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    Vista System Restore Points Gone after restoring with Acronis

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by hendra, Feb 27, 2009.

  1. hendra

    hendra Notebook Virtuoso

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    Does anyone know how to fix the problem with disappearing Vista Restore Points after doing a complete restore with Acronis? I have Acronis True Image Home 2009 build 9709 (latest build).
     
    hendra, Feb 27, 2009
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  2. MaXimus

    MaXimus Notebook Deity

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    this is not a problem with acronis!! when you restore with acronis your whole C:" partition deleted then restored to the point where you saved it with acronis! thus if you created the restore points later on, obviously they won't be there! :rolleyes:
     
    MaXimus, Feb 27, 2009
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  3. hendra

    hendra Notebook Virtuoso

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    I am not sure that you understand my question. When I do a backup, I have several restore points. Those restore points should be backed-up too. So, I see no reason why those restore points should be gone when I put it back to the drive.
     
    hendra, Feb 27, 2009
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  4. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    Sorry hendra, but unfortunately you cannot fix this "problem."

    Vista uses a different mechanism for system restore points than XP. Vista uses the Volume Shadow Copy Service which keeps a map of all changed sectors on the disk as files are created/deleted/changed.

    When you restore a True Image image, the restored image does not end up in the same exact sectors as the source image so when Vista's Volume Shadow Copy Service detects the changes upon first reboot, it says ?, throws up its hands and rather than trying to figure out what happened it deletes all of the restore points and starts making them from scratch again.
     
    gerryf19, Feb 27, 2009
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