System Restore - changing data?

[Guest Terry Pinnell]

I've just realised that System Restore actually ALTERS data, i.e adds

duplicate folders. Is that correct? Has this always been the case? Or

is it just on my newish XP Pro PC, as against my old XP Home system?

 

Surely that screws up the whole concept, which I'd thought was to

backup/restore just the REGISTRY?

 

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK

[Guest Unknown]

Re: System Restore - changing data?

 

No, that is not correct. System restore does not add duplicate folders.

"Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote in message

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> I've just realised that System Restore actually ALTERS data, i.e adds

> duplicate folders. Is that correct? Has this always been the case? Or

> is it just on my newish XP Pro PC, as against my old XP Home system?

>

> Surely that screws up the whole concept, which I'd thought was to

> backup/restore just the REGISTRY?

>

> --

> Terry, East Grinstead, UK

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: System Restore - changing data?

 

Not quite. See http://bertk.mvps.org/html/description.html and

http://bertk.mvps.org/html/filesfolders.html

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Terry Pinnell wrote:

> I've just realised that System Restore actually ALTERS data, i.e adds

> duplicate folders. Is that correct? Has this always been the case? Or

> is it just on my newish XP Pro PC, as against my old XP Home system?

>

> Surely that screws up the whole concept, which I'd thought was to

> backup/restore just the REGISTRY?

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: System Restore - changing data?

 

Terry Pinnell wrote:

> I've just realised that System Restore actually ALTERS data, i.e adds

> duplicate folders. Is that correct?

 

No. At least not that I have ever seen.

> Has this always been the case? Or

> is it just on my newish XP Pro PC, as against my old XP Home system?

>

> Surely that screws up the whole concept, which I'd thought was to

> backup/restore just the REGISTRY?

 

System Restore backs up (and restores) more than just the registry.

 

If you just want to backup and restore the registry and its associated

files, you can use ERUNT. I find that they each have their own place,

however (aka: using the right tool for the right job).

 

And of course, you should have a complete system backup utility, like

Acronis True Image, or Casper. This is most foolproof approach,

guaranteed to be 100% effective in restoring your system.

[Guest John A]

Re: System Restore - changing data?

 

Yes it does!

 

I have often seen duplicate folders generated by system restore -

mainly folders in c:\program files, and documents & settings. The

duplicates appear with the same folder name with (1) or (2) appended.

Seems to happen if there were application updates done since the

restore point was taken. In most cases the duplicates can be safely

deleted, but they may indicate that a uninstall/reinstall of the

affected application is warranted.

 

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:28:41 -0500, "Unknown" <unknown@unknown.kom>

wrote:

>No, that is not correct. System restore does not add duplicate folders.

>"Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote in message

>news:6noe84tjk3f0pafnjia90qmh79o6f80jr3@4ax.com...

>> I've just realised that System Restore actually ALTERS data, i.e adds

>> duplicate folders. Is that correct? Has this always been the case? Or

>> is it just on my newish XP Pro PC, as against my old XP Home system?

>>

>> Surely that screws up the whole concept, which I'd thought was to

>> backup/restore just the REGISTRY?

>>

>> --

>> Terry, East Grinstead, UK

>

[Guest Daave]

Re: System Restore - changing data?

 

Bill in Co. wrote:

> Terry Pinnell wrote:

>> I've just realised that System Restore actually ALTERS data, i.e adds

>> duplicate folders. Is that correct?

>

> No. At least not that I have ever seen.

 

There are some reports that this behavior does happen:

 

http://www.theeldergeek.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=30520&st=0&p=195636entry195636

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: System Restore - changing data?

 

Daave wrote:

> Bill in Co. wrote:

>> Terry Pinnell wrote:

>>> I've just realised that System Restore actually ALTERS data, i.e adds

>>> duplicate folders. Is that correct?

>>

>> No. At least not that I have ever seen.

>

> There are some reports that this behavior does happen:

>

> http://www.theeldergeek.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=30520&st=0&p=195636entry195636

 

Well, if you System Restore back far enough, to where some monitored folders

or files were moved since the current point in time, I could see it

happening. And if it finds a folder already there with the same name, it

might still add it (with the same name, but with a different suffix number).