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MerleOne:
I observe in the list of System Restore Points that the ones created through TWR are labelled as "System" and the other ones, created by MSFT dedicated tool, are labelled as "Manual".  I guess it's the "System" ones that are monitored. Hope it can help.

Shane:
Thanks, I didnt know system restore did that. I dont use it, at all.

It keeps the files on the same drive, which does me no good if the drive dies, and system restore is very easy to break, plus it slows down the system. So I never use it. Instead I keep my registry backups and then for my files I do a normal backup to an external hard drive :-)

System restore is a good idea, but MS has zero info on it, on how to fix it when it breaks, and there have been so many bugs with it that have never been fixed and are in every version of windows. Such as by simply 3rd party defraggers running will cause system restore to remove all restore points and a bunch of other odd things that for some reason system restore decides to delete all the restore points.

And the amount of other services that it requires to work makes it very easy to break and has been something I havent been able to make a fix for because on each version of Windows they change oh it works lol

So for me, system restore off (Saves me hard drive space and performance) and just do registry backup and proper backup of my files to an external drive, which I start when I am done for the day and my backup program shuts down the computer when it is finished :-)

Shane

MerleOne:
I fully agree with you but still, I like to be able to use this feature, it has saved me a couple of times without having to try a full restore. Granted, it is unstable, SR points are quite "volatile".

BTW, regarding Registry Backup only, I remember the day when I discovered this program, I did a backup in the morning.  At noon, for some reason, my PC crashed more or less, at least some apps froze, so I tried to close the session.  It finally closed the session, but after the reboot, all my configuration was gone.  I was pretty sure the registry had been damaged during shutdown. I then remembered the backup done in the morning, I was able to restore it effortlessly and, at reboot, everything was fine again ! Incredible.  I remember having done a small donation a few days later (using my Paypal e-mail address, not the one I am registered here).  And my PC almost never crashes.  What a coincidence !

Shane:
I always like to hear that my program did its job :-)

Shane

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