System restore

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:00:03 -0700, Ken Springer
<wordworks.nospam.RemoveThis@greeleynet.com> wrote:

>Does anyone know if there is a Windows 98 utility that does essentially the
>same thing as XP's System Restore?
>
>Thanks.

Windows 98 doesn't have a built-in System Restore function. That
first appeared in Windows Me.
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Hi, Gary,

You can call this preventative maintenance. LOL Or, more accurately, a
method to keep me from having to completely reinstall everything on the Old
but Reliable Dell.

It finally got so bad, I had to reinstall Win98. Which means a lot of
software to reinstall. With this NOT being the first time I've had to do
this, I've been using Norton Ghost and making image backups of the boot
partition when the next piece of software gets installed and I'm sure
everything is working right. There's already been a couple of times when
things have gone wrong, and I've had to use one of those Ghost images to get
back where I was.

After finally learning what System Restore does in XP, it occurred to me
that if something similar existed in Win98 I could cut back on the Ghost
image backup. Not completely, as I suspect there's nothing to prevent the
restore points and info from getting scrambled.

Thanks.

Ken

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

> Is this before or after the fact? Are you just asking out of curiosity or do
> you have a problem?
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS-MVP Shell/User
> http://grystmill.com
>
> "Ken Springer" <wordworks.nospam.RemoveThis@greeleynet.com> wrote in message
> news:C621BF90-041C-4AA3-95FB-1B38B5C714BD@microsoft.com...
> > Does anyone know if there is a Windows 98 utility that does essentially
> > the
> > same thing as XP's System Restore?
> >
> > Thanks.
>
>
>

Hi, Steve,

Thanks for the Win98 info regarding some kind of System Restore. I think
I'll Google the question and see if someone created such an animal after the
fact. I've got a CD of miscellaneous Win98 utilities, but I've never really
looked at it.

Not to sound like a whiner, but have you had a chance to look at my Ping
message in the XP Security and administration newsgroup?

Ken

"Steve Winograd" wrote:

> On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:00:03 -0700, Ken Springer
> <wordworks.nospam.DeleteThis@greeleynet.com> wrote:
>
> >Does anyone know if there is a Windows 98 utility that does essentially the
> >same thing as XP's System Restore?
> >
> >Thanks.
>
> Windows 98 doesn't have a built-in System Restore function. That
> first appeared in Windows Me.
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
> for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>

There is no such thing. Backups, imaging, etc., yes, but anything resembling
System Restore.... The closest thing is Scanreg /restore, and that isn't
even close to System Restore.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"Ken Springer" <wordworks.nospam RemoveThis @greeleynet.com> wrote in message
news:C0B40B03-C725-4B5F-ACDD-A3D9599FFC01@microsoft.com...
>
> Hi, Gary,
>
> You can call this preventative maintenance. LOL Or, more accurately,
> a
> method to keep me from having to completely reinstall everything on the
> Old
> but Reliable Dell.
>
> It finally got so bad, I had to reinstall Win98. Which means a lot of
> software to reinstall. With this NOT being the first time I've had to do
> this, I've been using Norton Ghost and making image backups of the boot
> partition when the next piece of software gets installed and I'm sure
> everything is working right. There's already been a couple of times when
> things have gone wrong, and I've had to use one of those Ghost images to
> get
> back where I was.
>
> After finally learning what System Restore does in XP, it occurred to me
> that if something similar existed in Win98 I could cut back on the Ghost
> image backup. Not completely, as I suspect there's nothing to prevent the
> restore points and info from getting scrambled.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ken
>
> "Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
>
>> Is this before or after the fact? Are you just asking out of curiosity or
>> do
>> you have a problem?
>>
>> --
>> Gary S. Terhune
>> MS-MVP Shell/User
>> http://grystmill.com
>>
>> "Ken Springer" <wordworks.nospam RemoveThis @greeleynet.com> wrote in message
>> news:C621BF90-041C-4AA3-95FB-1B38B5C714BD@microsoft.com...
>> > Does anyone know if there is a Windows 98 utility that does essentially
>> > the
>> > same thing as XP's System Restore?
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>>
>>
>>

On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:07:00 -0700, Ken Springer
<wordworks.nospam.DeleteThis@greeleynet.com> wrote:

>> >Does anyone know if there is a Windows 98 utility that does essentially the
>> >same thing as XP's System Restore?
>> >
>> >Thanks.
>>
>> Windows 98 doesn't have a built-in System Restore function. That
>> first appeared in Windows Me.
>
>Hi, Steve,
>
>Thanks for the Win98 info regarding some kind of System Restore. I think
>I'll Google the question and see if someone created such an animal after the
>fact. I've got a CD of miscellaneous Win98 utilities, but I've never really
>looked at it.
>
>Not to sound like a whiner, but have you had a chance to look at my Ping
>message in the XP Security and administration newsgroup?
>
>Ken

Hi, Ken. I'm sorry, but I don't read the XP Security and
administration newsgroup, and I haven't seen your message. Your
previous messages were in the XP networking newsgroup, and that's
where I've been looking.

I just looked in microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin, and I
don't see anything from you. Please tell me the date that you posted
and the subject header of the message. Or give a link to the message
in Google groups.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

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