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system restore and xp
I have win 7 and xp on a dual boot , how can I when booting to xp , stop it from deleting my win 7 restore points ????
I have win 7 and xp on a dual boot , how can I when booting to xp , stop it from deleting my win 7 restore points ????
Hello Bill,
You can use the same method used for Vista below for Windows 7. :)
System Restore Points - Stop XP Dual Boot Delete - Vista Forums
Hope this helps,
Shawn
thankyou brink also thanks for the tutorial on win7/xpdual boot it worked a treat, so all I ned do is apply the reg tweak in xp and thats it ???
I've just read through that tutorial :) and have one question: If (using the example) \DosDevices\D: (the Windows 7 disk as seen in XP) is already listed in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices, do I just right-click and Delete that entry?
And then create it in the Offline branch?
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Slightly OT:
CD/DVD devices and External disks show up in the list as DosDevices too.
What are the other entries (that start something like \\??\\Volume{8c6b5f60)? USB memory sticks? Other USB (non-disk) devices?. Is there any harm in deleting them?
Hello DarkStar GT,
If you wish to have XP to be able to see Windows 7 again, then yes (step 5). If not, then check to make sure that \DosDevices\D: is set to 1 to hide Windows 7 from XP.
Hope this helps,
Shawn
Sorry, I was not clear with my question. I meant, if an entry for "\DosDevices\D" appears in in the MountedDevices branch (not the MountedDevices\Offline branch), should it be deleted from there?
And then the entry you described in Step 4 created in the MountedDevices\Offline branch?
Oh, ok. No you would not want to delete "\DosDevices\D" at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices.
You would still want to add it to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices\Offline location to stop XP from seeing Windows 7.