Where are system restore points saved?

elmo2006 said:

@ tedcredted...

The following link should 'satisfy' your curiosity....
Windows XP System Restore

From the looks of things, you may be able to copy the restore point to a temp directory and then burn to disk, but you may have to copy the restore point back to that same location to have the system register it.

I guess it's trial and error from here on....

Hope this helps...

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Thank you so much indeed,
I really did this and worked for me, but I am sking myselfy, if there are more than a restore piont, do all they show after burning them in a CD/DVD?

Should I copy all files and folders shown this screenshot to a temp directory and then burn to disk?



Also, Is the DVD/CD will be bootable atutomatically?

System Restore works best when used as soon as possible after a problem develops. The few times I have used System Restore it was always the most recent restore point. The further back you go the more likely that the restore will fail or cause more problems than it solves. I would consider using a restore point such as you are proposing to be very high risk, if you can get it to work at all.

Making an image of the drive is a much more reliable way of restoring to a properly working OS.

Hey. sry for popping up an old thread, but I have a question:

Can one change the location where System Restore saves restore points? Let's say that I would want to save sys res points of drive C: to drive F:? Is this possible?

Can one change the location where System Restore saves restore points? Let's say that I would want to save sys res points of drive C: to drive F:? Is this possible?

No. System Restore points will always be stored in the "System Volume Information" folder of the drive that contains Windows. There is no provision for changing this.

Taking Ownership manually is tiresome.

Google for the batch file "Take Ownership", I've used it for nearly 2 years and it saves a lot of time and frustration.

(Or get it from http://www.howtogeek.com/downloads/TakeOwnership.zip like I did)

But just ask yourself are they worth it?

It is a lot (I mean A LOT) easier to just make system images with either Windows itself or with all those free Imagining programs.

Please correct me if I am wrong but imaging programs will simply copy the hard drive and re render it - ergo any new files or updates to files are lost

Over the years struggling with annoying glitches wondering if this is virus or hardware issue trying to decode the event logs and finally giving up and reinstalling Windows (and these days you cant even do a repair, the back doesnt really back up just fills more space) you have to wonder again why cant windows add a field to the system restore point which says I really like this system restore point please dont over write it

Welcome to the forum.

you have to wonder again why cant windows add a field to the system restore point which says I really like this system restore point please dont over write it

Because it wouldn't work.

Design decisions were made for System Restore to keep restore points relatively small and these preclude it's use over the long term. It is designed for and is suitable only for resolving problems in the short term. The further back you go the more likely that the restore will fail or cause more problems than it solves. This is all well known to Microsoft so they did not provide an option that is likely to fail.

On the few occasions I have used System Restore it was always the most recent restore point. Do not ask something from System Restore it was never designed for. If you want to have the ability to restore to a point farther back you need to maintain images of the OS. Many members of this forum do this.