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    Any point to System Restore on non-system drives?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Apollo13, Dec 15, 2008.

  1. Apollo13

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    Per the title. If you've got your hard drive partitioned, and your OS is on C:\, is there any good reason to not turn off System Restore on the other drives? Or, in other words, does System Restore do anything for you on non-system drives?
     
    Apollo13, Dec 15, 2008
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    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    I think it just uses up the space on the extra drives.

    Mines disabled.
     
    flipfire, Dec 15, 2008
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    argosreality Newbie

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    It gives you extra space for more restore points...could theoretically give you faster speeds in terms of creation and restore but thats debatable without any testing
     
    argosreality, Dec 15, 2008
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    frazell Notebook Deity

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    It also allows shadow copies on them if running Vista.
     
    frazell, Dec 15, 2008
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    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    It's useless in my opinion. Just stick with regular backup measures.
     
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    OK, thanks all, pretty much confirmed what I'd already been thinking. Forgot about shadow copies, but they're only on Vista Business+ anyways, unfortunately.
     
    Apollo13, Dec 16, 2008
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    Well they are there in all, just the UI elements are only on Business, Ultimate, and Enterprise...

    There are a few free utilities to show you them if you like the concept.

    http://www.shadowexplorer.com/ One that comes to mind (never used it myself as I have Vistal Ultimate)
     
    frazell, Dec 17, 2008
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