Using System Restore...

I'm having a disagreement with a friend about how System Restore works....

Bottom line... if you go back to a previous restore point -- do you lose
(are they removed) any document files (whether jpg, doc, whatever) you've
created/saved since then -- or does it only effect system / application
files?

Is there a good place on the net you could point me to read more about this?

Thanks in advance.

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Kathryn Groves

Argument settled: System restore does not affect documents, pictures or
personal date. Clicking on system restore will tell you that
immediately.

Kathryn;1229675 Wrote:
> I'm having a disagreement with a friend about how System Restore
> works....
>
> Bottom line... if you go back to a previous restore point -- do you
> lose
> (are they removed) any document files (whether jpg, doc, whatever)
> you've
> created/saved since then -- or does it only effect system / application
> files?
>
> Is there a good place on the net you could point me to read more about
> this?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> --
> Kathryn Groves


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rhlhamlet

"Kathryn" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I'm having a disagreement with a friend about how System Restore works....
>
> Bottom line... if you go back to a previous restore point -- do you lose
> (are they removed) any document files (whether jpg, doc, whatever) you've
> created/saved since then -- or does it only effect system / application
> files?
>
> Is there a good place on the net you could point me to read more about
> this?
>



It's actually a good question, since the definition of what constitutes
'personal data' varies.

For example, is a script or batch file that one has written a 'document'?
Some would think so. System Restore makes the decision for you and removes
such 'personal data'.

The moral of the story is don't believe everything you read on the 'System
Restore' tin.

--
Jon