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Is it better to turn off system restore in xp and just back up registry or leave system restore on ?

also everytime i install like software or something that doesnt involve me doing anything with the registry and say all of a sudden my pc starts screwing up can i just click on the backup registry i saved and it will be ok just liek system restore works?


well if its better to just back up registry can someone tell me how to back it up and save it

Originally posted by noaht1980
Is it better to turn off system restore in xp and just back up registry or leave system restore on ?

also everytime i install like software or something that doesnt involve me doing anything with the registry and say all of a sudden my pc starts screwing up can i just click on the backup registry i saved and it will be ok just liek system restore works?


well if its better to just back up registry can someone tell me how to back it up and save it

LEAVE SYSTEM RESTORE ON, system restore is more through in terms of error correction and un doing system critial changes.

like illestdynasty said, leave it on.

See help thread, turn system restore off, it is a resourse hog ,

In fact buy Norton Ghost to backup system or partition, XP comes with backup utility, below in help thread, backing up registry in XP wont save you like 9x

Once you have everything working perfect on your system, defragged and everything make a restore point and turn it off, do this monthly so if you add new apps they will be in your latest restore point. This way if something happens you can go back to a point when everything was working perfect. It's also a good idea to backup any important documents, your favorites, email addresses etc. so you have them on disc incase your hard drive crashes or something. Also it's a great idea to install the Recovery Console, read what I posted about it here, it can be a lifesaver.

Originally posted by mnosteele52
Once you have everything working perfect on your system, defragged and everything make a restore point and turn it off,

ok i just made a restor point since my pc is is good working order so if i go ahead and turn system restore off how will i be bale to use that sytem restore point i just made?

your idea wont work mnosteele see if i make a restore point then turn sysrestore off it will loose my resotre point :-(

If your pc won't boot due to a problem it will give you the option of using the last known good configuration which is the restore point you just made. You can also access it from within Windows under the System Restore tab in the start menu.

It works on XP Pro fine.

Originally posted by noaht1980
your idea wont work mnosteele see if i make a restore point then turn sysrestore off it will loose my resotre point :-(

Thats just a Microsoft Scare Tactic, I make a resore point and shut it off. Like Lobo said , "it is a resouce hog.

For w95, w98 (but not wME; w2k; wXP )
msERU = small restore >10 files: system's & registry
from CD-ROM Extras for Microsoft Windows 95 Upgrade |download ERU.exe|

For proper (partition's) NortonGhost2002 all w
(also w95 from fdd) from NortonSystemWorks2002