Matt’s Cuppa Tech Tip: GTD with WinXP System Restore
Posted by telecommatt on April 28, 2007
Frequently Asked Questions Regarding System Restore in Windows XP
The System Restore feature of Microsoft Windows XP enables administrators to restore their computers to a previous state without losing personal data files (e.g. Word documents, graphic files, e-mail).
If you’re a geek, you probably know how to set restore points in WinXP. But do you actually do it? Probably not. If you’re at all like me, you simply forget about it. Even if we do create a restore point, we probably only do it when we are installing or testing something that we aren’t entirely confident won’t make spaghetti out of our data. But why onlydo it when we’re expecting a problem? Expecting a problem is like watching water boil. If we keep our eyes on it, it never happens.
Try setting up a restore point at least once a week, even if you regularly backup your hard drive. It’s much faster to do a restore than to play CSI with your registry or extract something from your backup images. Personally, due to issues I’ve had with Windows Update, I make sure I manually create a restore point before I install any windows updates.
Thinking about ignoring this because it’s geekspeak? Let’s break it down on a GTD level. Learning to use WinXP’s system restore points properly makes recovering your data a task instead of a project. How’s that for productivity?
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