I've always thought it was a bit of a waste of time

I've never run into a problem which I couldn't sort out manually. If you can boot into it, it's fixable. If it's at the point where you can't boot into it, you'll either need to go in via someing like a Linux USB stick (Very handy - used this several times!) or if it's completely borked, start from scratch.

If you're asking what I think you're asking, you wouldn't be able take a fresh Windows install, hit "restore" and get all your programs, files, etc. etc. back. So as long as you back up and back up regularly, it's not much of an advantage - to me, anyway.

Another thing I disable is the indexing service. I have a pretty disciplined filing structure so I can always find things without it. It's just another waste of CPU usage.

But to re-iterate, for the love of God back up regularly! Put a reminder in your calendar! A chap at work had a system crash the other month; I managed to sort him out but you didn't want to see his face when he realised that he may lost all the photos of his son growing up, etc.!

Posted By: Iwan Husarmi on July 22nd 2011 at 16:32:00

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PC Tech question....... (General Chat) - conker, Jul 22, 16:07:00
- I know its too late now but......... (General Chat) - usacanary, Jul 22, 19:11:18
- F.o.a Conker (General Chat) - ihateipswich, Jul 22, 16:32:37
- I've always thought it was a bit of a waste of time (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, Jul 22, 16:32:00
  - So does backup do the same thing? (n/m) (General Chat) - conker, Jul 22, 16:56:29
    - backup backs up files..... (General Chat) - Karnivore, Jul 22, 18:59:31
  - how does one "back-up"? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Jul 22, 16:44:54
    - by osmosis (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge 5mal1, Jul 22, 16:50:07
- system restore is switched on automatically (General Chat) - Karnivore, Jul 22, 16:16:33
  - Will the restore point back up on the laptop by default though (General Chat) - conker, Jul 22, 16:18:58
    - by default, yes, can be changed - but it's not simple.... (General Chat) - Karnivore, Jul 22, 16:23:48
- Stand back lads, I've got this one. (General Chat) - jafski, Jul 22, 16:11:13
  - Thanks, I think (n/m) (General Chat) - conker, Jul 22, 16:11:47
    - Don't mention it. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Jul 22, 16:12:13
      - Yeah it will create a restore before it installs windows updates etc (General Chat) - eddie, Jul 22, 16:19:17

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