Sorry for not being clear, yes it was with both a backup restore and system
restore.

I guess it is back to Symantec / Norton Ghost or Acronis.

Thank you.

Best regards,
Ben

"Malke" wrote:
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> Ben wrote:
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> > I am a tech and need to have access to both XP and Vista. Quite often I
> > need to reload one of my PCs that were used as a test bed.
> >
> > When I create Dual boot configurations using XP-PRO SP3 and VISTA ULTIMATE
> > SP1 everything works fine until I sometimes try to restore a Vista
> > complete
> > PC backup from an external drive.
> >
> > The backups are created using Vista Complete PC Backup from within Vista.
> >
> > In the beginning the restore works fine but after half a dozen or so
> > restores, Vista can no longer locate a viable restore image on the drives.
> > It is as though the restore points are lost.
> >
> > This happens on Dell and IBM systems and I am using various brand external
> > drives.
> >
> > Can anyone collaborate or shed some insite as to why this may be occuring?[/color]
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> You seem to be referring to two different things - restore from a backup and
> System Restore points. To the first point, I would suggest you use a more
> reliable way of imaging such as Acronis True Image. Then you will have no
> issues whatsoever restoring your system.
>
> As for dual-booting issues, yes there is a problem with System Restore when
> dual-booting XP and Vista. It is covered here:
>
> Dual Booting Windows Vista & Windows XP -
> [url]http://bertk.mvps.org/html/dualboot.html[/url]
>
> MVP Bert Kinney on System Restore - [url]http://bertk.mvps.org/html/vista.html[/url]
>
> Missing Restore Points/Shadow Copies in Windows Vista -
> [url]http://bertk.mvps.org/html/missingrpv.html[/url]
>
> Malke
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