quaintance
Joined: 02 Jun 2006
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 Posted: 06/02/06 - 05:00 Post subject: System Restore |
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Being the computer noob I am, I recently took up a book from the library for some reading. Halfway through, I noticed something about using System Restore to “revert to a previous state” if there are any problems. I now have a problem with some malware in my computer. It’s too troublesome to remove them manually, so I have decided to use System Restore. Problem is how? Thanks for any advice.
Regards,
Ivan
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deneve
Joined: 02 Jun 2006
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System Restore is a new feature that comes with Windows XP. It maintains several restore points. The user can manually create restore points, or System Restore can keep restore points automatically.
By default, System Restore monitors all partitions. So, for example, if you delete an executable file, you can have the system state revert to a specific restore point to recreate or repair the executable file. When you revert to a restore point, however, you lose all changes since that point, except for changes to files in the My Documents folder and documents you've created with applications such as Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.
If you use System Restore and don't like the new system state, you can undo the process and restore the machine to the system state it had before you ran System Restore. Alternatively, you can run System Restore to change the system state to a different restore point.
To enable System Restore:
Start the System Control Panel applet. Select the System Restore tab. Clear the "Turn off System Restore on all drives" check box to enable System Restore, or select this check box to disable System Restore.
Any other queries, just ask.
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