Re: Restore points

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hi rick,

i tend to create an image once a week and keep them for about 3 months on an
external hard drive. i keep the last image from every month for a year. 2 or
3 times a year, i'll copy the month images that i keep from one external
drive to another one that i don't use and they sit there until i run out of
room on that drive <smile>. yes, it's a lot of work, i guess, but i am crazy
about having backups.

thank you.
--
Indera
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Don't just live life.
Live life well.


"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eGV3mrPdFHA.132@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
: Hi,
:
: > is there a rule of thumb for how much hard drive space one should
allocate
: > for restore points?
:
: No, you do what's comfortable for you. I use 5%, the default is 12%. I
also
: only allow it to monitor the system partition. Other partitions regularly
: have data copied to disk to guard against loss. The more space you
allocate,
: the more points you can save. But this also reduces the amount of disk
space
: available to the user.
:
: > if you create images (versus backups of files) on a regular basis, is it
: > safe to turn the restore points options off?
:
: Pretty much, but you are only able to return to your last image if you do.
: With SR, you might be able to get back to an hour ago, or yesterday, but
: with the image you are only able to go back to whenever you last
remembered
: to create an image. More on System Restore from MVP Bert Kinney:
: http://home.earthlink.net/~mvp_bert/
:
: --
: Best of Luck,
:
: Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
: Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
: www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
: Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
:
: "Dr. Indera" <dr.indera.bugoff@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
: news:uUPynZPdFHA.720@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
: > hello,
: >
:
: >
: >
: > thank you.
: > --
: > Indera
: > * * * * * * * * * *
: > Don't just live life.
: > Live life well.
: >
: >
: >
:
:


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