I have done system restore 10-15 times thus far within 5-6 months..... Is it a bad practise to do system restore often?

Hi, I'm running a multi-boot scenario (which I have been successfully on a number of machines for a number of years). I have Windows 7 (32 bit) on one partition and Windows 7 (64 bit) on another and …

My laptop was working fine, but I ran a comprehensive disk check (Stage 1--5) just for the heck of it. The check stops at stage 4 and gives no feedback. I let it sit there for 1.5 hours but it didn't …

In the spirit of Joel Spolsky's "Let’s stop talking about backups" article, is there any software that's good at restoring a Windows computer? By "good", I mean it can handle a situation where a …

I recently upgraded from XP to Windows 7. Unfortunately, I haven't really finished. I got my System up and working pretty good and backups running using Windows 7 backup. But I did not create an …

Is there any way to copy the restore points to another location? A virus could delete the restore points so I want to put them in a separate directory and save them for later use. My OS is Windows …

The "System Protection" tab is not available in Vista Home Premium and Gpedit.msc is not present to activate it. Are there any registry settings I can edit to enable this tab? I would like to clear …

Hi, I want to recovery Win7 from Linux and I dont have the Win7 CD or any previous back up files. Please tell me if there is a way to recovery Win7 from Linux because I do not want to boot it from the …

Hello, I turned my PC on this morning to discover it complaining about being unable to start up. It goes through the repair process and prompts me to do a system restore, saying that it will not …

I have a fresh and activated Windows 7 installation that I would like to use as a Test installation. So I would like to create a Snapshot and be able to completely revert to that snapshot. As it's …

Okay, so I disabled the DCOM service. Now, lots of stuff doesn't work, including the Windows Services utility! I'm running Windows XP Professional. How can I re-enable the DCOM service? Can this …

Hello. I am running Windows XP Professional 64-bit. I recently had to do a system restore, after Windows Update blue-screened my machine while updating the network driver. The system restore went …

Hi, Bit of an unusual question and one which I think I know the answer to already but thought I would throw it out here to see if anyone else has any ideas. We operate and install security products …

I'm running Vista Prof 32bit on a lenovo w500 thinkpad. I have four external drives and use 4 different PCs, that all have system volume information folders, taking up lots of space, and I can't …

I have Ubuntu 9.10 installed via Wubi within Windows. If I run a System restore, will it remove my Ubuntu installation? thanks