Re: Backup of System State

On 1 Apr, 16:54, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwe...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Broonie <brooni...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi There,

I might be being a bit stupid here but what is the point in having the
ability to restore sytemstateusing the Backup Utility in XP when
there is already theSystemRestore functionality. As far as I am
awaresystemstatebacks up the registry,systemfiles, boots files
and  +Com stuff but no program files where asSystemRestore will
include all program files.

If I can't boot into Windows for whatever reason I can't get to the
Backup Utility but I can get into theSystemrestore from Safe Mode
with command prompt. Can someone please explain a scenario where I
would restore aSystemStateusing the Backup Utility instead of using
SystemRestore?

Systemrestore isn't for backup purposes. It's for recovery (sometimes there
are air quotes around that) from Something Bad, such as a malware
infestation or software blowout.

Now, if your hard drive blows up and you have asystemstatebackup, you can
restore your user accounts & groups, I guess. I don't use it on
workstations. If I back up workstations at all, I use cloning/imaging
software (I like Acronis TrueImage).

Thanks for that, makes sense.

Using your example above of the blown HDD I would first have to do a
new, clean install of XP and then use the Backup utility to restore my
system state. In doing this surely I have restored a registry bloated
with entires from the programs previously installed on the old blown
disk. Which leads to 2 questions.

1. What happens when I re-install the same programs - will it screw
the registry, resulting in strange behaviour when running them or will
the old registry entries be over-written when the programs are re-
installed?
2. What would happen if i backed up my program files folder as well as
my system sate and then, after I have restored my system state on a
new install of XP, simply copy the contents of my program files backup
into the new program files folder - will they work?

Cheers

Craig
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