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Hugh:
Since my last post in this thread, I booted from my Macrium rescue disk and was able to select the image file I made a few weeks ago. I went as far as I could in that Linux environment without clicking the final button that would have actually begun a restore.
All looked OK to that point.
You can't be sure without going beyond that point, which I did not want to do because all is currently well on my PC.
If I get in an otherwise insoluble jam that system restore cannot resolve, I would boot from that disc and actually attempt the restore and then hope it works.
That's about all you can do--you can't "test" it without restoring and I am not about to risk a working system to satisfy my curiosity.
I have made an Acronis image as well to give me another fallback position.
Since my last post in this thread, I booted from my Macrium rescue disk and was able to select the image file I made a few weeks ago. I went as far as I could in that Linux environment without clicking the final button that would have actually begun a restore.
All looked OK to that point.
You can't be sure without going beyond that point, which I did not want to do because all is currently well on my PC.
If I get in an otherwise insoluble jam that system restore cannot resolve, I would boot from that disc and actually attempt the restore and then hope it works.
That's about all you can do--you can't "test" it without restoring and I am not about to risk a working system to satisfy my curiosity.
I have made an Acronis image as well to give me another fallback position.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bitIntel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)none; graphics are integrated on CPU
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
- OS
- Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
- CPU
- Intel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked
- Motherboard
- AsRock Z170M Extreme 4, micro ATX
- Memory
- 8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)
- Graphics Card(s)
- none; graphics are integrated on CPU
- Sound Card
- onboard: Realtek ALC1150; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dell S2340M 23 inch IPS
- Screen Resolution
- 1600 x 900
- Hard Drives
- System: Crucial MX100 series SSD, 128 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD30EZRX-00D8PB0, 3 TB
- PSU
- Rosewill SilentNight 500 watt fanless, semi-modular
- Case
- Antec Solo II
- Cooling
- Noctua NH-U12S; Noctua F12 intake, Noctua S12A exhaust
- Keyboard
- Microsoft 200 6JH-00001 USB
- Mouse
- Dell or Microsoft optical wired; USB
- Antivirus
- Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes Premium
- Browser
- Pale Moon
- Other Info
- All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
