Re: Need more info on the System Restore i.e. OE

Hi Carol,

Carol wrote:
Okay, I made the mistake of leaving my computer on around my 3 year
old granddaughter. Here is what happened. My OE has been restored
to the state it was prior to the migration of files from my old
computer. There was a box to click on the main screen that did this
reversal.

What exactly was it that performed the reversal?
Was it System Restore?
What files are missing?

Now, my problem is that I have not done backups to my files - I know
I was bad so don't go there.

What I want to know is whether this System Restore function on my XP
system can go back to yesterday's configuration - and it could be the
whole system without any issues - to bring those files back just in
OE or as I said in the whole computer configuration would be fine.

Here is a list of files and folders System Restore monitors:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/filesfolders.html

I have not even pushed the start lever because I don't know what to
expect next. Will I have choices or does it just go to it? My only
prior experience with restoring has been on Windows 98 and it with
with a disk provided so I am just hoping this will save me lots of
time and have something to work with since I didn't do anything!

All About System Restore in WinXP
http://bertk.mvps.org

Some good news would be welcome but just give it to me like it is.
:o)

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org


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