The length of the history is a function of the size of gobackio.bin and the usage.  A lot of deleted files, installations, downloads, ad infinitum will fill up the *.bin, and shorten the length of the history. If the computer is not run for days at a time, you will have stuff going back far longer than usual.  I usually keep mine in the neighborhood of 3-5 days history, which with my usage doesn't require such a large *.bin.  I can get that length of history on 500 Mb of *.bin, which I hardly miss on a 40 gig HD.  As I've said before, if you don't have Goback, you need to get it right now.  Once you've had it you'll feel nervous without it.

>Thanks to all who responded - my question was answered very comprehensively.
>
>I'd forgotten about all the other apps-related files that get planted into
>Windows, so that would preclude using a previous cabfile.
>
>Actually, my question was hypothetical.  Like many of you who've seen the
>light, I recently starting using GoBack, so the drama and stress of Windows
>restores are no longer neccessary.
>
>All I can say is - if you're not using GoBack, get it now.
>
>On the subject of GoBack, maybe someone can answer this:
>
>I'm wondering what governs the maximum number of days available for
>reverting.  I would have thought that it would be related to the amount of
>space allocated at setup.
>
>When I first installed GoBack, I allocated 2 Gb of drive space, and this
>yielded an available 'go back' history of 3 days. I reinstalled the program
>and this time allocated the default setting of 10%, which made 4Gb of space
>available.
>
>However, the history still seems to remain about the same, 3-4 days.  Not
>that I really need any more, 3 days is plenty, but I'm curious.
>
>And now that I think about it, what happens if you don't use your machine at
>all for several days?  Obviously you can't revert to a time when the machine
>wasn't on, but does the history increase by the amount of time the machine
>wasn't running?
>



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