Anna wrote:
>With partition-imaging software, you can create an image on DVD ...or...
>(which I prefer to do), create the image on HDD & then copy it to DVD, or
>flash drive, etc.)  You can completely restore a hard drive partition from
>an image file>>


It's a relatively time-consuming exercise, and there are times when you 
just want to do a quick restoration rather than go through the lengthy 
procedure of a full image restore. Computer demons invariably strike at the 
most inopportune moments, usually when you're in a bursting hurry to 
complete some task to meet a dealine.

On mine, disk imaging (Acronis) seems to take ages.

That's why it would be nice to have a set of permanent System Restore 
points, for those odd times when ERU won't do the job (ie when the failure 
is not a registry failure).

<<Just be aware that if you have
installed/uninstalled/reconfigured ANYthing since  you made the ERUNT
backup, your registry will not be aware of it even though the appl. still
sits there in the Program Files folder>>

That is strictly correct, but it does not follow that none of your more 
recent programs won't work. It's often surprising when you find that the 
odd program still works despite a registry restore, even though it is newer 
than the earlier registry.  That doesn't just apply to "standalone" 
software, which of course does not require installation and is unaffected 
by the registry---except perhaps for file associations.

The registry doesn't necessarily have to be aware of everything. Some 
software runs through its own internal config files.

Don Penlington


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