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Old 05-22-2007, 08:59 PM   #1
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System restore, Registry backup

With the system restore feature available in XP, is there any need to do a registry backup any more ?
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Old 05-22-2007, 09:14 PM   #2
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I don't, but it's not a bad idea as SR doesn't always work.
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What was system restore designed to do?

Are there any problems that it does well?

Are there ant problems that it does not do well?
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What was system restore designed to do?

Are there any problems that it does well?

Are there ant problems that it does not do well?
Windows XP System Restore Guide

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edit: Cricket beat me to it !
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Yes. Thank you again.
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Old 05-23-2007, 07:24 PM   #8
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Thanks everyone for your replies. It appears that System Restore does infact make a copy of the registry and a lot of other items at different intervals.
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