Related topics

Why I am Still Using Windows
System restore is actually pretty good and its free...hell they needed to do something about that damn OS. Drive image or Ghost also VERY good and Ghost fits it can automatically burn bootable CD's when you do a disk image, which makes restoring after a catastrophic failure (read: any upgrade from MS) a cinch.

Antidepressants Linked to 52 % Suicides among Swedish women ...
Z zarle...@conan.ids.net alt windows-me str...@ziplip.com wrote: Hi, my win me raid system crashed last night and when i reboot i get What type RAID, how many disks did you lose and why did they go offline? You should be asking those questions first, since you may have experienced a catastrophic hardware failure,

Got Windows Problems? Spend More Money
(System Restore or Go-Back may take care of some scenarios like this IF the machine is at least bootable, however.) No single system of protection is perfect. Many users use two or even three, including backup to DVD or tape, which has the advantage of off-site storage in case of catastrophic failure like BOTH

Arkeia Backup Software
Run a full system backup with Colorado 1.52, then in the event of a full system crash could you format the hard drive, install Windows95, install Colorado 1.52, Is there any backup method for WIN95 which doesn't require reinstalling WIN95 as part of the restoration in the case of a catastrophic failure?

Automated System Restore question
At our institution the Oracle DBs (for Sakai and for our BB Vista instance) are continually being backed up so ( in the event of a catastrophic failure) we can In contrast, our BB Vista system only stores file uploads in the backend so the BB Vista restore SLA is (theoretically) much more robust;

Catastrophic Failure error
I recently did a system restore to recover from a driver installation catastrophic failure for my ATi video. (System Restore is a real MONSTER in a closet) In this process I ended up without an SSL Server Certificate for IIS 5.1. It installed fine when I built the machine and served its purpose for quite some time.

Switching of system restore help
If you are able to get into safe mode you might be able to do a system restore and roll the system back to the point you were before the problem started. Good Luck! "Furry Fred" wrote: A friend of mine has had a sudden catastrophic failure of windows XP Pro. The system has been working unbelievably slow for some

XP Home Repair Install ?
Disk image programs like Symantec Ghost (included with Norton Save and Restore and System Works), Backup Now, Drive Backup, or Acronis True Image can be used to make an exact copy of your operating system, programs, and data files and put it back in case of a catastrophic failure or severe data corruption.

OT - Software/System Backup to DVD
Only microsoft public windowsme systemtools Chris, Resetting system restore unfortunately wouldn't help you with the particular problem you were experiencing I guessed that i have suffered a catastrophic failure and have decided to "restore"; therby wiping my hard drive. Wow - i am back to a superfast machine!

System restore
A sound image can be used for system restore, if AND ONLY IF the image was taken before any corruuption had taken place, which may have eventually led up to a catastrophic failure. -- -john wide-open at throttle dot info ~~~~~~~~ The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining - JFK ~~~~~~~~

Backing Up Problem
System Restore: System restore is a good idea on the surface but it doesn't do what most people think it does. In the event of a catastrophic failure you might be able to get the computer to a usable state so you can fix it, this isn'ta guarantee. It won't bring back your term paper the night before it is due and

OT - Software/System Backup to DVD
Catastrophic failure. ". - which I've searched around for and the solution is supposed to be to rename or delete the installshield folder. The Sims installed ok (three times before I remembered to use system restore ;0 )but now I'm getting the same errors when I try to install LL as I did with HP.

probs with install shield
Jupiter Jones jones_jupi...@hotnomail.com microsoft public windowsxp customize Al; System Restore is NOT a substitute for a back-up plan. A good back-up plan has important data somewhere other than the same physical drive as the original. This preserves the data in case of catastrophic failure of the drive.

Application Eventlog Error message
In fact, the one time I had a catastrophic failure on NT4, Arkeia wasn't there for me. Turns out it will report that it backed-up the files, but the logs also Also important about the Veritas Linux backups is that you can't do a complete system restore from tape. It will back-up directories like /usr and /etc,

IIS 5.1 SSL Cetificate Missing
Anyway, one of the things that you discover when you get away from windows, is that you only need to back up *your* home directory, and only for catastrophic failure or archival purposes. The other thing that is delightful is the fact that you don't have to worry about corrupted personal and system files.

Sakai Restore Service Level Agreements -- What SLA does your ...
R. McCarty RMcC_nsp...@mindspring.com microsoft public windowsxp general System Restore is a "Basic" recovery method, first used in Windows ME. When users create system images with Ghost/Drive Image and use verify on the image you can be 99% confident you are protected in the event of a catastrophic failure.

Backing Up Problem
... microsoft public windowsme systemtools I concur with Noel and Mike, and would emphasize that if you are about to install some "barely software" gameware, etc., which might trash the Windows folder, you are well advised to create a full C:\ backup so you can revert after a catastrophic failure.

Volume Shadow Copy Service?
ruffie50 ruffi...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista security I am seeing the same problem when I am using the system restore Catastrophic failure (0x8000FFFF). This is a brand-new system. We have loaded no s/w apps except for Office std 2007 and a couple MB of data in My Documents.

hint; setting clocks back
I keep getting a Component Transfer Error/Video Files/Catastrophic failure when loading the 3rd of 4 discs, then the setup ends after a message saying it caused an error in KERNEL32.DLL. I tried a System Restore to see if any recent installs/un- installs might have been the problem bt when i try to activate the

Help! XP catastrophic failure!
I decided to try and see if system restore would fix the situation. I told it to go back about an hour ago to before the installation of one of the minor windows updates that came out a few days ago. It went through its operation and restarted and it ust hung at a black screen with a mouse icon I can move around.