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08-04-2006, 02:39 PM
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System restore, what is lost
If I do a system restore in XP Pro, I know that I will need to download any security patches from Microsoft to catch up. I guess I will also need to update my AV program as well as AdAware, and Spybot S&D , but what about programs that I may have loaded since then, do they also have to be reloaded. Also, if I made changes to an Excel worksheet, or Word document, will they also be lost ? Many thanks, Mike
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08-04-2006, 02:54 PM
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Your data (Word and Excel documents) will not be affected. Programs will, so you may have to do some reinstalls.
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08-04-2006, 04:56 PM
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It all depends on how far back you restore. If you have only run into problems recently and can solve the problem by restoring back say, a week or two, you won't be losing much of anything.
-Kev
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