Juan
07-10-2005, 02:07 AM
Thaks for your response Dough, I will surely give some serious
consideration to your advice.
Thank again.
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"Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@mvps.org> escribió en el mensaje
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No, as Shenan said, you'd likely lose settings for recently installed
applications, and other changes that were made to the system since you made
the backup. A full image will, of course, do the same thing. However,
programs like Image for Windows and its companion Image for DOS will work
with re-writable DVD media, so its quite possible that you could image a
system partition onto a couple of DVD's (depending on how much stuff you
had) and not have to go through so many discs.
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Display\Security
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"Juan" <soyquiensoy@terra.com> wrote in message
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> Doug: How about Registry backups...
> would executing a full registry backup to a certain
> date not restore the system to the condition it was
> at that date?
>
> just wondering....
>
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> "Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@mvps.org> escribió en el mensaje
> news:uk$3tmRVFHA.3696@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> You may also want to see Help and Support for Automated System Restore
> (ASR). However, the built-in backup utility cannot span a backup across
> multiple CD's.
>
> --
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> Display\Security
> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
> http://www.dougknox.com
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> "DQ" <DQ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A7CF5B39-2E1C-4C94-935B-9CE0FF21D96E@microsoft.com...
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I recently bought a Dell Laptop with Windows XP Professional and software
>> bundle pre-installed. When I boot up my laptop, I can press the F12
> function
>> key and have the system (with some kind of Dell pre-installed utility)
> wipes
>> out every thing I had installed after purchasing the laptop and restore
my
>> laptop back to its original state when the machine was shipped to me.
And
>> this happens without having inserting any CD or diskette.
>>
>> I really like this capability and just wonder if I can do the same thing:
>> Having the machine back to a given point where I want it to be. For
> example,
>> after receiving this laptop, I make a connection to the Internet and
> upgrade
>> Windows with the latest patch. Now, I don't want to press F12 to have
the
>> system restore my machine back to its original. Rather, I want it to
> restore
>> itself back to the point where I had update its Windows XP with all of
the
>> latest patch, as of today.
>>
>> How can I do that?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
consideration to your advice.
Thank again.
------------------------------------------------------------
"Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@mvps.org> escribió en el mensaje
news:#9jUtLbVFHA.3188@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
No, as Shenan said, you'd likely lose settings for recently installed
applications, and other changes that were made to the system since you made
the backup. A full image will, of course, do the same thing. However,
programs like Image for Windows and its companion Image for DOS will work
with re-writable DVD media, so its quite possible that you could image a
system partition onto a couple of DVD's (depending on how much stuff you
had) and not have to go through so many discs.
--
Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart
Display\Security
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
--------------------------------
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http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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"Juan" <soyquiensoy@terra.com> wrote in message
news:%23o4JbZaVFHA.1328@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Doug: How about Registry backups...
> would executing a full registry backup to a certain
> date not restore the system to the condition it was
> at that date?
>
> just wondering....
>
> -------------------------------------------
> "Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@mvps.org> escribió en el mensaje
> news:uk$3tmRVFHA.3696@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> You may also want to see Help and Support for Automated System Restore
> (ASR). However, the built-in backup utility cannot span a backup across
> multiple CD's.
>
> --
> Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart
> Display\Security
> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
> http://www.dougknox.com
> --------------------------------
> Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
> --------------------------------
> Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
> Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
>
> "DQ" <DQ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A7CF5B39-2E1C-4C94-935B-9CE0FF21D96E@microsoft.com...
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I recently bought a Dell Laptop with Windows XP Professional and software
>> bundle pre-installed. When I boot up my laptop, I can press the F12
> function
>> key and have the system (with some kind of Dell pre-installed utility)
> wipes
>> out every thing I had installed after purchasing the laptop and restore
my
>> laptop back to its original state when the machine was shipped to me.
And
>> this happens without having inserting any CD or diskette.
>>
>> I really like this capability and just wonder if I can do the same thing:
>> Having the machine back to a given point where I want it to be. For
> example,
>> after receiving this laptop, I make a connection to the Internet and
> upgrade
>> Windows with the latest patch. Now, I don't want to press F12 to have
the
>> system restore my machine back to its original. Rather, I want it to
> restore
>> itself back to the point where I had update its Windows XP with all of
the
>> latest patch, as of today.
>>
>> How can I do that?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>>
>
>