Hi Listers, Can anyone suggest a `simple' replacement program for System Restore please? Other than Acronis true image which I found too complicated to use. Or could anyone suggest anything I have not yet tried? I use Windows XP with SP3 and all updates. The only new programs are Windows Office Home and Student 2007 and DeskTool. I havent upgraded or changed anything else. My antivirus is AVG free and firewall is Zone Alarm Free. I have Erunt, Spybot Search and Destroy, CCleaner Trojan Hunter, Wise Disk Cleaner and Wise Registry Cleaner but these last ones I run manually. In System Restore, the restore points are there, I can create additional ones manually, and the pc goes through the motions then comes up with the screen that no restore took place as it couldnt restore to an earlier time. Some months ago this occurred and I solved it by turning SR monitoring off then back on and getting rid of any corrupted restore points. This time that didnt work and the pc took a good 5 minutes before giving the unrestored message. I have reinstalled System Restore but the only thing that achieved was it reported the unrestore more quickly! I have now set ERUNT to back up the Registry on a daily basis but I understand that System Restore covers other more complex changes a user might have made other than the registry so obviously I need something more. Any help much appreciated and preferably in really simple steps as it took me ages to work through this lot! Regards Judith

System Restore and TrueImage are two totally different programs and dot totally things different. System Restore will ONLY reset your Operating System settings back to the date selected. TrueImage and any other "imaging" program will back up the whole drive so that one can restore the complete drive to the time the image was made. As for TrueImage, if one was to use ONLY the default settings and do a complete image each time, it is a very simple program. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == -----Original Message----- From: computers-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:computers-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Judith Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 12:22 AM To: computers@rootsweb.com Subject: [COMPUTERS] System Restore Replacement Program? Or help with SystemRestore? Hi Listers, Can anyone suggest a `simple' replacement program for System Restore please? Other than Acronis true image which I found too complicated to use. Or could anyone suggest anything I have not yet tried? I use Windows XP with SP3 and all updates. The only new programs are Windows Office Home and Student 2007 and DeskTool. I havent upgraded or changed anything else. My antivirus is AVG free and firewall is Zone Alarm Free. I have Erunt, Spybot Search and Destroy, CCleaner Trojan Hunter, Wise Disk Cleaner and Wise Registry Cleaner but these last ones I run manually. In System Restore, the restore points are there, I can create additional ones manually, and the pc goes through the motions then comes up with the screen that no restore took place as it couldnt restore to an earlier time. Some months ago this occurred and I solved it by turning SR monitoring off then back on and getting rid of any corrupted restore points. This time that didnt work and the pc took a good 5 minutes before giving the unrestored message. I have reinstalled System Restore but the only thing that achieved was it reported the unrestore more quickly! I have now set ERUNT to back up the Registry on a daily basis but I understand that System Restore covers other more complex changes a user might have made other than the registry so obviously I need something more. Any help much appreciated and preferably in really simple steps as it took me ages to work through this lot! Regards Judith :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: If it's not immediately apparent, be sure to mention how your query relates to family research. Please don't post promotions of commercial products or services, and avoid mentioning prices. :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Judith, I actually have System Restore TURNED OFF, as I have never had the need for it, personally, and have found that it always does more damage than good for those who have used it. I believe it MAY have a place for the user that makes, lets say, a simple MS Windows Update, finds the system does not act as expected after the update and wants to revert back to a previous state to remove the update. But why not just remove the program or update through Add/Remove Programs ??? The problems I have always found is that reverting back to a previous "copy" of the system only confuses the user and the system, as System Restore does not restore the system back 100 pct. as it was... it does not touch data, etc. It can also be devastating if you restore your system to a point before a major program update where you have since saved data which depends on the update for its formatting or the like. I believe it is far better to have a SOLID backup routine for your DATA, use a Disk Imaging Program to image your system periodically, especially just before any MAJOR updates and keep your system protected and cleaned up. Not sure about your data backup routines but you seem to have a great toolset for doing the latter. My suggestion is that you should really take some time to learn how to properly image your hard drive to cover all of your bases. There is a free disk imaging program called Macrium Reflect Free which is documented here... Best Free Drive Imaging Program http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-drive-imaging-program.htm Hope this helps. Regards, Kevin. On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 3:21 AM, Judith <judith.bn@bigpond.com> wrote: > Hi Listers, > > Can anyone suggest a `simple' replacement program for > System Restore please?  Other than Acronis true image > which I found too complicated to use.  Or could anyone > suggest anything I have not yet tried? > > I use Windows XP with SP3 and all updates. > The only new programs are Windows Office Home > and Student 2007 and DeskTool.  I havent upgraded > or changed anything else. > My antivirus is AVG free and firewall is Zone Alarm Free. > I have Erunt, Spybot Search and Destroy, CCleaner > Trojan Hunter, Wise Disk Cleaner and Wise Registry > Cleaner but these last ones I run manually. > > In System Restore, the restore points are there, I can > create additional ones manually, and the pc goes through > the motions then comes up with the screen that no restore > took place as it couldnt restore to an earlier time. > >  Some months ago this occurred and I solved it by turning >  SR monitoring off then back on and getting rid of any corrupted > restore points. > > This time that didnt work and the pc took a good > 5 minutes before giving the unrestored message. > > I have reinstalled System Restore but the only thing > that achieved was it reported the unrestore more quickly! > > I have now set ERUNT to back up the Registry on a daily > basis but I understand that System Restore covers other > more complex changes a user might have made other > than the registry so obviously I need something more. > > Any help much appreciated and preferably in really > simple steps as it took me ages to work through this > lot! > > Regards > Judith > > > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > If it's not immediately apparent, be sure to mention how your query relates to family research. > > Please don't post promotions of commercial products or services, and avoid mentioning prices. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- K. Ross kr5927@gmail.com