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**HAL9000** · 10-05-2000, 08:23 PM

I haven't checked deeply into what ME is keeping for a backup, but when I loaded ME I was having a video driver issue and really messed up my system. I decided to put the system restore to the test. It literally restored EVERYTHING. I had deleted my Bitware folder and manually hacked out references in the SYSTEM.INI and registry (there was no uninstall for bitware). When I ran the restore, it put the registry references back. A quick check to the SYSTEM.INI and everything was put back there as well. Then the kicker, the Bitware folder and all the files were back as well even though this had been deleted and the recycle bin emptied several days ealier.

10-05-2000, 08:23 PM	#3
HAL9000 Red-eyed Moderator Staff Premium Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 17,575	I haven't checked deeply into what ME is keeping for a backup, but when I loaded ME I was having a video driver issue and really messed up my system. I decided to put the system restore to the test. It literally restored EVERYTHING. I had deleted my Bitware folder and manually hacked out references in the SYSTEM.INI and registry (there was no uninstall for bitware). When I ran the restore, it put the registry references back. A quick check to the SYSTEM.INI and everything was put back there as well. Then the kicker, the Bitware folder and all the files were back as well even though this had been deleted and the recycle bin emptied several days ealier. __________________ -At Ford, quality is job #1, job #2 is making them explode. ~Norm MacDonald, SNL News -Switching to Glide..Balancing in my head..inside of me... taking the glide path instead.