Amethyst
April 13th 03, 02:05 PM
The Reverend XP wrote:
> Turn the useless system restore off and save yourself the
> aggravation. Restore points are deleted by such things as
> disk cleaning and defragmenting and even virus checking.
> Instead go into your XP disk and find the NT Backup the
> route is this valueadd\msft\ntbackup. Double click the
> little computer icon and this will install a very reliable
> backup utility in your accessories. It has wizards for the
> beginner and advance configuration options for when you
> get more comfortable with it. Once a backup is done and
> every backup you perform after, it will always be there
> and won't be affected by anything you do. System Restore
> is the most useless piece of software in XP. Good luck.
What a CLOB. None of the processes you mention delete restore points. SR is
excellent - it has saved my butt many a time, just because it doesn't for
you, doesn't mean it doesn't work for everyone. Backup does not back up to
CDs, it needs a tape drive or similar.
All in all, a completely useless reply.
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> Turn the useless system restore off and save yourself the
> aggravation. Restore points are deleted by such things as
> disk cleaning and defragmenting and even virus checking.
> Instead go into your XP disk and find the NT Backup the
> route is this valueadd\msft\ntbackup. Double click the
> little computer icon and this will install a very reliable
> backup utility in your accessories. It has wizards for the
> beginner and advance configuration options for when you
> get more comfortable with it. Once a backup is done and
> every backup you perform after, it will always be there
> and won't be affected by anything you do. System Restore
> is the most useless piece of software in XP. Good luck.
What a CLOB. None of the processes you mention delete restore points. SR is
excellent - it has saved my butt many a time, just because it doesn't for
you, doesn't mean it doesn't work for everyone. Backup does not back up to
CDs, it needs a tape drive or similar.
All in all, a completely useless reply.
--
Cassandra
Card carrying member of the Fresh Start Club 'The Undead Are People Too!'
Reply address is fake. Please send all praise, abuse, insults, bequests
of £1million to cassandra (at) craigy34 (dot) freeserve (dot) co (dot)
uk. Change the obvious to the obvious.
Private requests for assistance will not be acknowledged. Please post all
correspondence to the group so that all may benefit. Thank you.