Re: Permenant System restore.

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Thanks Uncle John

"Uncle John" wrote:

> No NTBackup is a fairly old utility and intended principally for archiving
> systems to tape. Unfortunately it does not write to CD's or DVD's but it as
> i said it will save to a file on hard disk.
> I think that you would be OK with System Restore and the fact that you can
> uninstall the application.
>
> --
> Uncle John
> "Prashant" <Prashant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:F4EC667E-E7FE-4AAD-81DB-FCF4630064F2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Thanks Uncle John for the detailed explanation.
> > I just want to go back to the way my computer was before I intall this
> > large
> > applcation.
> > So by your explanation, looks like system restore is fine for me.
> >
> > one ? though about ntbackup
> > is NTbackup=system restore + personal file recover?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Prashant H. K.
> >
> >
> > "Uncle John" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Prashant
> >>
> >> It is not clear from your first post - "I know at some point in time,
> >> say
> >> after 6 months, I will want to do a system restore" - whether
> >> (a) you will want to restore the system to the way it was when the
> >> installation completed initially
> >> or
> >> (b) you want to be able to recover from a disastrous crash along the
> >> line
> >> some time in the future
> >>
> >> For (a) " return to zero", system restore is no good because it does not
> >> restore the whole of your system but only significant system files to
> >> system
> >> that is still working an can be accessed at least in Safe Mode. However
> >> your
> >> (a) implies that your system is not completely crashed and that you want
> >> a
> >> free backup utility. I suggest you make a small partition on your hard
> >> disk
> >> and use the native NTBackup - Start\Run\NTBackup.
> >> Follow the prompts to backup everything to file.At any time you can
> >> restore from the file using NT Backup with overwrite enabled. If, however
> >> you want to be protected against a system crash in which all you internal
> >> hard drive(s) are lost, you need to buy a good utility like Acronis
> >> TrueImage which can create and restore backups from external media to a
> >> new
> >> or reformatted disk or install a tape drive and use NTBackup to save your
> >> system to tape. The last system is the most expensive but most reliable
> >> and
> >> enables systematic archiving over a long period.
> >>
> >> Of course for (b) "recover from a non-fatal error" system restore is
> >> fine.
> >> --
> >> Uncle John
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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