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"Sparda" <UseLinkToEmail@WindowsForumz.com> wrote in message
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> "" wrote:
> > Hi Jeff
> >
> > System Restore doesn't monitor data files. So any files that
> > have been
> > downloaded/saved should still be where they were. Have you
> > tried searching
> > for them by extension?
> >
> > --
> >
> > Will Denny
> > MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
> > Please reply to the News Groups
> >
> >
> > "Jeff Ingram" <ingramje@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:d9v2m4$1mdp$1@news3.infoave.net...
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have a friend that recently did a System Restore and files
> > that were
> > > stored on a partition other than where Windows is installed
> > are now gone!
> > > I
> > > was under ther understanding that System Restore only
> > effected the system
> > > drive and not other partitions.
> > >
> > > Is this not correct?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Jeff
> > >
> > >
>
> Actualy when you make a restore point, it makes a list of all the
> directorys on the HD's that have system restore monitoring switched on
> (by default all HD's), but it only lists and saves files that are
> considered as important and makes backups of them, basicly executable
> fiels (exe) dynamic link librays (DLL) .sys and a varaity of other
> files wiht "important" file extensions. so when restoring a restore
> point, it gose thought each directory and compares the actual content
> with the list that it has (including file size) so any files with an
> "important" file extension that arnt on the list get deleted and any
> "important" files with a diffrent size get replaced with the back up
> it made.
Hi
You can see which files SR monitors/doesn't monitor in this file:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Restore\filelist.xml
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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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