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This is a good one - for info
I downloaded a program today which gave me all kinds of trouble. And when I uninstalled it (with Revo), I had even more trouble. Well, easy I thought - I'll just reset to the recovery point from before the download. First problem was that there was none. But fortunately there was one from earlier today. So I start a system restore.
It comes back with: "This copy of Windows7 is not genuine" - a copy I bought 6 weeks ago for good money from Newegg. It also tells me that the restore was not successful. So I try another restore point from yesterday. Same problem - restore was not successful (at least this time it seemed to recognize my product key).
Fortunately I am an avid "imager". I had a Macrium image from yesterday so I throw in my Macrium Restore CD and 10 minutes later I was back in business.
Moral of the story: Image often - you never know when you need it. And don't depend on the windows restore facilities. They are historically weak and error prone.
In case you need a little help with imaging, see this: https://www.sevenforums.com/performan...-anywhere.html
Last edited by whs; 28 Dec 2009 at 13:53. Reason: Changed Vista to Win7 - was a typo