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On Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:52:12 -0500, ~~Ashley~~ wrote:

> I would have liked to do a system restore to a previous time but for
> some reason (virus) system restore was disabled and she doesn't have any
> other type of backups.

Enable system restore. The restore points don't go away if you disable it
(not that I'm aware of)



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On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 07:45:28 -0800, Evan Platt wrote:

> On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 15:31:44 +0000 (UTC), Meat Plow <>
> wrote:
>
>>Enable system restore. The restore points don't go away if you disable
>>it (not that I'm aware of)
>
> Unfortunately it looks like they are... - Yes, this is for Windows
> Vista, but I believe it's correct for Windows 7 too.
>
>
> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...ystem-Restore-
frequently-asked-questions
>
> How long are restore points saved?
>
> Restore points are saved until the hard disk space System Restore
> reserves is filled up. As new restore points are created, old ones are
> deleted. If you turn off System Protection (the feature that creates
> restore points) on a disk, all restore points are deleted from that
> disk. When you turn System Protection back on, new restore points are
> created.

Hmmm never knew that. Default is system protect is on. I never ****ed
with turning it off because on occasion it is useful.



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