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by dsharieff

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where are restore points held in xp i understood it to be in file -system volume info- but cant locate the file to read i am getting regular message cannot restore to any rest point

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by garydw

Any Restore Points that are created either manually by you or automatically by your OS are stored under C:\System Volume Information. You won?t be able to change the location of this folder and if you?re using an NTFS-formatted partition you won?t be able to access these folders, either. When it comes to using System Restore you?ll want to be sure that important files aren?t lost when you take a step back in time and make use of a Restore Point. Any items stored in the My Documents folder will be safe, but files stored elsewhere may not fare so well. To ensure that the contents of an important folder remain untouched you can make an alteration in the Registry and add its location to a list of protected items.

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