Creating a preserved restore point & restore a recovery CDs

I just went through restoring my system back to the factory state after
failed MS Windows XP SP3 update attempts that made my system unstable. Got
allot of good advice from this community group, but didn’t work out for me.
Before this restore months ago I had created a restore point but when I tried
to go back the saved point, my restore dates would not go back that far and
all the restore points created automatically that were available failed with
a message that said to try another date.

Now that I have good system state is there a way to create a restore point
that I can preserve indefinitely?

Or is there a utility with Windows XP to create a system / recovery CD that
will return the system to a saved point.

DanP

"DanP" <> wrote in message
news:C04DA675-6026-427E-A115-...
>I just went through restoring my system back to the factory state after
> failed MS Windows XP SP3 update attempts that made my system unstable.
> Got
> allot of good advice from this community group, but didn't work out for
> me.
> Before this restore months ago I had created a restore point but when I
> tried
> to go back the saved point, my restore dates would not go back that far
> and
> all the restore points created automatically that were available failed
> with
> a message that said to try another date.
>
> Now that I have good system state is there a way to create a restore point
> that I can preserve indefinitely?
No Restore points are very temporary by nature.
>
> Or is there a utility with Windows XP to create a system / recovery CD
> that
> will return the system to a saved point.
>
> DanP
>
Make a backup with either Ghost or ATI. They aren't free, but they do have
the great advantage
of working correctly.

As an example, I restored my laptop to a previous ATI backup is short order.
I did this in early March using a backup file from November.
This backup used two double layered DVDs. CDs are rather impractical for
system backup because they are so small.
Jim

Acronis & Paragon might be a consideration for imaging your drive -

Acronis for all your backup and data recovery needs - easy to use
http://www.acronis.com.sg/

Home and Office, Small Business & Medium and Large Business Utilities for hard disk
management etc
http://www.paragon-software.com/
For a list of products see:
http://www.paragon-software.com/products.htm

I believe you can download a trial version and test them out to see which best suits you.

As for questions about System Restore - System Restore FAQ:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com.../faqsrwxp.mspx
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TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2008 - Update Services
http://taurarian.mvps.org
======================================
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
Computer Maintenance: Diskeeper / Raxco


"DanP" <> wrote in message
news:C04DA675-6026-427E-A115-...
|I just went through restoring my system back to the factory state after
| failed MS Windows XP SP3 update attempts that made my system unstable. Got
| allot of good advice from this community group, but didn't work out for me.
| Before this restore months ago I had created a restore point but when I tried
| to go back the saved point, my restore dates would not go back that far and
| all the restore points created automatically that were available failed with
| a message that said to try another date.
|
| Now that I have good system state is there a way to create a restore point
| that I can preserve indefinitely?
|
| Or is there a utility with Windows XP to create a system / recovery CD that
| will return the system to a saved point.
|
| DanP
|

Thanks TaurArian & Jim, these products look like they will do exactly what I
need and they are not to costly.

I was hoping there was something delivered with the Windows OS that would do
this function, but at this point I don't ever want to go through restoring my
system to the factory settings and add tons of applications back.

Thanks again!



"TaurArian" wrote:

> Acronis & Paragon might be a consideration for imaging your drive -
>
> Acronis for all your backup and data recovery needs - easy to use
> http://www.acronis.com.sg/
>
> Home and Office, Small Business & Medium and Large Business Utilities for hard disk
> management etc
> http://www.paragon-software.com/
> For a list of products see:
> http://www.paragon-software.com/products.htm
>
> I believe you can download a trial version and test them out to see which best suits you.
>
> As for questions about System Restore - System Restore FAQ:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com.../faqsrwxp.mspx
> --
>
> TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2008 - Update Services
> http://taurarian.mvps.org
> ======================================
> How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
> Computer Maintenance: Diskeeper / Raxco
>
>
> "DanP" <> wrote in message
> news:C04DA675-6026-427E-A115-...
> |I just went through restoring my system back to the factory state after
> | failed MS Windows XP SP3 update attempts that made my system unstable. Got
> | allot of good advice from this community group, but didn't work out for me.
> | Before this restore months ago I had created a restore point but when I tried
> | to go back the saved point, my restore dates would not go back that far and
> | all the restore points created automatically that were available failed with
> | a message that said to try another date.
> |
> | Now that I have good system state is there a way to create a restore point
> | that I can preserve indefinitely?
> |
> | Or is there a utility with Windows XP to create a system / recovery CD that
> | will return the system to a saved point.
> |
> | DanP
> |
>
>
>