With Vista Ultimate you can selectively delete shadow copies of files, but
actual restore point manipulation is not allowed.
Can I permanently save a restore point for later use?
By design and under normal conditions System Restore will automatically
create a new restore point every 24 hours.
When the allotted disk space is reached, the oldest restore point will be
purged on a first in first out (FIFO) basis. Otherwise, restore points over
90 days are purged automatically by default.
Each one of these restore points are chained (or linked) together with
previous restore points. When a restore point is chosen, all restore point
created prior to that restore point are also required to complete the
restoration.
While all of this is going on, in real time, a log is being created or
updated that tracks the consistency between the files System Restore is
monitoring, and the files that are actually backed up. If an inconsistency
is found between the log file and the files located in the System Volume
Information folder, restore point corruption can occur. In turn this causes
the chain to become broken and any prior restore points to become useless,
thus causing System Restore to fail at a restore. At this point all restore
points would have to be purged to remove the corruption. So you can see,
backing up and restoring restore points would cause an inconsistency in the
restore log thus causing corruption and the loss of all restore points.
Note: Any changes made within the System Volume Information folder (where
System Restore stores restore information) will almost certainly cause the
same corruption.
Can I delete individual restore points from the system volume information
folder?
No, and here is why: Each restore point is chained (or linked) together with
previous restore points. When you choose to restore a system all the
previous restore points are required to complete the restore, thus if one is
missing the chain will be broken and cause all existing restore points to
become corrupt. At this point all restore points will need to purged to
correct the corruption. So the best advise is to NOT touch the contents of
the System Volume Information folder.
"Malke" <> wrote in message
news:...
> amlandreau wrote:
>
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > Does somebody know where on earth (and on the HD ! ) Vista Ultimate
saves
> > all the Restore Points ?
> > I would like to prevent some of them to be erased in the future. Thanks
> > for helpe
>
> You can't do what you want and selectively save restore points. Newer
> restore points are made and older restore points are deleted. Instead,
> consider purchasing an external hard drive and imaging software such as
> Acronis True Image. Create an image of your perfectly-working system and
> store it on the external drive. You'll be able to restore the system with
> it in a matter of minutes. You can also use the external drive for general
> data backups.
>
>
> Malke
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