Win7 Can Delete All System Restore Points On Reboot

Posted by kdawson on Saturday May 1, 2010 @03:15PM from the yes-we-have-no-recovery dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Astonishingly, the so-called system restore feature in Windows 7 deletes restore points without warning when the system is rebooted. This forum thread on answers.microsoft.com shows some of the users who have experienced the problem. Today I did a clean install of Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit (no dual boot), and noticed that whenever the machine rebooted after installing an application or driver, the disk churned for several minutes on the 'starting Windows' screen. Turns out that churning was the sound of my diligently created system restore points being deleted. Unfortunately I only found this out when Windows barfed at a USB dongle and I wanted to restore the system to an earlier state. This is an extraordinarily bad bug, which I suspect most Windows 7 users won't realise is affecting them until it's too late."

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I destest windoze by Ralph+Spoilsport · 2010-05-01 16:21 · Score: 0, Flamebait

I think it is an abomination against man and nature. I would like to see Microsoft erased from the planet.
That said, I have a Windowze piece of shite at work and I've done what the article describes and I've only lost 3 pointers, and they were off the tail end. furthermoer, I back it up enough that it doesn't matter.
So - does MS deserve to be hit an asteroid? Yes.
Does this problem exist? Not for me.

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Why Baby Why? by b4upoo · 2010-05-01 16:29 · Score: 0, Flamebait

The latest Ubuntu 10.X is so good it is scary. Why anyone wants to run a Windows machine is really beyond my understanding. Do yourself a huge favor and climb off the Microsoft teat.