Rollback Rx Pro - Updating Baseline Snapshot

After reading the manual and FAQs, as far as I can tell there is little (if anything) written on this subject. So if any of my fellow Rollback users actually have a strategy re Updating the Baseline, I'd be interested in hearing it...

I realize that when you update the baseline, you are essentially consolidating all previous snapshots into the new baseline. As I see it, there are 2 pros & 1 con in doing that...

Pro1: You recapture some storage space (which doesn't appear to be substantial).

Pro2: All subsequent defrags/optimizations take less time (after updating the baseline).

Con: You lose the ability to ever again restore your system to any of the individual snapshots which have been consolidated into the new baseline.

So my questions are...

- Am I missing any pros & cons?

- How are you guys dealing with this?

~pv

 

Did I understand this well?
During the weekend, you uninstall RollbackRx first and then execute a backup.

 

I see the intention of the baseline, as having the ability to store a perfect pristine image ie just after reformat and reinstall of the OS, which obviously would be handy if the system carked.



Otherwise,I dont think it serves any important function ,as the regular snapshots arent incremental and dont need a base per se,as does TI

Therefore I dont worry about it.

EriK Albert,

am Not answering for anyone else,but an uninstall of Rollback is necessary if a full defrag is required-this is confirmed by RollBack.

Mike

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So backup isn't the reason for uninstalling RollbackRx. The full defrag is the real reason.

 

Going OT,as previous posts,but this is THE only time a uninstall is necessary,with Rollback, certainly for me and I have the full armory of other apps.!

Mike

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Ok, since this is my thread, I guess I'll go OT and address this...

We have to define what is meant by a full degrag. Using the PerfectDisk defragger there is no problem perfoming a defrag of the entire C-drive or any of its Windows partitions while using Rollback. Actually, there is very little (if anything) to be gained by doing this because Rollback defrags and optimizes its own snapshots.

But while running Rollback I will no longer do an offline defrag (the only way to defrag Windows' system and paging files), as I am quite sure that was the cause of my boot.ini corruption and the missing hal.dll incident reported here about a week (or so) ago!

~pv

 

That's my experience as well - perfect disk from windows is fine as along as you defrag the RB snapshots afterwards to release excess space

 

starfish~ Did you also experience system problems after doing an offline defrag while Rollback was installed?

 

No I only tried online defrags they work fine - I thought better of trying the offline defrags

 

Good thinking!