Windows Vista Security: Praxisorientierte Sicherheit für Profis

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Chapter 21: Getting Help and Handling Advanced Support Issues

always available for user and application storage. If System Restore needs to create a

restore point and has no more allocated space, the operating system overwrites previ-

ously created restore points. You cannot configure the amount of disk space System

Restore uses.

You can manage System Restore monitoring of your computer by completing these

steps:

1. Click Start and then click Control Panel.

2. In the Control Panel, click System and Maintenance and then click System.

3. In the System console, click System Protection under Tasks in the left pane.

4. System Restore is enabled on the System disk by default (see Figure 21-5). You

should enable system restore on all disks that store system, program, and per-

sonal files:

• To enable System Restore for a disk, select the disk’s checkbox. When you

enable System Restore, restore points are created automatically, as dis-

cussed previously.

• To disable System Restore for a disk, clear the disk’s checkbox and then

confirm the action by clicking Yes. When you disable System Restore, all

restore points on that disk are removed and you cannot undo this action.

5. When you are finished making configuration changes, click OK.

You can create a manual restore point by following these steps:

1. Open the Backup and Recovery Center. Click Start, click Control Panel, and

then click the “Back up your computer” link under the System and Maintenance

heading.

2. In the Backup and Restore Center, click “Create a restore point or change set-

tings” under Tasks.

3. Select the disk for which you want to create the restore point and then click Create.

4. Enter a description for the restore point and then click Create.

5. When your computer finishes creating the restore point, click OK.

Configuring Previous Versions

System Restore does not affect personal data. You can recover your computer to a

restore point without affecting your application data, cached files, or documents.

System Restore doesn’t write any information to any of your personal document

folders, either. However, as a new feature in Windows Vista, restore points include

previous versions of your data. Because of this, you should enable System Restore for

all disks on your computer that store system and program data as well as disks that

store personal data. If you’ve configured System Restore only for the System disk,

you should update the configuration to include any disks that store personal data as