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Thread ID: 71476	2006-08-07 01:19:00	XP System Restores	linw (53)	Press F1

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476676	2006-08-08 10:14:00	How many restore points do you have Foxy? I suspect a lot by the folder count . Mine now has two RPs for 1 . 8GB - just seems to keep adding files to older RP folders . . Yea, I know about virus stores etc but for the right hiccups they can save a hell of a lot of hassle . Only used them a very few times, however .	linw (53)
476677	2006-08-08 11:12:00	I'm of 2 minds about System Restore. Good idea. Bad design. I don't tell customers not to use it, it can be handy for the odd driver stuff-up. But I much prefer Ghost for my own system. System Restore has far too much bloat for my liking. I do not use Sys restore but I have been using Ghost to image one 200 Gig hard drive to another. Both drives are Seagate SATA2. I used Ghost 2003 to image the boot drive C:\ to D:\ and elected to copy one drive to another. C and D had one partition each. Finished up with two partitions on drive D: Then I could not boot the computer from the normal SATA master. I then reformatted the C: drive and reinstalled. I had, of course, copied info to my 160 gig USB external drive and also CDs and DVDs. Beginning to wonder about Ghost. At least I am back in business.	Sweep (90)
476678	2006-08-08 18:20:00	How many restore points do you have Foxy? I suspect a lot by the folder count . Mine now has two RPs for 1 . 8GB - just seems to keep adding files to older RP folders . . Yea, I know about virus stores etc but for the right hiccups they can save a hell of a lot of hassle . Only used them a very few times, however . A while back someone more knowledgeable than I told us that Restore Points are cumulative . Each new RP . being added on to the previous one . An error in todays Restore Point will be included in tomorrows, next weeks, etc . :groan:	Vince (406)
476679	2006-08-08 23:22:00	How many restore points do you have Foxy? I suspect a lot by the folder count. Er... not that many. Only about 40. :p :D They go back to June 15 but whether they will work that far back is another matter. I probably ought to clear them for a fresh start. :rolleyes:	FoxyMX (5)
476680	2006-08-09 03:42:00	Pretty weird as I only ever have one or two! Must do some study and try to get to the bottom of this.	linw (53)
476681	2006-08-09 05:33:00	OK, I think I have found the culprit . If you use free ZA and system restore you also should be aware of this . "Zone Alarm version 6 . 5 has a bug that creates very large . rdb files within the system . These . rdb files are monitored by System Restore and thus end up in the restore points located in the System Volume Information folder, along with other locations on the system . The best advice is to revert to an earlier version of Zone Alarm . Then disable System Restore which will purge all existing restore points, then turn it back on . For more information on this subject please visit the Zone Labs User Forum" . That's what is happening to me . Every few min another 1 . 6MB rdb file gets added to the restore folders . No wonder I have a problem! Pretty poor that Zonelabs can't/won't fix it . Probably bugged on purpose so you'll buy the pay version! Now to hunt out an older version!	linw (53)
476682	2006-08-09 06:22:00	Old Versions Available of ZoneAlarm ZoneAlarm 2.0 (1.5 MB) ZoneAlarm 2.1 (1.7 MB) ZoneAlarm 2.6 (2.8 MB) ZoneAlarm 3.1 (3.5 MB) ZoneAlarm 3.7 (3.7 MB) ZoneAlarm 4.5.594.0 (4.8 MB) ZoneAlarm 5.5.94.0 (6.8 MB) ZoneAlarm 6.0.631.3 (8.9 MB) ZoneAlarm 6.1.744.1 (10.0 MB) ZoneAlarm 6.5.731.0 (13.0 MB) www.oldversion.com Also other alternatives: www.aplusfreeware.com	zqwerty (97)
476683	2006-08-09 07:04:00	Thanks, mate, but even Zonelabs has old dloads! Must have heaps of old vers on mag CD's., too!! Thanks for alternatives link, too. Help appreciated. Cheers.	linw (53)
476684	2006-08-14 08:42:00	Just to round this thread off, installed 6.5.714.000 and problem has gone away. Yaaayy!	linw (53)
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