Yeah, it is a very misleading name. I disable SR every now and then before doing a full antivirus scan, to get rid of riskware. Might as well disable it permanently.
No,I use Paragon´s differential backups (different stages of building the same system),especially after gaming/testing new drivers/testing big software suites...(talking ´bout WinXP x86).
Generally i have it disabled. I enable it only when i'm about to do something stupid with the registry . Just in case, as i back up the registry with Erunt
When I used it (years ago), it always let me down. Never trusted it. For a long time now I have used Terabyte's Image for Windows (Image for Linux on my Linux) and Acronis True Image. Neither have let me down.....ever....and I tend to do quite a lot of imaging/restoring.
Yep.. I have system restore enabled, not that I actually use it, but have it enable just in case. I am using Paragon backup and recovery suite and like its many features, and it has become one of my most importantly security tools.
Thanks J_L... didn't know that, never had reason to try all the possibilities. I have successfully used IFW, IFD and IFL for imaging/restoring Windows, although these days I normally use a BartPE disk. Have never tried imaging my Linux partition with IFW but have always chosen to use my IFL boot disk. Been using Terabyte's products for several years and love them. Should I get too bored in the next few days I'll try imaging my Linux partition (Mint 10 Julia) with my BartPE disk to see what happens... As an aside I always use my MustangPE 2 disk for when I'm in an Acronis mood. Also never failed me. (This on Windows of course). Love 'em all. For me life would be such a misery without my regular backups... I'm quite capable of breaking Windows a couple of times a week.... bit harder with Linux!
That's why I think their product names are misleading. Should be called Image with OS or Image using OS.
While I'm no expert, by any means, I'd heard enough bad things about SR (file and/or registry corruption, for instance) that I disabled it eons ago. My antique system came with Farstone's Restore-IT pre-installed, and you could probably call that a handy quasi-ISR, which is what I ticked. It does a full backup (including MBR) when I first boot up every calendar day, which is saved to a "hidden" 3.5 gig partition. The only time I've ever had occasion to use it for a restore was when I replaced my aging DVD drive with a new one which came bundled with a newer version of Power DVD than what I had. I found after installing it that the software was an OEM version which for some bizarre reason didn't support Dolby (on a DVD player??), and doing a restore was the only way to get the old version back.
No, because I've never once seen it actually fix a problem. I disable it, converse those precious resources on this dated PC of mine, and use 3'rd party backup/imaging software instead that I know will work.
