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System restore points pointers

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by all2tropical

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Ok, you are monitoring all of you drives, and you are making systems restore points every month, or before major changes or software installs thinking you can go back at any time, right? Wrong, XP purges the restore dat when it exceeds the allocated amount available. Back up your data files and the restore directory at the minimum if you are not using a backup.
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by rallotta

Prior to installing new software or updating drivers (or Windows itself) a system restore point should be set. After the software installation has been verified to be problem free, the restore points prior to the software installation should be deleted since "restoring" your system to an earlier point in time removes the software just installed.

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