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System Restore - How to save a restore point for a long time (XP H
This is XP SP3 Home Ed. I'd like a way to save one particular restore point
for a long time so it doesn't get written over by newer restore points. There isn't enough disk space to allocate more to SR. p.s. Installing new/3rd party software or services is not an option. My friend left his pc with me while overseas for a year or so. I've had to disable services and apps that keep trying to access online services not available from here, etc, and afraid I'll lose track of all the changes. I'd like him to be able to run System Restore to bring it back to just before he left, rather than me trying to keep track of everything. But that restore point will get written over shortly if I don't do something to save it. Is there a way to save it, in a way that System Restore will be able to restore to in a year from now? |
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System Restore - How to save a restore point for a long time(XP H
You misunderstand what a restore point is.
A restore point is not a backup. It is a copy of a small set of system and user files. You use a restore point to return to a known good system state as soon as you realize that something has gone wrong during a software update or install. You do not want want to restore an old restore point - then your computer would have a mix of old and new files, which can lead to serious trouble. In any case, restore points can't be saved separately. What you need to do is learn how to backup. --- Leonard Grey Errare Humanum Est cookieJones wrote: This is XP SP3 Home Ed. I'd like a way to save one particular restore point for a long time so it doesn't get written over by newer restore points. There isn't enough disk space to allocate more to SR. p.s. Installing new/3rd party software or services is not an option. My friend left his pc with me while overseas for a year or so. I've had to disable services and apps that keep trying to access online services not available from here, etc, and afraid I'll lose track of all the changes. I'd like him to be able to run System Restore to bring it back to just before he left, rather than me trying to keep track of everything. But that restore point will get written over shortly if I don't do something to save it. Is there a way to save it, in a way that System Restore will be able to restore to in a year from now? |
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