Location of automatic restore Points?

Can someone tell me where the automatic restore points are stored on XP & Windows 7? I know that if I put a manually restore point, I define the location.

"" Windows XP "Backup or Restore Wizard" aka ntbackup.exe is intended to back up (for example, to create copies of) various ' files and settings "on your computer.

  • One option is the backup directory your "My Documents", your "Favorites" in Internet Explorer and your IE cookies.
  • Or you can save these points for all users on the computer.
  • Or you can save 'everything' to create a 'System Restore disk '.
  • Or you can select some files or directories to back up.

NTbackup has several limitations, including least are that it uses a proprietary format and will not optical media backup.  Microsoft changed Ntbackup for the "Windows Backup and Restore Center" in Vista and Windows 7.  Unfortunately, the backup and restore of Vista has not read bkf files created by NTbackup in XP.  As you can imagine, there was a significant negative reaction to this, and Microsoft has finally provided a utility NTBackup restoration for Windows Vista and later OS that can read (but not create) the bkf files.

Although NTbackup is free and a part of Windows XP, many people choose to use another backup utility.  Personally, I prefer the applications of cloning and disk imaging, like Acronis True Image Home and Paragon Drive Backup Casper 4.

System Restore is not the same thing as NTBackup.  System Restore saves the registry of Windows and some specific system and application files.  It does NOT record the data of the user, such as documents, music, etc.  System Restore automatically creates a point of food every 24 hours (if the computer is on), as well as in front of some critical updates.  In addition, the user can create a restore system at any time point.  Here's a pretty good description of what system restore (the rest of the site is a very good resource for dealing with issues related to the SR): http://bertk.mvps.org/html/description.html

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