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System Restore on Windows XP and Vista

One of the first things I normally do when I set up a computer with Windows XP, right after I install anti-virus and anti-spyware programs, is to configure Internet Explorer (IE) and System Restore ...
Ars Technica

How to backup an XP system to DVDs and restore from them?

After spending days of building a half-way useful and secure XP installation I want to back it up so I don't have to start over from scratch in case Windows or the hard drive flakes out. -- I don't ...
Ars Technica

here's a recovery trick (xp recovery console + system restore)

I was helping a friend with a dead XP Home SP2 machine today. The machine would get to the end of the initial XP logo screen, but die with a blue-screen complaining about a corrupted SOFTWARE registry ...
MUO on MSN

Windows System Restore can easily eat gigabytes — I fixed it without turning it off

I fixed the storage leak without losing this safety net ...
Hosted on MSN

How Microsoft's point-in-time restore differs from classic system restore

System Restore has been a staple Windows feature since Windows ME, returning in all following versions as a recovery tool for when things go particularly bad and can't be fixed. It allows a user to ...