Is there a way to turn off System restore without deleting restore points in XP? When I go to turn it off it says it will delete all restore points. WTF! Why is that needed? Anyway, is there a way to get around this? I want to keep it off because it is not recommended to have it on in a computer that you do recording with.
I don’t think there is a way. The help file says:
which makes it appear that there’s no option - turn it off and delete the restore points, or leave it on. I’m not sure why this would be, though.
Hmm, I wonder if some computer expert out there can think of a way around it? Where are the restore points saved? Could I just move them to a different folder and then move them back later?
I used to work as a computer technician and all I have to say is that sytem restore doesn’t work in 95% of the cases.
Under what OS? My experience of System Restore under XP is the complete opposite of this; if the problem is badly installed/uninstalled, missing, corrupted, or overwritten software or drivers, it works pretty well. Of course if the problem is some random undiagnosed problem outside the scope of software/driver/registry restoration, then it’s not going to work.
The Restore version used in Windows ME sucked hard (but, then again, so did WinME!). I use XP Pro and haven’t had any problems with Restore.
Agreed. System Restore has saved my ass more times than I can count.
The restore points are saved in a folder (one for each system volume) named something like:
C:\System Volume Information_restore{<a whole load of gobbledygook>}\
with each restore point being a subdirectory of that called RP01 (for example) with the numbers distinguishing the different restore points. You could certainly try backing up these folders and replacing them at a later date but this is highly likely not to work, in my opinion, and could completely screw up your computer were you to try and restore to one of the backed-up points at a later date. If I were trying it myself, I’d view it purely as an exercise in academic interest, and would put no reliance on it whatsoever. Someone with a better understanding of exactly how System Restore works should be able to give a better indication of whether it’d be safe, but I haven’t been able to find that sort of detailed info just knocking around the web. Maybe try it out on a computer you don’t care about first, if you can find one?