Gettiing files from, System Restore

Is there a way i can extract files from system restore without resotring to
last point? i deleted some sample files from a program webshots collection,
they had a new update & made my pc crash, i cleaned it up & went back to old
version but when i unstalled the new version it took all my collections, I
know if i restore back it will apprear but dont want to just want to & fix
the registry etc again. I want to extract it like zip or rar file etc. is
all possible

Thanks

I think you don't understand what System Restore is and what using System
Restore does. System Restore is not a backup of your files. See
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/filesfolders.html
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
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Starship wrote:
Is there a way i can extract files from system restore without resotring
to
last point? i deleted some sample files from a program webshots
collection,
they had a new update & made my pc crash, i cleaned it up & went back to
old
version but when i unstalled the new version it took all my collections, I
know if i restore back it will apprear but dont want to just want to & fix
the registry etc again. I want to extract it like zip or rar file etc. is
all possible

Thanks

Try opening WinExplorerselect ToolsFolder OptionsView. Click on
Show all files and folders and Uncheck Hide protected
operating system files. Click on Apply, OK. Then open the C: drive and
you should now see System Volume Information Folder. Open and you will see
a number of RP Folders. Pick the highest numbered and you should be able to
access the files you need.

"Starship" please no@spam wrote in message
...
Is there a way i can extract files from system restore without resotring
to last point? i deleted some sample files from a program webshots
collection, they had a new update & made my pc crash, i cleaned it up &
went back to old version but when i unstalled the new version it took all
my collections, I know if i restore back it will apprear but dont want to
just want to & fix the registry etc again. I want to extract it like zip
or rar file etc. is all possible

Thanks

"Rich Barry" wrote in message
...
Try opening WinExplorerselect ToolsFolder OptionsView. Click on
Show all files and folders and Uncheck Hide protected
operating system files. Click on Apply, OK. Then open the C: drive
and you should now see System Volume Information Folder. Open and you
will see a number of RP Folders. Pick the highest numbered and you should
be able to access the files you need.

I see all A00 etc files, winzip , winrar wont read what is in them, so i
cant extract the files i need.

Starship wrote:
Is there a way i can extract files from system restore without restoring
to
last point?

Not that I know of, but that was never its design. System Restore
basically keeps track of the changes between restore points, and not the
individual files such that they can be recovered by you.

i deleted some sample files from a program webshots collection,
they had a new update & made my pc crash, i cleaned it up & went back to
old
version but when i unstalled the new version it took all my collections, I
know if i restore back it will appear but dont want to just want to & fix
the registry etc again. I want to extract it like zip or rar file etc. is
all possible

Thanks

One possible option would be to try an unerase program that might still be
able to recover some of those files. However, the more you have worked
around on that drive, the less likely that is.

Another possible option would be to 1) create a new restore point, 2)
temporarily rollback to the old one just to copy out the files (and save
them somewhere else that is NOT monitored by System Restore), and 3) then
restore back to the new point you had just created. And again, whether this
will work or not depends on how much you have done on that drive already.

No. System Restore is not a backup. A web search will explain to you
what System Restore does.
---
Leonard Grey
Packin' the 'K'

Starship wrote:
Is there a way i can extract files from system restore without resotring to
last point? i deleted some sample files from a program webshots collection,
they had a new update & made my pc crash, i cleaned it up & went back to old
version but when i unstalled the new version it took all my collections, I
know if i restore back it will apprear but dont want to just want to & fix
the registry etc again. I want to extract it like zip or rar file etc. is
all possible

Thanks

Addendum: System Restore does NOT monitor music or video files, so using
it will not be able to recover *those types* of files, IF that's what you
lost and want back again. So a good unerase program may be your only
option.

Starship wrote:
Is there a way i can extract files from system restore without restoring
to last point?

Not that I know of, but that was never its design. System Restore
basically keeps track of the changes between restore points, and not the
individual files such that they can be recovered by you.

i deleted some sample files from a program webshots collection,
they had a new update & made my pc crash, i cleaned it up & went back to
old
version but when i unstalled the new version it took all my collections,
I
know if i restore back it will appear but dont want to just want to & fix
the registry etc again. I want to extract it like zip or rar file etc.
is
all possible

Thanks

One possible option would be to try an unerase program that might still be
able to recover some of those files. However, the more you have worked
around on that drive, the less likely that is.

Another possible option would be to 1) create a new restore point, 2)
temporarily rollback to the old one just to copy out the files (and save
them somewhere else that is NOT monitored by System Restore), and 3) then
restore back to the new point you had just created. And again, whether
this
will work or not depends on how much you have done on that drive already.

"Rich Barry" wrote:

Try opening WinExplorerselect ToolsFolder OptionsView. Click on
Show all files and folders and Uncheck Hide protected
operating system files. Click on Apply, OK. Then open the C: drive and
you should now see System Volume Information Folder. Open and you will see
a number of RP Folders. Pick the highest numbered and you should be able to
access the files you need.

You shouldn't be giving advice here because it's eminently clear that
you're totally clueless.

"Starship" please no@spam wrote in message
...
Is there a way i can extract files from system restore without resotring
to last point? i deleted some sample files from a program webshots
collection, they had a new update & made my pc crash, i cleaned it up &
went back to old version but when i unstalled the new version it took all
my collections, I know if i restore back it will apprear but dont want to
just want to & fix the registry etc again. I want to extract it like zip
or rar file etc. is all possible

Thanks

Rich

Your procedure does not unhide the contents the System Volume
Information Folder. Further Starship does not understand you cannot do
what he wants to do as others have explained.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Rich Barry wrote:
Try opening WinExplorerselect ToolsFolder OptionsView. Click
on Show all files and folders and Uncheck Hide protected
operating system files. Click on Apply, OK. Then open the C:
drive and you should now see System Volume Information Folder. Open
and you will see a number of RP Folders. Pick the highest numbered
and you should be able to access the files you need.

"Starship" please no@spam wrote in message
...
Is there a way i can extract files from system restore without
resotring to last point? i deleted some sample files from a program
webshots collection, they had a new update & made my pc crash, i
cleaned it up & went back to old version but when i unstalled the
new version it took all my collections, I know if i restore back it
will apprear but dont want to just want to & fix the registry etc
again. I want to extract it like zip or rar file etc. is all
possible Thanks

Gerry, thanks for the heads up. My experience has only been in copying
the reg files from the Snapshot folder. Somehow I confused
that with what the Poster wanted. Didnt read the post correctly. Cheers
!


"Gerry" wrote in message
...
Rich

Your procedure does not unhide the contents the System Volume Information
Folder. Further Starship does not understand you cannot do what he wants
to do as others have explained.


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Rich Barry wrote:
Try opening WinExplorerselect ToolsFolder OptionsView. Click on
Show all files and folders and Uncheck Hide protected
operating system files. Click on Apply, OK. Then open the C:
drive and you should now see System Volume Information Folder. Open
and you will see a number of RP Folders. Pick the highest numbered
and you should be able to access the files you need.

"Starship" please no@spam wrote in message
...
Is there a way i can extract files from system restore without
resotring to last point? i deleted some sample files from a program
webshots collection, they had a new update & made my pc crash, i
cleaned it up & went back to old version but when i unstalled the
new version it took all my collections, I know if i restore back it
will apprear but dont want to just want to & fix the registry etc
again. I want to extract it like zip or rar file etc. is all
possible Thanks