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how do you undo a system restore in xp?
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:58 am
by Avalanche
I restored my comp to an earlier time but lost some pretty important files, now I want to revert back to the old setup but I have no idea how. There is only two options.. Restore computer to an earlier time OR Create a restore point.
Help :x?
Re: how do you undo a system restore in xp?
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:37 pm
by Toasty
I'm guessing your fcked?
But then again.. i'm not a computer expert.
Re: how do you undo a system restore in xp?
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:53 pm
by Avalanche
I saw that already but there is no option to Undo the restore =/
Re: how do you undo a system restore in xp?
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 2:20 pm
by Avalanche
Great. I'm farked. sweeeeeet. Microsoft is no help either.. sigh..
Re: how do you undo a system restore in xp?
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 2:28 pm
by BloodLust
no there is no way you can undo it. What you can do for future reference is create an image of your hard drive once a month so that you can either restore to that if you dont have anything sooner or use it to recover programs and files.
http://search.microsoft.com/results.asp ... 2f+sysprep
Re: how do you undo a system restore in xp?
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 2:48 pm
by Avalanche
I'm missing that last box..
Re: how do you undo a system restore in xp?
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 2:54 pm
by BloodLust
If I am not mistaken you would have had to create a backup on a disk of on the day you restored. then when you run sys restore and have the disk in you will have that option.
Re: how do you undo a system restore in xp?
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 3:31 pm
by inky
If you chose an earlier date (there's usually 3 posted dates on mine), you might have a chance at "restoring" it to a later date (even if it's before the date you were originally in).