07-19-2023, 07:39 AM
(07-18-2023, 11:04 PM)Froggie Wrote: Well, to each his own, I guess. Since an HBS imaging snapshot is a super restore point, I never even think of using restore points any more... I always use a MANUAL Incremental image before any important System changes (monthly updates, semi-annual upgrades, major application changes, etc.). System Restore Points are so restricted in what they save (only important Windows issues, nothing more). Imaging snapshots save all changes except for specific exclusions... PageFile, etc., which, as we know, are not needed after reBOOTs.
Regular users are not quite as diligent.
Actually, in Windows Vista through 11, a system restore point is also a volume shadow copy...which contains a snapshot of the entire drive...including personal files.
Using a tool like Nirsoft's ShadowCopyView, those individual files can be restored.
However, when using System Restore, only Windows-specific files are restored.