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Old April 18th 05, 07:09 PM
BrianMultiLanguage
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Default RESTORE and Profiles

Can system restore be pointed to something else beside the root drive?
Ditto for the profiles?
Thanks
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Old April 18th 05, 09:23 PM
Thorsten Matzner
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BrianMultiLanguage
wrote:

Can system restore be pointed to something else beside the root drive?


No.

Ditto for the profiles?


See "Cannot Move or Rename the Documents and Settings Folder"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=236621).

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Old April 18th 05, 09:28 PM
Bert Kinney
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Hi Brian,

System Restore monitors partitions. It can not monitor only part of a
partition. What is it you are attempting to achieve?

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BrianMultiLanguage wrote:
Can system restore be pointed to something else beside
the root drive? Ditto for the profiles?
Thanks



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Old April 18th 05, 10:00 PM
Miss Perspicacia Tick
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Bert Kinney wrote:
Hi Brian,

System Restore monitors partitions. It can not monitor only part of a
partition. What is it you are attempting to achieve?


Bert, I can only surmise that he is labouring under the misapprehension that
RPs are snapshots of his entire system and he wishes to change the save
location so that he can restore them if he needs to reinstall.

Sorry, Brian but, if that's what you're thinking, I can't quash that here
and now - RPs are snapshots of vital system files only and, if you
reinstall, would be completely useless as they pertain only to the
installation under which they were created.



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Old April 18th 05, 11:35 PM
BrianMultiLanguage
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Make room on the root drive.

"Bert Kinney" wrote:

Hi Brian,

System Restore monitors partitions. It can not monitor only part of a
partition. What is it you are attempting to achieve?

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Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://dts-l.org/



BrianMultiLanguage wrote:
Can system restore be pointed to something else beside
the root drive? Ditto for the profiles?
Thanks




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Old April 18th 05, 11:45 PM
Bert Kinney
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Hi Miss Perspicacia,

The question is unclear and raises more questions. I think Brian
should read the following description of SR and repost his question.
http://home.earthlink.net/~mvp_bert/...scription.html

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Miss Perspicacia Tick wrote:
Bert Kinney wrote:
Hi Brian,

System Restore monitors partitions. It can not monitor
only part of a partition. What is it you are attempting
to achieve?


Bert, I can only surmise that he is labouring under the
misapprehension that RPs are snapshots of his entire
system and he wishes to change the save location so that
he can restore them if he needs to reinstall.
Sorry, Brian but, if that's what you're thinking, I can't
quash that here and now - RPs are snapshots of vital
system files only and, if you reinstall, would be
completely useless as they pertain only to the
installation under which they were created.



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Old April 19th 05, 12:12 AM
Bert Kinney
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Hi Brian,

No. There is a folder on each drive (System Volume Information or SVI
for short) where System Restore stores it's restore point information.
This destination can not be changed or rerouted.

The size of the SVI folder can be changed by adjusting the amount of
space uses to store restore points. Take a look at this article for
information on making the adjustments.
http://home.earthlink.net/~mvp_bert/html/healthy.html

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http://dts-l.org/

BrianMultiLanguage wrote:
Make room on the root drive.

"Bert Kinney" wrote:

Hi Brian,

System Restore monitors partitions. It can not monitor
only part of a partition. What is it you are attempting
to achieve?

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://dts-l.org/



BrianMultiLanguage wrote:
Can system restore be pointed to something else beside
the root drive? Ditto for the profiles?
Thanks



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Old April 19th 05, 12:20 AM
BrianMultiLanguage
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So Xp restore is just like ME version.
Ok, well I'll turn it off. If you can not control the animal, get rid of it.
Thanks all.

"Bert Kinney" wrote:

Hi Brian,

No. There is a folder on each drive (System Volume Information or SVI
for short) where System Restore stores it's restore point information.
This destination can not be changed or rerouted.

The size of the SVI folder can be changed by adjusting the amount of
space uses to store restore points. Take a look at this article for
information on making the adjustments.
http://home.earthlink.net/~mvp_bert/html/healthy.html

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://dts-l.org/

BrianMultiLanguage wrote:
Make room on the root drive.

"Bert Kinney" wrote:

Hi Brian,

System Restore monitors partitions. It can not monitor
only part of a partition. What is it you are attempting
to achieve?

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://dts-l.org/



BrianMultiLanguage wrote:
Can system restore be pointed to something else beside
the root drive? Ditto for the profiles?
Thanks




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Old April 19th 05, 01:59 AM
Bert Kinney
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System Restore in XP is similar to the ME version but not exactly the
same.

Disabling SR is an option, but so is a larger hard drive.

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Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://dts-l.org/


BrianMultiLanguage wrote:
So Xp restore is just like ME version.
Ok, well I'll turn it off. If you can not control the
animal, get rid of it. Thanks all.

"Bert Kinney" wrote:

Hi Brian,

No. There is a folder on each drive (System Volume
Information or SVI for short) where System Restore
stores it's restore point information. This destination
can not be changed or rerouted.

The size of the SVI folder can be changed by adjusting
the amount of space uses to store restore points. Take a
look at this article for information on making the
adjustments.
http://home.earthlink.net/~mvp_bert/html/healthy.html

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://dts-l.org/

BrianMultiLanguage wrote:
Make room on the root drive.

"Bert Kinney" wrote:

Hi Brian,

System Restore monitors partitions. It can not monitor
only part of a partition. What is it you are attempting
to achieve?

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://dts-l.org/



BrianMultiLanguage wrote:
Can system restore be pointed to something else beside
the root drive? Ditto for the profiles?
Thanks



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Old April 19th 05, 05:10 PM
BrianMultiLanguage
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In that regard, a tighter coded OS would be an option too.
Ok. Thanks all.

"Bert Kinney" wrote:

System Restore in XP is similar to the ME version but not exactly the
same.

Disabling SR is an option, but so is a larger hard drive.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://dts-l.org/


BrianMultiLanguage wrote:
So Xp restore is just like ME version.
Ok, well I'll turn it off. If you can not control the
animal, get rid of it. Thanks all.

"Bert Kinney" wrote:

Hi Brian,

No. There is a folder on each drive (System Volume
Information or SVI for short) where System Restore
stores it's restore point information. This destination
can not be changed or rerouted.

The size of the SVI folder can be changed by adjusting
the amount of space uses to store restore points. Take a
look at this article for information on making the
adjustments.
http://home.earthlink.net/~mvp_bert/html/healthy.html

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://dts-l.org/

BrianMultiLanguage wrote:
Make room on the root drive.

"Bert Kinney" wrote:

Hi Brian,

System Restore monitors partitions. It can not monitor
only part of a partition. What is it you are attempting
to achieve?

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://dts-l.org/



BrianMultiLanguage wrote:
Can system restore be pointed to something else beside
the root drive? Ditto for the profiles?
Thanks




 




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