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> Bert Kinney Wrote:[color=green]
>> That's correct. Give it try and let us know the results.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
>> 'All About System Restore in WinXP' ([url]http://bertk.mvps.org[/url])
>> Member: 'Welcome to DTS-L.org' ([url]http://dts-l.org[/url])[/color][/color]


Bowen wrote:[color=blue]
> Well, you were correct Bert, it didn't delete any restore points within
> Windows. However, it took an hour and sixteen minutes to complete and
> PD said I didn't even need to defrag. The thing about doing a boot time
> defrag is that it only takes......well it only took 5 minutes the last
> time I did it, but of course it wipes out the restore points.
>
> I think what I'm gonna do is go ahead and do boot time defrags and then
> immediately make a manual restore point afterwards.[/color]

And make sure the system is running correctly before hand. And remember all
Shadow Copy's will be effected including Previous Versions.
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> I imagine the boot
> time defrag only defrags certain files, where the Windows defrag does
> the entire hard drive. At least now I know though.[/color]

You may want to check with Raxco Support on this.
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> Do you happen to know a workaround for doing a boot time defrag while
> saving your restore points?[/color]

I don't know of any workaround to this.
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> This would be a little annoying and out of
> the way, but couldn't you say, burn your restore points (at least some
> of them) to a DVD-RW and then do a boot time defrag and then just copy
> them back afterwards. Would that work per chance?[/color]

No, this will not work. :(

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
[url]http://bertk.mvps.org[/url]
Member: [url]http://dts-l.org[/url]