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It's win7/vista feature
System Protection - Change Disk Space Usage
System Restore Configuration - Enable or Disable
If you access the disk form winxp/linux etc... files are updated without updating the old block-contents. This will make the restore points invalid.
After making a "restore point" in win7
See it as a snaphot on that moment. They are also used for "system restore" after a bad windows update or program install. Or backup a live system
- all blocks on disk that are modified afterwards... the old contents will be saved as well in restore point.