Re: Defrag removes restore points

On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:40:01 +0100, "Steven Hill"
<notwisettogive@xxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks for the response Paul,
I ran defrag from within Vista this has me puzzled. I have googled and for
the most part this happens with duel boot or as you say through boot defrag
neither of which applies :-(

Do you have it set to use "VSS defragmentation method"? It should be
set to do that.


"Paul Montgomery" <i.m.nonnymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:55:16 +0100, "Steven Hill"
<notwisettogive@xxxxxx> wrote:

I have just had to reformat and re-install Vista Home Premium
defragmenting
the drive removes all restore points anyone know how to fix this. I also
tried Diskeeper same result.

Don't perform the boot defrag (the one that runs before Windows
loads). I ran that either with Diskeeper or another program once and
lost all my restore points.
.

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