> Bert Kinney Wrote:
>> 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' (http://bertk.mvps.org)
>> Member: 'Welcome to DTS-L.org' (http://dts-l.org)


Bowen wrote:
> 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.

And make sure the system is running correctly before hand. And remember all
Shadow Copy's will be effected including Previous Versions.

> 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.

You may want to check with Raxco Support on this.

> Do you happen to know a workaround for doing a boot time defrag while
> saving your restore points?

I don't know of any workaround to this.

> 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?

No, this will not work. :(

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