Guest jminiman Posted September 26, 2007 Posted September 26, 2007 I love Vista, but on one of my laptops, the Aero effects are just too much - I need a lighter OS and I'm reformatting with XP SP2. However, I absolutely love the "Restore Previous Versions" feature. I use it several times a week. Yes I know - everyone should be backing up their system on a regular basis. I would *really* like to see this feature somehow in XP. I know Windows Server 2003 has this built-in for local files. But I don't want to run such a large OS on my laptop. Are there any tools out there that closely emulate "Restore previous versions" aka Volume Shadow Copy for local files, in Windows XP? I would like it to only keep track of file delta's, rather than store away complete copies of the file. Any ideas would be great!
Guest TaurArian Posted September 26, 2007 Posted September 26, 2007 RE: Restore previous versions feature for XP? If Aero was bothering you, why didn't you just turn it off? http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/c33fe91a-9e6f-41f4-ae82-3ed2d5fa2fbf1033.mspx#EWHAC Right Click on "My Computer", select "Proprities", Click "Advanced" tab, Look under performance go to "Settings" - "Adjust for best performance" or choose what to turn off. http://vistafaqs.com/viewfaq.aspx?faq=88 "jminiman" wrote: > I love Vista, but on one of my laptops, the Aero effects are just too > much - I need a lighter OS and I'm reformatting with XP SP2. However, > I absolutely love the "Restore Previous Versions" feature. I use it > several times a week. Yes I know - everyone should be backing up > their system on a regular basis. I would *really* like to see this > feature somehow in XP. I know Windows Server 2003 has this built-in > for local files. But I don't want to run such a large OS on my > laptop. > > Are there any tools out there that closely emulate "Restore previous > versions" aka Volume Shadow Copy for local files, in Windows XP? I > would like it to only keep track of file delta's, rather than store > away complete copies of the file. > > Any ideas would be great! > >
Guest jminiman Posted September 26, 2007 Posted September 26, 2007 Re: Restore previous versions feature for XP? On Sep 25, 11:42 pm, TaurArian <TaurAr...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > If Aero was bothering you, why didn't you just turn it off? > > http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/c33fe91a-9e6f-41f... > > Right Click on "My Computer", select "Proprities", Click "Advanced" tab, > Look under performance go to "Settings" - "Adjust for best performance" or > choose what to turn off.http://vistafaqs.com/viewfaq.aspx?faq=88 > > "jminiman" wrote: > > I love Vista, but on one of my laptops, the Aero effects are just too > > much - I need a lighter OS and I'm reformatting with XP SP2. However, > > I absolutely love the "Restore Previous Versions" feature. I use it > > several times a week. Yes I know - everyone should be backing up > > their system on a regular basis. I would *really* like to see this > > feature somehow in XP. I know Windows Server 2003 has this built-in > > for local files. But I don't want to run such a large OS on my > > laptop. > > > Are there any tools out there that closely emulate "Restore previous > > versions" aka Volume Shadow Copy for local files, in Windows XP? I > > would like it to only keep track of file delta's, rather than store > > away complete copies of the file. > > > Any ideas would be great! Well, yes, of course I am aware this would help a few issues, but my company is not yet supporting Vista. I would like to find a tool such as I've described above for Windows XP, not Vista.
Guest Andrew Murray Posted September 26, 2007 Posted September 26, 2007 Re: Restore previous versions feature for XP? "jminiman" <jaredscottmin@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1190803202.220173.47110@y42g2000hsy.googlegroups.com... > On Sep 25, 11:42 pm, TaurArian <TaurAr...@discussions.microsoft.com> > wrote: >> If Aero was bothering you, why didn't you just turn it off? >> >> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/c33fe91a-9e6f-41f... >> >> Right Click on "My Computer", select "Proprities", Click "Advanced" tab, >> Look under performance go to "Settings" - "Adjust for best performance" >> or >> choose what to turn off.http://vistafaqs.com/viewfaq.aspx?faq=88 >> >> "jminiman" wrote: >> > I love Vista, but on one of my laptops, the Aero effects are just too >> > much - I need a lighter OS and I'm reformatting with XP SP2. However, >> > I absolutely love the "Restore Previous Versions" feature. I use it >> > several times a week. Yes I know - everyone should be backing up >> > their system on a regular basis. I would *really* like to see this >> > feature somehow in XP. I know Windows Server 2003 has this built-in >> > for local files. But I don't want to run such a large OS on my >> > laptop. >> >> > Are there any tools out there that closely emulate "Restore previous >> > versions" aka Volume Shadow Copy for local files, in Windows XP? I >> > would like it to only keep track of file delta's, rather than store >> > away complete copies of the file. >> >> > Any ideas would be great! > > Well, yes, of course I am aware this would help a few issues, but my > company is not yet supporting Vista. I would like to find a tool such > as I've described above for Windows XP, not Vista. The closest thing I could guess that does anythig near the same thing as the Restore Previous Version utility is System Restore in XP, and possibly the System File Checker. From reading this page, http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/afb7ed89-ed63-4e07-a482-d7004a8f40121033.mspx#EI it gives the impression of "Restore Previous Version" being the equivalent of System Restore in XP. I'm sure there are 'restore and backup' type tools available for XP on the internet...but maybe or maybe not to the same extent as the Vista tool.
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted September 26, 2007 Posted September 26, 2007 Re: Restore previous versions feature for XP? On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:14:55 -0000, jminiman <jaredscottmin@gmail.com> wrote: > I love Vista, but on one of my laptops, the Aero effects are just too > much - So turn off Aero. It's completely optional. > I need a lighter OS and I'm reformatting with XP SP2. However, > I absolutely love the "Restore Previous Versions" feature. I use it > several times a week. Yes I know - everyone should be backing up > their system on a regular basis. I would *really* like to see this > feature somehow in XP. I know Windows Server 2003 has this built-in > for local files. But I don't want to run such a large OS on my > laptop. > > Are there any tools out there that closely emulate "Restore previous > versions" aka Volume Shadow Copy for local files, in Windows XP? I > would like it to only keep track of file delta's, rather than store > away complete copies of the file. > > Any ideas would be great! -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Bert Kinney Posted September 27, 2007 Posted September 27, 2007 Re: Restore previous versions feature for XP? >>> If Aero was bothering you, why didn't you just turn it off? >>> >>> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/c33fe91a-9e6f-41f... >>> >>> Right Click on "My Computer", select "Proprities", Click "Advanced" tab, >>> Look under performance go to "Settings" - "Adjust for best performance" >>> or >>> choose what to turn off.http://vistafaqs.com/viewfaq.aspx?faq=88 >>> >>> "jminiman" wrote: >>>> I love Vista, but on one of my laptops, the Aero effects are just too >>>> much - I need a lighter OS and I'm reformatting with XP SP2. However, >>>> I absolutely love the "Restore Previous Versions" feature. I use it >>>> several times a week. Yes I know - everyone should be backing up >>>> their system on a regular basis. I would *really* like to see this >>>> feature somehow in XP. I know Windows Server 2003 has this built-in >>>> for local files. But I don't want to run such a large OS on my laptop. >>>> Are there any tools out there that closely emulate "Restore previous >>>> versions" aka Volume Shadow Copy for local files, in Windows XP? I >>>> would like it to only keep track of file delta's, rather than store >>>> away complete copies of the file. >>>> Any ideas would be great! >> Well, yes, of course I am aware this would help a few issues, but my >> company is not yet supporting Vista. I would like to find a tool such >> as I've described above for Windows XP, not Vista. Andrew Murray wrote: > The closest thing I could guess that does anythig near the same thing as the > Restore Previous Version utility is System Restore in XP, and possibly the > System File Checker. > > From reading this page, > http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/afb7ed89-ed63-4e07-a482-d7004a8f40121033.mspx#EI > it gives the impression of "Restore Previous Version" being the equivalent > of System Restore in XP. > > I'm sure there are 'restore and backup' type tools available for XP on the > internet...but maybe or maybe not to the same extent as the Vista tool. The major difference between System Restore and SFC in XP and Previous Versions in Vista is that Previous Versions also keeps copies of data file. System Restore and SFC only keep track of system files. Regards, Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User http://bertk.mvps.org Member: http://dts-l.org
Guest jminiman Posted September 29, 2007 Posted September 29, 2007 Re: Restore previous versions feature for XP? I was thinking more along the lines of "Continuous Backup" software, such as shown here: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,137434-page,4-c,backuputilities/article.html Has anyone here had success with these products for when non-system files are overwritten?
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted September 29, 2007 Posted September 29, 2007 Re: Restore previous versions feature for XP? On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 00:02:04 -0000, jminiman <jaredscottmin@gmail.com> wrote: > I was thinking more along the lines of "Continuous Backup" software, > such as shown here: > > http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,137434-page,4-c,backuputilities/article.html > > Has anyone here had success with these products for when non-system > files are overwritten? I think the whole idea of "Continuous Backup software" is a poor one. It requires that the backup media (for example, a second hard drive) be there and be available all the time. I don't recommend backup to a second non-removable hard drive because it leaves you susceptible to simultaneous loss of the original and backup to many of the most common dangers: severe power glitches, nearby lightning strikes, virus attacks, even theft of the computer. A second partition on your only drive is even worse, since you can add drive failure to the list above. In my view, secure backup needs to be on removable media, and not kept in the computer. For really secure backup (needed, for example, if the life of your business depends on your data) you should have multiple generations of backup, and at least one of those generations should be stored off-site. Continuous backup can not provide that level of security. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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