Can you permanently save a good restore point

stormy13 said:

richc46 said:

If you have a minor problem that and you prefer not to use the image (maybe you were negligent and did not keep it up to date) you could use the restore point.

Bingo. One bad driver install for example, a quick use of system restore and back to where it was in less than 5 minutes.

I agree, but many here seem to have an adversion to using this great feature. Can anyone explain that position?

richc46 said:

stormy13 said:

richc46 said:

If you have a minor problem that and you prefer not to use the image (maybe you were negligent and did not keep it up to date) you could use the restore point.

Bingo. One bad driver install for example, a quick use of system restore and back to where it was in less than 5 minutes.

I agree, but many here seem to have an adversion to using this great feature. Can anyone explain that position?

I cannot explain that aversion that many here seem to have. While I don't hardly ever use a system restore point...occasionally after a bad driver install or some wonky program install....I've used it and it's always worked out well. I also use "system images" and "backups"...however sometimes restoring an image is like using a sledgehammer for a framing nail. Even with my smaller SSD drive, I keep it turned on...I just set the percentage to about 2-3%.

The reasons that I think people would recommend against having system restore turned on is
1). To save on system resources
2). To save on disk space
3). Because they simply know better and never make mistakes or have issues.
4). Because somebody they look up to turned it off, so they do as well.

richc46 said:

stormy13 said:

richc46 said:

If you have a minor problem that and you prefer not to use the image (maybe you were negligent and did not keep it up to date) you could use the restore point.

Bingo. One bad driver install for example, a quick use of system restore and back to where it was in less than 5 minutes.

I agree, but many here seem to have an adversion to using this great feature. Can anyone explain that position?

System Restroe (shadow copy) is great for undoing changes made to system files, registry, and installed programs. However, since the restore points may not include a date that you need to restore back to, then it may not always be reliable. Plus, it does not affect your user folders in case you need to undo something in it.

A System Image is great if you can't fix your system with System Restore or other means, or just need to restore the image back to the hard drive for whatever reason (ex: failed hard drive or instead of a clean install). It restores everything back to the way it was when the system image was taken.

Both are great for their intended purposes. :)