like a faulty program installation, or one that soon wearies
> > on test. The classic example was 'Mommy puts right the Chaos that little
> > Johnny wraught this morning'
> >
> > It is not a long term backup, even of the system, and is not intended
> > for data at all. Typically you should expect maybe 20 or 30 points, and
> > as these may be made when you install software or Windows Updates, that
> > may mean about 3 weeks. Then the space allowed fills up and the oldest
> > ones will drop off. At the end if you manage to keep a string of points
> > to become as long as 90 days, they will be dropped at that time
> >
> >
> > --
> > Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
> > Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)
> >