System Restore-OFF for SSD with OS ?

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Just curious- I've seen people suggest turning off Windows system restore with a SSD that has the OS installed. My reading indicates it's for saving space.

However, if you disable it, what are people doing/using instead of Windows System Restore in case they have a crash or something ?

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I've never had to use it on my own system, so my answer is "I don't".

If the system is that messed up, reinstall.

 

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Viper69 said:

However, if you disable it, what are people doing/using instead of Windows System Restore in case they have a crash or something ?

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I rely on the system images I make during each step of a Windows (and app) install.

 

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thideras said:

I've never had to use it on my own system, so my answer is "I don't".

If the system is that messed up, reinstall.

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Haha, good point, thanks.

Does turning OFF system restore prevent one from using Windows 7 as a backup/incremental backup solution? I don't know if in Win7 System Restore is separate from a backup utility or not.

Curious, what do most people load onto their SSDs? It seems many put all their programs on a HDD, and just the OS on a SSD?

 

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I do the full OS install to it and only move off very large files.

Disabling system restore has nothing to do with other backup programs.

 

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thideras said:

I do the full OS install to it and only move off very large files.

Disabling system restore has nothing to do with other backup programs.

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I'm sorry I didn't mean other 3rd party programs for backups. I meant in Win7 is System Restore the backup utility. Someone told me they use Win7 for incremental backups (instead of Ghost or Acronis), but I don't know if they do this through Win7 System Restore..OR another MS utility in the OS.

Sorry for the confusion.

 

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I've never used the built in backup for Windows, so I couldn't answer.

 

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That's OK..thanks- I haven't either, but Ghost is like 70 dollars, and the new version of Acronis I heard was quite problematic. SO I was wondering if Win7 had anything. Hm..I wonder if I keep system restore on, but put the data onto my HDD instead?

 

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Personally I use Acronis and backup to another drive.

 

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Plus... I don't think turning off System Restore has any impact on the Win7 Backup software.

I think the main reason why it is recommended that it (system restore) be disabled, is a space-saving thing... it can tie up quite a bit of room on what is (essentially) a small drive.

edit... I use Shadow Protect btw (but historically, have also found Acronis to be excellent)... In my most recent migration from a Vertex3 to the Revo3, nothing would get me imaged and restored from old to new except the Win7 Backup software.