Archive for the 'System Restore' Category
Why do restore points in Windows Vista use so much disk space?
Saturday, March 10th, 2007A reader asked us why restore points are so large in Windows Vista compared to Windows XP. He notes “The average XP restore point was around 50 MB. On Vista, restores points vary between 1 GB - 3 GB.” Why the big difference? Eduardo Laureano, the Program Manager for System Restore, explains: In Windows [...]
How to Create and use System Restore in Windows Vista
Sunday, February 18th, 2007No matter how careful you are, when it comes to installing drivers and applications in Windows Vista there are just going to be times when you need to perform a system restore. This brief step-by-step tutorial shows you how to create a restore point and then use it to return a working Vista configuration. [...]
